Robert Wilfing visited Vladivostok as a tourist in 2018. This exhibition, featuring abstract oil paintings and steel sculptures, depicts what simultaneously unites and separates East and West.
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Artetage’s permanent display features work from the mid-20th century to the present day by renowned local, national, and international artists.
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The Primorsky Aquarium is the world’s third largest aquarium. The total interior area exceeds 37,000 m²: almost five football pitches are concealed within the building, which is built in the form of a slightly opened white oyster. The left wing of the aquarium holds the main pool with a 70-metre underwater tunnel. The right wing features a dolphin aquarium with a pool and stands that can accommodate 800 spectators. It’s the country’s first and only aquarium that is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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An exhibition marking the 800th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Nevsky. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in an illustrated epic tragedy telling the story of the prince. They will find out about his birthplace, where he spent his formative years, where he grew as a warrior and ruler, and about his military and diplomatic feats. Twenty-five people worked on the exhibition, including historians, motion designers, artists, and colourists from Russia and Europe. The exhibition was largely inspired by archaeological finds.

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The Romanov Dynasty was witness to a great number of momentous events during its 300-year rule of Russia. There was the settlement of Siberia and the Far East; the founding of St. Petersburg as the nation’s new capital; the defeat of Napoleon, the incorporation of the southern regions; the abolishment of serfdom; unprecedented progress in science, culture, and industry; and the fall of the monarchy.

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Group tours start at 14:00 and 16:00, and can be booked via telephone 8-984-199-49-00
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This exhibition brings to life the events detailed in the Russian Primary Chronicle and stories of ancient trade routes and legendary battles. It reveals the secrets of fortresses and tells tales of great victories. Visitors will also be able to find out little-known facts about the era of feudalism, the Mongol invasion, and much more.
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Group tours covering both the Rurik exhibition start at 14:00 and 16:00, and can be booked via telephone 8-984-199-49-00
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An exhibition of black-and-white photography featuring minimalistic seascapes around the south of Primorye Territory, landscapes surrounding Vladivostok, and islands. The exhibition represents an attempt by Alexander Osokin to identify the fine line between space and form – the outline which creates the image of the world as we perceive it.
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This exhibition tells the story of Vladivostok Fortress and the people who helped bring such an ambitious construction project to life.
Visitors will have the chance to see military weapons dating back to the late 19th–early 20th century, as well as awards and decorations, documents, letters, and photographs from the collection of the Arseniev Museum of Far East History and other Russian museums and archives. The exhibits are accompanied by a video installation showing various elements of the last naval fortification complex of the Russian Empire in their current state.
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11:00, 15:00, 17:00
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The main building of the museum boasts an extensive exhibition space, featuring permanent exhibitions on local history and culture, as well as temporary exhibitions. As a result, visitors benefit from being able to view the best items from the collections. Displays are regularly rotated, and the exhibition mixes traditional and modern museum practices to great effect.
The exhibition tells the story of the Far East: its archaeology, its indigenous population, the movement of the population from west to east, the creation of a new home for people on the edge of an empire, the emergence of Vladivostok, the business acumen of the first local entrepreneurs, and the civil war.
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11:00, 14:00
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The only museum devoted to the tsar’s official in Russia and one of the few surviving 19th-century wooden mansions in Vladivostok. Alexander Sukhanov worked as senior advisor in the Primorsky Regional Government. In 1891, he personally received a valuable gift from the future Nicholas II – a portrait and a Bure gold watch “for the excellent condition of the roads and good order in the region”. Sukhanov’s family lived in this house for quarter of a century.
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The early 20th century brick building is the only surviving residence in Russia where Vladimir Arseniev once lived and worked together with his family. The eminent explorer, researcher and writer specialized in a range of fields, including geology, geography, toponymy, cartography, ethnography, history and more. It was thanks to his work that the hitherto unknown land of Ussuri Territory was uncovered. Arseniev made a great contribution to people’s knowledge of geography, ethnography, and other subjects. He not only explored uncharted territory – itself an important undertaking – he also richly documented life in the region in his books, including Dersu Uzala and In the Sikhote-Alin Mountains.
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Bering led the First and Second Kamchatka Expeditions – undertakings of great complexity and hardship. This new exhibition is dedicated to this key figure. It will open on 3 September 2021 at the Arseniev Museum of Far East History, and feature exhibits loaned from numerous museums and institutions. Partners of the exhibition include Kamchatka Regional Unified Museum; the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Far East; the Russian Pacific Navy Military History Museum; the Maritime Museum of the Pacific Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography; the Russian State Library; and the Russian Navy State Archive.
General sponsor: Group of Companies «Dobroflot»

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Group tours:
13:00, 16:00
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Coastal cities live by their own rhythm, marked by meeting and parting, by waiting and returning. Time and space take on a different meaning in these places, and can be measured neither in seconds, nor in kilometres. Open Sea Halls: Pacific Time is an exhibition about the rhythm of Vladivostok – a rhythm that connects multiple generations.
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12:00, 16:00, 18:00
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An exhibition featuring more than 80 items from the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums dedicated to the rise of the Romanov Dynasty, from Michael I to Peter the Great.
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12:00, 15:00
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This exhibition of decorative and applied arts from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum (one of the largest museums in the world) tells the story of the miraculous metamorphoses of seashells in works by Russian and foreign artists from the 16th to 21st centuries. The exhibition features over 30 items, including small compositions and decorative objects. Some incorporate real seashells, such as nautilus shells, spondylus shells, turbo marmoratus shells, and so on. In others, the artists rethink the shape and form of natural shells in objects made of different materials. The oldest item on display is a French goblet made in the mid- to second half of the 16th century.
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The Primorye Art Gallery collection boasts fascinating examples of Russian painting starting from the 16th century, as well as works by artists who made a significant contribution to the history of Russian art. The collection is a fine representation of developmental milestones in Russian fine art, from academicism to classicism, and from the Itinerants (Peredvizhniki) to the Modernists.
Visitors to the Old Russian Art section will have the chance to see icons of the Novgorod and Moscow schools, including the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God by Simon Ushakov, as well as copper-cast items such as icon case crosses, folding icons, icon frames, and embroidery work.
The Russian Art section includes works by Fyodor Rokotov, Dmitry Levitsky, Vladimir Borovikovsky, Vasily Tropinin, Orest Kiprensky, Karl Bryullov, Ivan Aivazovsky, Dmitry Polenov, Ilya Repin, Isaac Levitan, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Nesterov, Aristarkh Lentulov, Robert Falk, Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky and many others
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There is probably no person on earth who has not heard of the extraordinary beauty of Venice. The city is associated with a myriad of timeless symbols – carnivals, palazzos, the flooded Piazza San Marco, the picture-postcard Rialto Bridge, fans and masks.
A veduto (“view” in Italian) is a painting which depicts an everyday cityscape. By the mid-18th century, Venice had become the recognized centre of vedute painting.
At the head of the Venetian school of vedutisti was Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto. His work came to serve as a paragon for successive generations of cityscape painters. Among those to be influenced by Canaletto’s work were the talented artists Francesco Guardi and Michele Marieschi. The exhibition will provide participants and guests of the Eastern Economic Forum with the chance to view one of the museum collections of the Intesa Sanpaolo Italian banking group.
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“The Tretyakov Gallery on the Move” is an interactive exhibition about the museum, as well as a public educational programme. The exhibition will inform visitors about the museum's collection, its founder Pavel Tretyakov, and give viewers the opportunity to experience visiting the Tretyakov Gallery. The programme includes lectures by the Tretyakov Gallery's researchers and film screenings about art and creative workshops.
The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the administration of the city of Vladivostok. The general partner is FESCO Transportation Group, which supports initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life and creating new opportunities for city residents.
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Lecture by Tamara Kaliberova

Tamara Kaliberova is a journalist, winner of the Russian Government Prize for print media (2005), editor-in-chief of Utro Vostoka newspaper, and compiler of Larissa Andersen’s book Alone on the Bridge and Nikolai Andersen’s book The Path of a Russian Officer. Notes from German Captivity (1914–1918).

The lecturer owns a significant part of the legacy of Larissa Andersen, one of the most famous poets of the eastern flank of Russian emigration. The talk will describe how the collection was formed, about personal meetings with Larissa, and about the life of Russian writers in China – in the story of Tamara Kaliberova.

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An evening dedicated to baron Alexey Pavlovich von Budberg (1869–1945, San Francisco), Russian military leader, lieutenant general, military minister in Alexander Kolchak’s government, and Chief of Staff of Vladivostok Fortress from 1905.
The event will be attended by local government officials, as well as representatives of the Foundation for Russian Emigre Heritage, the Solzhenitsyn Centre of Russian Emigré Studies, VEB.RF, the Arseniev Museum of Far East History, alongside visitors, and local experts specializing in the Russian emigre community and the life of Budberg.
Programme:
● Tour of the fortress
● Screening The Fate and Books of Baron Budberg (documentary)
● General Budberg’s creative contribution to Russian military culture A photo presentation of General Budberg’s Military Album
Exhibition of rare First World War era photographs from Budberg’s photo album
The evening will be hosted by Igor Domnin, Deputy Director of the Solzhenitsyn Centre of Russian Emigré Studies, emigre historian, and member of the Union of Writers
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The Victory Train is the world's first immersive museum housed in a moving train.
The historic and artistic exposition captures images of our country's past. It is a timeless portrait of a great era in faces, gestures, moments, authentic objects and authentic feelings.
The story is narrated by the project's protagonist Lydia, a train driver, who leads the visitors along the historical route. The audio guide is narrated by Ekaterina Guseva, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.
The Victory Train has been travelling around the country for over half a year, and over that time it has covered over 40,000 kilometres. Vladivostok will be the 68th stopover city and the 45th region on the train's route map. Next, the exposition will travel to Khabarovsk.
The project was implemented by the creative workshop Nevsky Batalist, together with the media group Krasny Kvadrat, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Russian Railways and the public organization Volunteers of Victory.
Read more: poyezd-pobedy.ru
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