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On the 60th Anniversary of the Lifting of the
Siege On 25 January 2004 an exhibition was opened in a former bomb shelter assigned to the State Hermitage. The exhibition tells the story of the museum during the years of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944. It features documentary footage about the life and work of Hermitage staff during the Siege. Scanned reproductions of drawings by A.S. Nikolsky, an architect who lived in one of the museum shelters, show what Leningrad and the Hermitage looked like during those days, both as seen from the outside and inside the museum. Within the Fieldmarshal's Hall of the Winter Palace, a large screen displays the multimedia computer program developed by the School Center and dedicated to those who saved the museum's treasures during the war years. The museum's Research Library has created a book display in tribute to the heroism of Hermitage staff. The exhibition also shows original siege-era film footage . The exhibition was prepared by the State Hermitage in collaboration with the Hermitage Bridge Studio (A.G. Deryabin, director general ) with contributions from the National Academic Mariinsky Theater, the Hermitage Music Academy, and the publishing house Slavia. The general sponsor is Gazprombank, the bank of the gas industry. Floral displays have been provided by St. Petersburg Flora International. To mark the 60th anniversary of the complete lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, the State Hermitage in conjunction with the Mariinsky Theater and Hermitage Bridge Studio have prepared a major program that includes issuance of a number of scholarly and popular-science publications, concerts, and other events. On 26 January 2004 a ceremony of national importance called the 'Memorial Wreath' was held in Palace Square, featuring the Orchestra of the Leningrad Military District and the Leningrad Naval Base. The ceremony also included light and sound presentations on Palace Square and the showing of Siege footage and documentaries specially prepared for the anniversary on a screen installed across the Arch of the General Staff building. The show was staged by film director A.N. Sokurov and produced by the Hermitage Bridge Studio. On the same day St. George's Hall was the venue for a concert by the United Symphony Orchestra of the Academic Mariinsky Theater and the Hermitage Music Academy. They performed Dmitry Shostakovich's chamber symphony In Memory of the Victims of Nazism and the War, and Part I of Symphony Number 7 (The Leningrad Symphony). The exhibition is open to the general public from 27 January through 7 February daily except Mondays. Documentary viewings are held at 12.00, 14.00, and 16.00. For invitations, please contact the administrator in the Main Lobby. The entrance to the exhibition is from the Small Entrance. |
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