Dear Friends,

The Yaroslavl Culture and Tourism Department, The Yaroslavl Art Museum, The International Union of Bibliophiles and its section the Ex-Libris Association have the pleasure and privilege of inviting you to take part at the International Ex-Libris Congress dedicated to the millennium of the Russian city of Yaroslavl.

 

The Congress will be convened within the jubilee celebrations under the motto “Yaroslavl is a Pearl in the Golden Chaplet of Russia” from 16 to 19 May 2009 as a run-up to main official festivities approved by President Dmitry Medvedev for 2010.

 

The Congress will incorporate the regular XIXth Conference of the Russian Bibliophile Association.

 

Yaroslavl is a couple of hours' train from Moscow. For all information as to registration, transport, etc. please send an e-mail to the organisers [knigolub@co.ru]

 

For Hotels, the following suggestions are made:

 

1. Hotel "Parus" tel. +7 4852 304192  700-1400 Rubles (20-40€), near the Museum, facilities on the same floor as the

room)

2. Hotel "Tourist"  tel. +74852 728615 (2 stops to Red Square by bus, 10 minutes to museum by foot); facilities for 2

rooms- 700 Rubles single room (20€), 1200 Rubles (35 €) double room; facilities in the room 1600 Rubles (46 €) single;

2400 Rubles (70 €) double;  

3. Hotel "Ubileynaya" tel. +7 4852 309259 1500-2400 (44-70 €) Rubles single; 2600-4200 Rubles (75 - 122 €) double.

 

Yaroslavl history in brief

In 1010 Prince Yaroslav the Wise ordered to build a wooden fortress on a picturesque hill washed by the rivers Volga and Kotorosl. That fairy-tale structure was destined to become the first stone, as it were, in building of one the most beautiful cities in the heart of Russia, which is now called Yaroslavl. The city boasts both the glorious past and the great present.

The local fine churches, museums, unique businesses, educational establishments, and also memorable places connected with the life and activity of outstanding representatives of Russian science and culture make the city a center of attraction for many tourists, especially those who are interested in Russian history.

Stone-based construction began there in 1215. These days you can still savour the true Russian architecture masterpieces of the distant past, such as the Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral, Christmas Church, Ilia the Prophet Church, Saviour in the City Church, Nikola the Chopped Church, etc.

It was Yaroslavl where Feodor Volkov opened the very first professional theatre in Russia.

                             In a monastery located within the Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral site, A.I. Mussin-Pushkin found the
                   priceless manuscript of the Tale of Igor’s Regiment. The museum specially dedicated to this fine example of old 
                   Russian literature is known the world over.      

                                                                                                                                   

 

Congress agenda

15    May – check-in

 

16   May – first day:

 

1.   Tour of the city (general sightseeing)

2.     Lunch

3. Opening ceremony of the Congress and the main exhibition of ex-libris sent for the competition (Yaroslavl Art Museum)

4. Scientific papers:

-     N. V. Zharkova; The Ex-Libris Collection in the Art Museum

. -    Yu.E. Baryshnikova: S.S. Smirnov’s Ex-Libris Collection in the Yaroslavl History Museum

-     Т.А. Lebedeva: History of Culture of the Yaroslavl Area in Graphic Arts of the Х1Х-ХХ Centuries

5.              Visit to the Exhibition

6.              Congress dinner                                                                                    

 

17May – second day:

1.    Papers and reports on typical subjects shown in ex-libris:

-         Development of the art of ex-libris in the context of modern technologies (two or three papers).

-         М.I. Polyvyanaya: The Tale of Igor’s Regiment and Ex-Libris (in the context of Denis Reutov’s Bookplate).

-         М.G. Vanyashova: The Russian Theatre and its Founding Father – Feodor Volkov

S.Е. Blazhevskaya: Historical-and-Architectural Ensembles and Frescoes in Yaroslavl.

-         М. Danilova: Russian Authors and the Karabikha of N.A. Nekrassov

-         D.F. Polosnev:Yaroslavl Bibliophiles, Collectors and Ex-Librists, and their Contribution to the Development of Book Culture.

2. Lunch

3. Visit to the N.A. Nekrassov Yaroslavl Regional Versatile Scientific Library

4.  Visit to the Tale of Igor’s Regiment Museum.

5.  Russian bibliophile association's assembly.

18 May – third day:
     1. Papers of other Congress participants – round-table discussion (if you plan to take part, please send before 1 February 2009 your name, title of your paper and their thesis for publication in a book at: knigolub@co.ru)
     2.  Auction of Russian Bibliophile Society members
    3.  Announcement of the results and  awards ceremony.
    4.   Swap and sale of ex-libris
     5.  Lunch
    6.  Visit to Rostov Veliky (with yachting on Nero Lake)

19 May – fourth day:

1.  Travelling by ship to Uglich

2.   Departure

 

 

 

International ex-libris competition

 

Please send two prints of two to five ex-libris produced by any graphic technique on the subjects connected with the history and culture of the city of Yaroslavl listed below,  or send any book plates produced in the last five years which correspond the following subjects:

1.       Pagan symbols of Yaroslav.

2.             Yaroslav the Wise (978-1054) — city founder.

3.             Yaroslavl — the capital of Russia (1612)

4.             XVII  - the Golden Age of Yaroslavl:

-         Architectural ensembles;

-         Church painting;

-         Icon painting;

-         Literary monuments of Yaroslavl.

5.   XVIII century

-         Peter the Great and Yaroslavl (to the 285 year-jubilee of the Yaroslavl manufactory founded by the Russian tsar);

-         1777  — foundation of the Yaroslavl Province;

-         First Governor, A.P. Melgunov, and his activity in Yaroslavl;

-         City planning; House of Mercy; publication of the first provincial magazine Lonely Traveller; first portrait gallery (D. Korenev);

-         Yaroslavl — cradle of the first Russian theater. Feodor Volkov

6.   XIX century

-         1800  — first publication of the Tale of Igor’s Regiment;

-         Urban development. Mansions; Volga Embankment;

7.    XX  century

-         Soviet power and the White Guard mutiny of 1918;

-         Museums of Yaroslavl (2009 — 90-year jubilee of the Yaroslavl Art Museum)

-         1963  — Valentina Tereshkova in outer space;

-         Modern city. (Construction of the Sport Arena 2000; Loco ice-hockey team – two-time Russian champions; arts festivals — Art of Movement; Corch Performance Festival; Yar-Town Architecture Festival; Yaroslavl modern frescoes — graffiti).

8. Free subject -- History. Culture. Russian Art.

Please  remember that the ex-libris must bear the phtase 'ex libris' or equivalent ('from the books of...) followed by the name of a living person or existing institution. They must be of a size to fit in a book.

Please send your book plates before1st of February 2009 as identified by the post stamp to:

International Bibliophile Union,
7/5 Pushechnaya St. bldg. 2,
Moscow 107031, Russia

Please sign your ex-libris and indicate legibly on the back of each print your full name, production method and address

Winners will be awarded following the announcements of the contest results. First award  - 1,000 euro; second - 800 euro; third - 500 euro.

Please download the application form here!

 

We hope to welcome you in Yaroslavl!