Delegations of the Republic of Belarus and the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic - participants of the International Exhibition-Fair “Russian Wood” taking place in Vologda from December 3 to 5 – visited the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve on December 4.
According to the reports of the local mass media, over 200 people from all over Russia, including the Crimea, and foreign countries took part in the event. Specialists of Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Belarus presented their achievements in the sphere of timber cutting and woodworking. They placed their stands in the pavilions of the exhibition centre “Russky Dom” and about 50 units of equipment – on the adjacent area. The total exhibition space was more than 3000 square metres.
The goals of the exhibition-fair “Russian Wood” are to approach scientific researches to the state forest management, to manage forestry, wood exploitation and timber industry. Its program included about 20 events: seminars, off-site meetings, round table discussions and interactive master-classes. The following issues were discussed there: investment development of the branch, legal fundamentals, improvement of the forest management system, implementation of the law “On Turnover of Timber and Deals with it”, and forest protection.
First the guests visited the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes and then went to see the architectural monuments of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. They also admired the masterpieces of icon-painting art in the House of the Father Superior. The delegations were delighted with the monastery ensemble and wished the museum further success.
