Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The annual book festival will be held in Moscow from June 4 to 7 “Red Square”. This year it is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland. The event traditionally takes place on Red Square at the beginning of summer and is timed to coincide with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin and the Day of the Russian Language.
“Moscow libraries under the Department of Culture have prepared more than 100 events for guests of the Red Square book festival. They will be able to attend walking lectures, an interactive performance and other events. In addition, they have prepared fresh new books from publishers,” said the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the Moscow Department of Culture
Alexey Fursin.
Guests can expect theatrical performances, poetry readings, concerts, lectures and book presentations. In addition, everyone will be able to apply for a single library card.
This year, the program for the Small Stage and Library venues is being prepared by the Moscow Directorate for the Development of Cultural Centers (State Budgetary Cultural Institution of the City of Moscow Mosrazvitie), subordinate to the capital’s To the Department of Culture.
Performances and creative meetings
On the first day of the festival, June 4, at 12:00, actors from the youth theater “Chekhov’s Attic” will show a play based on Anton Chekhov’s stories “Two Jokes”. In honor of the 165th anniversary of the author’s birth, they will perform two plays based on humorous stories – “The Bear” and “The Proposal”.
At 13:00, the theatre studio “Theatre named after Menya” will show the stage production “Manifestation”, which tells about the invention of the camera and photographic film.
The performance based on Alexander Pushkin’s poem “Gypsies” will be shown by the youth project “Open Theater” at 14:00. The director and performer is Ekaterina Buyanova, winner of the festivals “Yursky’s Butterfly – 2024”, “Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030” in Zaryadye Park and “Red Square – 2024”.
At 15:00, the artists of the Satire Theatre, accompanied by an orchestra, will perform popular songs for the festival guests, including “Good evening, my city”, “In the city of happy people”, “Moscow windows” and “The best city on earth”.
A lecture dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the publication of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel “The White Guard” will take place at 16:00. It will discuss the history of the creation of the work, as well as the events that formed the basis of the novel.
At 6:00 p.m., photographer, local historian and author of books about the capital Elena Krizhevskaya will hold a presentation entitled “Moscow Mansions, Their Owners and Architects in Stories and Photographs.” Visitors to the event will also be treated to a screening of the new book “Behind the Front Doors.”
The creative interactive meeting “A Neskuchny Gorod — Other Local History” will take place at 19:00. Guests will learn popular names of Russian streets, interesting facts about manhole covers and other attributes of cities. The meeting will be hosted by Helga Pataki — writer, director, local historian, tour guide, traveler and polar explorer, deputy director for development of the publishing house “Nastya and Nikita”.
Concerts, presentations, lectures and more
On June 5 at 10:00 a.m. the dance and poetry performance “Images. Dedication” of the creative project will begin
The artistic and literary program in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory will begin at 11:00. Actors of the “Modern” theater will show an excerpt from Olga Berggolts’s “Leningrad Speaks.” The theme of the program will be the words: “Nobody is forgotten and nothing is forgotten.”
At 13:00 you can attend a lecture-concert “Female archetypes in literature: Turgenev’s modern girl – who is she?” At the same time, Master of Philology, research fellow of the A.S. Pushkin Library Valentina Molotkova will give a lecture dedicated to the 165th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birth “I am forever a Muscovite”.
At 2:00 pm, poet, playwright, show host, member of the Union of Russian Writers Mikhail Slutsky will hold a presentation of the books “Hurry to Share Kindness!”. Editions for children of different ages will be presented, including “Merry ABC”, “Journey from One to Zero”, “Puzzled Tales”, “In Search of the Seven Hills”, “Flight of the Turtle” and “Antique – Ironic”.
The concert “Commanders and Muses”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, will begin at 16:00. The performance will feature soloists of the “Young Opera of Russia” project and Lyubov Kazarnovskaya.
At 17:00 there will be a lecture “Ivan Vasilyevich: Leonid Gaidai vs. Mikhail Bulgakov”. Listeners will learn about Bulgakov’s comedy and Leonid Gaidai’s film.
The creative meeting “Russian victories in Antarctica” will take place at 19:00. 205 years ago, the first Russian Antarctic expedition took place. On the sloops “Vostok” and “Mirny” under the leadership of Faddey Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, the sixth continent was discovered.
The Pushkin Coats of Arms, Bulgakov’s Moscow and Fantasy for Children
On June 6 at 11:00 the musical and drama theatre “Prince on the Lighthouse” will show the play “The Nose of Varvara Sidorova”.
At 13:00 the concert “Different People” will begin. The inclusive studio “Colorit” will perform vocal and dance numbers, including “The World is Not Simple”, “Districts-Quarters”, and “My Dear Muscovites”. At 13:00 there will be a lecture “Coats of Arms of the Noble Family of Pushkin-Gannibals”. Participants of the program will be introduced to the drawings of coats of arms made by the grandson of Alexander Pushkin – Nikolai.
Illustrator and children’s writer Maria Kolker will present a new fantasy book, The Last Refuge of the Fairies, at 2:00 p.m. The work is intended for children over six years old. At the same time, contemporary Russian authors will hold a round table on teenage literature, Prose for Teens: How to Find Your Book?
At 15:00, the head of the excursion bureau of the Museum of Moscow, Andrey Klyuev, will hold a lecture entitled “The Architecture of Moscow through the Eyes of Bulgakov.” The participants will discuss the architectural image of the capital in the 1920s and 1930s — the Palace of Soviets, train stations, embankments, and former apartment buildings.
Poetry, music and storytelling: the festival finale
On June 7 at 11:00 the creative salon “Zakruzhilas slivtva zolotaya” (Golden Leaves Spun) will start its work. The meeting will be dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Sergei Yesenin’s birth. The hosts will be directors of the Sofit theater studio Tatyana Argunova and Nikolai Zozulin. The speakers will talk about the author’s childhood in the Ryazan outback and his first poetic experiences.
At the same time, a creative meeting with Andrey Osipov, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, will begin. The event is dedicated to his film “Koktebel Stones”. The author will talk about an important episode of the film – the defense of Koktebel and Voloshin’s house from the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War.
The performance “The Little Prince” based on the fairy tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry will begin at 12:00. Young artists will play flutes, violins, guitar and sing arias.
At 20:00, the interactive storytelling performance “Notes of a Young Doctor” will begin. Theater and film actor Konstantin Kozhevnikov will tell the story of how the young doctor Mikhail Bulgakov fought for the lives of patients at the Nikolskaya Zemstvo Hospital in 1916-1917.
At the same time, there will be a lecture entitled “Boris Pasternak – Poet and Translator”. The event is dedicated to the 135th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer. The speaker is Vitaly Poplavsky, director-teacher, art critic, translator, playwright, member of the Shakespeare Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The full program of events can be viewed atofficial websiteEntrance to Red Square during the festival is free.
Last year, more than 300,000 people visited the Red Square festival. Over 400 publishers from 58 regions of the country presented new fiction, children’s, educational and popular science literature. The event is aimed at achieving the indicators and results of the national project “Family” in the city of Moscow.
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