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Interview

 

Pushkin’s Boldino. “Common folk shall keep the path well trodden” to here. Interview with the Director of the State Literary Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of A. S. Pushkin “Boldino” Nina Anatolyevna Zhirkova

 

Zarubina O. V.

 

Abstraсt

In connection with the anniversary of the birth of the great Russian poet A. S. Pushkin in 2024, the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin issued a Decree in 2021 “On the 225th anniversary of the birth of A. S. Pushkin”. The Government of Russian approved a plan of main activities for the preparation and celebration of the poet’s anniversary. As part of the memorable date, many events and initiatives were planned to be held, including international, All-Russian and regional conferences and forums, exhibition projects, creative contests, concerts, theater and film premieres, quizzes, Olympiads, lectures, master classes. The program paid special attention to the restoration of Pushkin museums. The State Literary Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of A. S. Pushkin “Boldino” in the Nizhny Novgorod region occupies a special place among them. We talked to Nina Anatolyevna Zhirkova, director of the Museum-Reserve, about the main museum expositions, innovations and plans for the future.

 

Keywords: A. S. Pushkin, poet, creativity, anniversary, literary memorial and natural museum-reserve, Boldino, restoration work, museum expositions, excursions

 

For citation: Zarubina OV. Pushkin’s Boldino. “Common folk shall keep the path well trodden” to here. Interview with the Director of the State Literary Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of A. S. Pushkin “Boldino” Nina Anatolyevna Zhirkova. Center and Periphery. 2024;19(2):106—111. EDN EMXDLF

 

Information about the author:

Olga V. Zarubina, Principal Researcher — Head of Department of Information and Analytical Support of Researches of the Research Institute of the Humanities by the Government of the Republic of Mordovia  (3 L. Tolstogo Str., Saransk 430005, Russia), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-6105, vestnikniign@list.ru

 

Conflict of interests: the author declares no conflict of interests.

 

The author has read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

 

The article was submitted 13.05.2023; accepted for publication 16.05.2024.