International Day of Culture Is Celebrated at the University

17:25, April 15, 2022

On April 15 is celebrated all over the world Culture Day. Various events - exhibitions, round tables, conferences - are devoted to this holiday every year. Events dedicated to the Day of Culture are held in Ural Federal University with the active participation of employees of Ural Institute of Humanities (UrIH) of UrFU.

On April 15, Culture Day is celebrated around the world. The date of the celebration is related to the adoption of the Roerich Pact, the first international instrument for the protection of cultural property, which has become the basis for many existing arrangements for the preservation of cultural heritage. The main objective of the Day of Culture is an inspired call to beauty and knowledge. The International Day of Culture is annually devoted to various events - exhibitions, round tables, conferences.

Festive events are held in the Ural Federal University with the active participation of employees of Ural Institute of Humanities of UrFU.

So, today, April 15, in a solemn atmosphere will be held summing up the results of the Forum «Culture and Ecology», prepared by specialists of UrIH UrFU and GSEM (Graduate School of Economics and Management) UrFU. The Forum was opened on April 13 with a welcoming speech by the rector of UrFU Viktor Koksharov.

Congratulations of veterans of the Great Patriotic War and concert of soloists and creative groups of the Sverdlovsk Music School named after P. I. Tchaikovsky were also timed for the holiday. Since April 14, the All Russian exhibition competition of diploma projects of university students in the field of design taking place in the Ural Design Center (located in Yekaterinburg, Gorky, 4A).

The exhibition was organized by the Department of Cultural Science and Design of UrIH UrFU in cooperation with the Ural state university of architecture and art and (USUAA) the Ural Design Development Center of it.

It is important to note that the events organized at the university are addressed not only to specialists in the field of culture, teachers and students, but also to the younger generation: participation in the forum «Culture and Ecology» More than 100 school-boys from Yekaterinburg and other cities of the Sverdlovsk region.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.