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November 4, 2007

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Objective of Reading Festival participants, arrived to the Okrug, is to join young generation of Ugra people to reading, to inculcate love to the best examples of modern literary language.

This theme was widely discussed at the meeting of the Governor of the Autonomous Okrug Alexander Filipenko and star group of poets, writers and musicians, devoted their creative work to children.

Director of the fund "Pushkinskaya biblioteka" (Pushkin's library) Maria Vedenyapina stressed the problem of acquisition of school libraries with belles-lettres, criticized unvaried stock of books in bookshops of Ugra. She mentioned that in the towns in which festive events will be held - Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Khanty-Mansiysk - books gift sets will be granted. Totally school libraries will get over 7000 books and 1000 children's magazines. Besides, literary men expressed hope that their friendship with the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug will be continued in the next year which is celebrated as "Family's year" and frameworks of the festival will be significantly widen.

Writers expressed a wish to visit remote areas of the region, to meet with children, their parents, wide public, to introduce the best examples of  literary work for children and youth. Alexander Filipenko assured that they will get the most active support.


November 4, 2007

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

"Book helps to think and develop imagination because while reading it is necessary to imagine, to find an image, created at the pages of the book. It is important that while reading the literature there is always a mystery. From the first page of the book to the past, no one knows the end" - said the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonmous Okrug Alexander Filipenko, opening the reading festival fro children and youth "Knizhkiny kanikuly".

The head of the region called the festival as a festival for children who like to read. He thanked children's writers, poets, musicians, arrives to the Okrug "for opportunity to study, understand all good, given to Ugra people since young age".

Alexander Filipenko congratulated school children on the opening of the Festival and National Unity Day as well which is celebrated in Russia on November 4. He told children in brief about history of public holiday foundation and its significance for Russian citizens.

Performances of young Ugra talents and communication of representatives of creative groups with school children of Khanty-Mansiysk continued festive ceremony.

For information, "Knizhkiny kanikuly" is held in the frameworks of the Year of Russian language, announced in Russia, with assistance of the Government of the Autonomous Okrug and Department of education and science of Ugra. Non-commercial fund "Pushkinskaya biblioteka" (Pushkin's library) is the organizer of the festival.