Exhibition “Tsar Peter Alexeevich. On the Eve of Empire” opens for residents and guests of Vladivostok
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The opening ceremony for an exhibition titled “Tsar Peter Alexeevich. On the Eve of Empire” took place today at the Museum of Far East History in Vladivostok as part of the Eastern Economic Forum 2022. The exhibition, which was timed to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter I, was organized with support from Gazprom.
Taking part in the opening ceremony were Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Elena Gagarina, Director General of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, and Viktor Shalay, Director of the Museum of Far East History.
During opening of exhibition “Tsar Peter Alexeevich. On the Eve of Empire”
The exhibition explores the Moscow period in the life and reign of Peter Alexeevich Romanov. More than 100 exhibits of unique historical, artistic and memorial value were selected from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums and brought here for display. These include personal belongings of Peter I and items that have become emblematic of the era. Among them are: royal regalia and late-17th-century works from the tsar's treasury, products of court workshops, parade armor and horse trappings, items of everyday palace life, war paraphernalia, and diplomatic gifts from foreign powers.
The exhibition will be open through January 15, 2023.
“Peter I devoted his life to a single goal – creating a strong world power, a great Empire. He achieved that.
New cities were being built all over Russia, trade was expanding, industry was flourishing. Our exhibition opens its doors during the Eastern Economic Forum. This is very fitting. Indeed, Russia's Far East is confidently developing in no small part thanks to Gazprom's projects. This region has become a key hub of economic activity in our country. And it will remain such for many, many years ahead,” said Alexey Miller.
Background
Gazprom actively takes part in the preparation and holding of ceremonial events celebrating the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter I. The celebrations are taking place all around Russia.
In St. Petersburg, the Company is joining forces with Russian museums and other organizations on a number of ambitious projects, for instance, the historical exhibition project titled “30 Paintings from the Life of Peter the Great. 2022” on the Field of Mars; the State Hermitage Museum's new permanent exhibition named “The Peter the Great Gallery” which showcases unique objects from the era of Peter I, including personal belongings of Russia's first emperor; the “Imperial Hall” project at the Kunstkamera that will house the “Multinational Russia” ethnography exhibition; the restoration of the painting “Peter I at Krasnaya Gorka Lighting a Fire on the Shore to Signal to his Sinking Ships” by Ivan Aivazovsky from the collection of the State Russian Museum; the monument titled “Peter the Great Saves the Drowning near Lakhta”; a cultural research program titled “From the City to the World. The Great Embassy: Designing the Future” which is implemented as part of Gazprom's social project Friends of St. Petersburg; and the holding of the 15th International Peter the Great Congress titled “Not a Sorcerer, but a Genius... Peter the Great's Identity during his Era.”