The scientific conference “Fifth Kirillo-Novoezersky Readings” was held in Belozersk on February 18. Four employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve took part in it. This event was organized within the framework of the Year of Literature in Russia and under the aegis of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Teachers of universities and comprehensive schools, employees of museums, archives, libraries, institutions of preschool and additional education, representatives of the clergy and pupils of secondary schools of the Vologda region gathered in the exhibition hall of the Museum “Historical Belozersk”.
The participants of the readings presented reports in several sections. The one about local history included the reports of two employees of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve. E.S. Petrushova told about I.G. Chuchin, native of the Kirillov district, veteran of three wars and one of the first pilots in our country. A.V. Tsvetkov reported about Kirillov’s inventor A.P. Trubnikov.
Two other reports of the museum employees were also connected with the residents of the Kirillov district. A.N. Kalikina told about I.M. Uverov, participant of the Great Patriotic War. One of the streets in Kirillov is named after him. The participants of the conference learnt about Kirillov’s roots of T.E. Bunova, native of Belozersk, thanks to L.I. Glysina. In all, about 50 reports on various subjects were presented during the readings.
