The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve got caught in the lens of local residents: the action “It is My Town” started on October 1. It is also mentioned as “My Favourite Town” in the social networking site. This event was initiated by activists of the Youth Centre “Alfa”.
This action is held in the social networking site “Vkontakte” and “Instagram” where Kirillov’s residents can post their selfies against a background of the monument they like. They are also to describe the chosen historical place briefly and to hand the “baton” to their friends calling upon them to take a similar picture. The action has a special hashtag #Êèðèëëîâñïàìÿòíèêîì that the participants mention in their posts.
Photos with the towers of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, the former merchants’ houses, the buildings of the Ecclesiastical School, the People’s House, the monument of Lenin and the memorial plate dedicated to mathematician D.A. Grave were placed on the personal web pages of town dwellers.
S.V. Usov, head of the Kirillov district, and A.Y. Kotov, Mayor of Kirillov, took part in the action. The official account of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve also received an invitation to join in it. We coped with the task within the stated time – 24 hours. The picture was taken against the background of the 19th-century house that belonged to local merchant Sizmin.
Now the action continues gathering pace. A whole photo album of the favourite historical places of local residents has already been made.
* Selfie is a self-portrait photograph.
