YEAR

EVENTS

1870-1876

Donations to the first public library are being collected in Taganrog

1872

On the 30th of December The town duma decided to receive donations, to thank all donors and to compile instructions for readers and direction

1875

On the 16th of December The town duma under the chairmanship of P. F. Perushkin enacted in the library’s instructions to ban lending the current issues of magazines

1876

On the 27th of January The governor of the town a vice-admiral I. V. Furuhelm enacted to open The public library in Taganrog

1876

On the 23d of May The first public library in Taganrog opens

1876

The lending of books costs 4,5 roubles a year, students don’t need to pay for it; using a reading room is free for all readers

1876

On the 7th of July 815 books for 250 roubles were bought by auction from A. Vaschinenko

1876

On the 1st of August there are 40 readers of the library who must pay for the lending of books and 34 readers from students who may use books free. During two and a half months since opening 1086 people visited the library

1876

As of 21st of October the library has 68 readers who pay and 81 free-users. The quantity of visits is 3141, the collection consists of 2911 books

1876

At the end of the year the library collection consists of 2675 books and 870 periodicals

1876

Andrej Ivanovich Pozen became a head of the library

1877

On the 20th of August The town council rented a house for the library from Vasily Rudnev for 385 roubles a year

1877

On the 30th of October Georgy Andreevich Garzevich contributed to the library 1606 books on different branches

1877

The head of the library is A. A. Gamov

1878

On the 25th of March Anton Chekhov pays for using of books in the reading room and pawns for lending of books

1878

On the 27th of March the library moves to the house of the merchant Drashkovich where later (in 1910-1912) a new building for the library would be built (nowadays Petrovskaya st., 96)

1878

A member of The town council I. I. Voskresensky became a head of the library on a voluntary basis

1878

At the end of the year the library collection consists of 2675 books and 870 periodicals; a number of readers makes 146

1880

A bookshop attached to the library closed

1881

On the 18th of September new instructions for readers worked out by A. N. Alferaky and M. P. Znamensky were inculcated

1881

A member of The town council P. P. Stepanov became a head of the library on a voluntary basis

1884

A member of The town council K. T. Foti became a head of the library on a voluntary basis

1885

In V. R. Kholev’s printing house rented by A. S. Pavlovich the first published catalog of Taganrog public library was out; 1903 books were included in it

1886

Taganrog theatre gave 85 books to the library

1889

The head of the library S. G. Popov makes the instructions for readers better

1890

Chekhov’s books were added to the catalog which turned out to be very convenient for readers because they could choose the necessary book without leaving home; besides the library got money for its own maintenance

1890

On the 24th of April Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov on behalf of his son Anton sent a batch of books to the library

1892

The doctor F. A. Minie gave books to the library

1893

As of 16th of May the library collection consists of 3025 books and 2225 periodicals

1895

Pavel Fyodorovich Iordanov, The governor of the town and a member of The town council, became a head of the library on a voluntary basis

1895

The town duma decided to set up a special department for the books given by A. Chekhov

1896

On the 23d of October A. Chekhov suggested to set up a reference department in the library in order to draw in the serious business public

1898

As in December the library has 180 readers; a number of visits makes 7636 people

1899

As of March 22 the library has 200 readers

1899

In October A. Chekhov was selected to be a guardian of the library

1904

On the 2d of July a telegram about Chekhov’s death in Badenweiler was received in Taganrog

1904

In August The town council got money (1631,15 roubles) left to the library by A. Chekhov

1904

The library was named after Anton Chekhov

1904

In September The town duma decided to invest Chekhov’s savings and 2200 roubles heaped up by P. Iordanov in the new library’s building

1906

The collection of the library makes 13 844 exemplars

1910

On the 9th of March the architect F. Shekhtel informed that he would make out a plan of the library free, but he asked to compensate his expenses for helpers

1912

A number of readers makes 281

1913

The collection of the library makes 13 000 books, a number of readers - 346

1914

On the 14th of January a new library built by Shekhtel and his team was sanctified in the presence of Chekhov’s relatives

1914

A number of readers makes -454                                                                                        

1915

A number of readers - 556

1916

A number of readers - 742

1917

A number of readers - 897

1919

A number of readers makes 3083

1922

By July the lending of books became free

1923

M. M. Andreeva-Turkina became a head of the library

1924

The monument to Peter the Great by Antockolsky was taken off from the pedestal and put in the hall of the library

1927

In summer so called reading room was set up in The central park

1928

A department for children was established in the library

1930

N. A. Kuzmina and right after her P. I. Lazareva were heads of the library

1931

N. M. Tsetskhladze and right after her Z. F. Popova were heads of the library

1935

The books’ collection is 21 064 ex., a number of readers makes 7 500

1938

The books’ collection is 100 000 ex.                                                                                  

1939

The books’ collection is 95 000 ex., a number of readers makes 1 100

1941-1943

German invaders stole a lot of books from the library

1942

N. N. Martynova became a head of the library

1943

M. M. Andreeva became a head of the library

1945

The books’ collection is 81 229 ex.

1945

O. I. Ilyina became a head of the library

1946

V. Y. Terekhov became a head of the library

1948

The books’ collection is 91 784 ex., a number of readers makes 7 952

1948

L. P. Likholetova became a head of the library

1949

The department of foreign literature closed                                                                        

1950

The books’ collection is 97 974 ex., a number of readers makes 11 225

1951

The books’ collection is 106 205 ex., a number of readers makes 13 271

1952

A bibliographical department opened

1952

The books’ collection is 117 432 ex., a number of readers makes 14 537

1954

The books’ collection is 140 770 ex., a number of readers makes 18 625

1956

The books’ collection is 155 443 ex., a number of readers makes 19 385

1957

The editing department of the library was set up; for the first time ethnographical work began

1957

O. M. Deputatova became a head of the library

1958

The books’ collection is 174 304 ex., a number of readers makes 19 324

1959

On the 1st of November the lending department made its collection of books accessible to readers

1960

The books’ collection is 93 981 ex., a number of readers makes 16 849

1960

A. I. Pavlova became a head of the library

1962

The books’ collection is 172 643 ex., a number of readers makes 18 446

1963

A section for patent-technical literature with its collection of nearly 160 000 ex. Began working

1963

The rank “The library of excellent work” was given to the library

1963

Activists on a voluntary basis prepared the whole books’ collection of the department of foreign literature for lending

1964

The books’ collection is 185 241 ex., a number of readers makes 20 009

1965

On the 3d of May G. D. Zharova began working in the department of foreign literature as a librarian

1965

The books’ collection is 196 038 ex., a number of readers makes 20 686

1966

T. P. Buvalko became a head of the library

1967

The books’ collection is 460 659 ex., a number of readers makes 22 917

1970

S. V. Drovalyova became a head of the library

1970

The books’ collection is 472 781 ex., a number of readers makes 23 051

1972

Z. P. Firsova became a head of the library

1974

A house where P. I. Tchaikovsky’s brother Ippolit lived was given to the notes-music department

1976

The rank of “Honoured Culture worker” was given to the head of the department of foreign literature G. D. Zharova

1976

In connection with the 100th anniversary of the library V. N. Sokolov and V. N. Pogrebtsova who worked in the department of foreign literature on a voluntary basis (and the library itself) were awarded with letters of honour

1978

A number of readers makes 27 000

1979

On the 2d of January The centralized library system was established which united 15 libraries including 4 ones for children

1979

Librarians from The central and Children’s Gorky library worked out and inculcated the ceremony of “young readers’ transition to adult readers”

1979

The books’ collection is 678 687 ex., a number of readers makes 29 100

1980

In November People’s Artist Boris Shtockolov visited P. I. Tchaikovsky’s memorial room

1980

The books’ collection is 589 008 ex., a number of readers makes 31 768

1981

The library got The First diploma for the best showing

1982

The books’ collection is 714 769 ex., a number of readers makes 33 916

1983

Honoured culture worker former head of The central children’s library N. N. Zhuravleva became a head of the library

1984

The books’ collection is 830 122 ex., a number of readers makes 34 208

1985

The library got The First diploma for the best showing

1986

Some librarians were awarded with the medal “Work-veteran”

1986

The librarian Yelena Kremnyova was awarded with the Sign of Culture Ministry “For excellent work”

1990

The sector of patent-technical literature became a department of the library

1990

The library began rendering chargeable services

1992

The concert-exhibition hall opened

1992

In January the first PC was bought

1992

The library published calling cards and badges with images of The central library and Tchaikovsky house

1994

The electronic catalogue was set up

1995

The town Duma gave the library a “public” rank

1996

The department of automation of library’s processing opened

1996

The library got The first diploma in The regional ecological contest

1997

The librarian Olga Turkina was awarded with the medal “Work-veteran”

1997

On the 2nd of July the rare books department opened

1997

Irina Leontyevna Morozova became a head of the library

1998

Our library won in The regional contest for central libraries

1998

A sector of mass culture was established

1999

On the 6th of June the first number of the historic-literary almanac “Landmark of Taganrog” was published; one of the founders is the library

2000

On the 24th of February The sector of patent-technical literature became a department of the library

2000

For the grant from the Institute “Opened society” the library bought computers within the framework of the project “Chekhov’s memorial Internet-centre”

2000

Since the 18th of May all readers can use Internet in the library free

2001

Z. A. Boiko got the sign “For culture achievements”

2001

The library won in the local ecological contest

2002

Within the framework of the “Week of Germany” guests from Ludenscheid and Badenweiler visited the library

2004

The department of methods and practice of library’s work prepared the guidebook “Chekhov’s libraries in Russia”

2004

The centre of regional history information opened

2004

The library won the first prize in the contest “Library of the year”

2005

On the 28th of January the head of Chekhov’s museum in Badenweiler Heinz Setzer visited the library

2005

The electronic data base of multi-media editions became accessible to readers from the library’s site

2005

On the 24th of May Olga Galushko was awarded with the medal from Culture Ministry of Russia dedicated to the 100th Sholokhov’s anniversary

2006

Our library took the first place in The ecological contest of Russia

2007

The first Chekhov’s Book Festival took place in Taganrog; the library got 1 583 books

2007

On the 23d of September the book-launch “Songs about Taganrog” was held in the notes-music department; the collection of songs was prepared by the librarians

2008

Tatyana Mikheeva became a head of the library

2008

During the 2d Chekhov’s Book Festival the library got 1 453 books

2008

On the 27th of September the modern German writer Georg Klein visited the library

2008

On the 14th of October Minister of Culture of Russia Alexander Avdeev visited the library

2009

In May the 3d Chekhov’s Book Festival was held in Taganrog; the library got 1 210 books

2009

The librarian Irina Morozova took part in the project “A literary train: by Chekhov’s way” in Yughno-Sakhalinsk

2009

The library bought 120 computers and software; among that ones for readers

2010

New departments opened in the library thanks to the information technologies

2010

In the reading room of the library free Wi-Fi became accessible to readers

2010

The conference hall fit out with the latest equipment  opened in the library

2010

On the 27th of January the opening ceremony of the library took place

2010

The body of the library was awarded with The sign of honour “For merit” by the Mayor of Taganrog Nikolai Fedyanin

2010

On the 23d of January the book-launch “Taganrog’s library: look through the time”

2010

On the 31st  of January the literary-musical performance “Chekhov without pince-nez” was held in the library created by librarians

2010

During the 4th Chekhov’s Book Festival the library got 1 135 books

2010

The library’s system of Taganrog joined The Russian libraries’ association

2010

The librarian Yelena Dukhanova became a Chekhov’s prizewinner

2010

On the 14th of January librarians took part in brain-ring “Many-sided Chekhov”; they played with the team from Yughno-Sakhalinsk.

2011

The library became “A leader of 2010”

2011

T. Mikheeva, O. Galushko, S. Rybina, Y. Shapochka and G. Antysheva were awarded with the medal “Chekhov’s 150th anniversary”

2011

On the 1st of February a free computer school was set up in the department “Electronic room”

2011

During the 5th Chekhov’s Book Festival the library got 1 285 books; guests from England and Denmark took part in it

2011

On the 2d of June the burgomaster of Ludensheid (a twin-town of Taganrog) and other guests from Germany visited Tchaikovsky house

2011

“Natural science and medicine center” won The town ecology contest

2011

The librarian Oxana Serbina took part in The first regional meeting of culture workers

2011

On the 27th of August librarians made and played in the literary-musical performance “Etudes about F. Ranevskaya” timed to her 115th anniversary

2011

On the 6th of September the librarian Tatyana Novosyolova got The letter of honour by Culture Ministry of Russia and Trade union

2011

On the 9th of September the librarian Inna Ponochevnaya got The Chekhov prize 

2012

The 31stofJanuary. The 2nd Taganrog Christmas Readings “Spirituality will revive Russia” were held on three stages of Municipal Budgetary Cultural InstitutionCentral Library System: the conference hall of  Chekhov Central Public Library, The Musical Department (Tchaikovsky house) Central City Children’s Library  named after M.Gorky (180 people were present)

2012

The students of Ryhvains gymnasium (Ludensheid) visitedTchaikovsky house inJanuary. (15 people)

2012

The 10thofFebruary. The festival of German culture among pupils, within City conference “German language in context of international Europeanmultilingualism” 2012- the year of Germany in Russia, was held in the Foreign Literature Department of Chekhov  CCPL. (60 people took part in the event)

2012

16 of February.The Round-table talk “ The work of the libraries of MBCI CLS of Taganrog on ecological education of the population:experience and prospects” took place in conference hall of Chekhov Central City Public Library. The members of the Round-table talk were: the workers of municipal libraries,the head of Department of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Galina Tkatcheva and the specialist of the department Helen Yelnikova. 

2012

The 1stof March.The deputy of theState Duma, public and politician figure of Russia, Russian actress of cinema and theatre Helena Drapenko visited  Chekhov CPL.

2012

The 14th of March. The librarians of Chekhov CPL took part in Regional science-practical conference “Revival of the Russian spirituality in creative interaction of libraries and Rostov Eparchy” which took part in Library-Informational Center of branch № 21 named after Turgenev MBCI Rostov-on-Don CLS.

2012

The 20th,21, 23, 27, 28th of March. The 2nd  Opened City competition of readers and translators among the pupils “ Co-authorship with poets” took place in Chekhov CPL ( 390 people took part in this competition)

2012

The 29th of March.The workers of Chekhov CPL took part in the meeting of ecological discussion club, which took place in State Public Library of Don.

2012

The 10th of April. The Round-table talk “The work of Taganrog Libraries with population on the formation of the positive relation to a healthy life” took place in conference hall of Chekhov CPL. The specialists of library-informational centers of municipal libraries took part in the round-table talk.

2012

The 12th of April. The online lecture “The first one forever: Yury Gagarin, John Glenn, Yang Liwei” by Anton Pervushin , the author of the book” 108 minutes, that changed the world”, included into the short list of “Educator”- 2011 rewards, was held in conference hall of Chekhov CPL. About 50 people were present.

2012

The 20-21st of April. The Chekhov CPL took part in All-Russian social-cultural action “Library night”. The action wason 3 stages: The Historical building of Chekhov CPL (96 Petrovskayast.), the New building of CPL (105 Grecheskayast.) Theater garden (105 Grecheskayast). About 20 events, on which 2700 people were present, were held during the action.

2012

The 15-18th of May. The 6th Chekhov Book festival took place in Taganrog. It was organized by Federal news agency and Mass Media of RF, the Ministry of culture of Rostov region, the Local Authorities of Taganrog, the fund “Pushkin Library” (Moscow) The Chekhov CPL took active part in organization of festival and received in gift about 1148 books from Russian public houses. –The 15th of May. The conference hall of CPL: One-man show “The ring and the rose” by W. Thackerayperformed by the Honored Artist of Russian Federation M. Morozov. The 16th of May. The concert and exhibition hall:

- the opening of the 6th book exhibition “ The best books of Russia for Taganrog” 

-the project “ The favorite books of famous people from Saint Petersburg” .The books were represented and given to the municipal libraries of Taganrog

-the meeting of the students and teachers of the faculty “The Publishing” Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute with the head of publishing house “Modern Russian Prose” E. Shubina.

-the 16thof May.

The conference hall of Chekhov library  :

-the public lecture about modern literature. The members of the lecture – the literary critic, writer, journalist N. Alexandrov and editor-in-chief of publishing house “OGY”, poet, translator  M.Amelin. Librarians of special educational institutions, higher education institutions of the city, students of Russian State Social University and guests of the festival were present at the meeting.

-Interactive conference “New forms of book advancement and acquainting young people with reading”. The members of the conference – the head of the educational and methodical center “School of library leadership” A. Lisitsky, the Honored Teacher of RF, director of the Center of education №109 (Moscow) E. Yamburg and the director of “International Centralized Library System named after M.Lermontov” (Saint Petersburg) S. Sereichyk

-the meeting of library specialists with the director of “International centralized library system named after M.Lermontov”  S. Sereichyk. Within the meeting the contract about interlibrary subscription between the libraries of Saint Petersburg and Taganrog was signed (120 librarians took part in the meeting).   The 16th of May. Near the Chekhov Library: - the autograph – session, the members of which were writers, literary critics, prose writers, poets – guests of thefestival.   

The 16th,17th,18th of May. The Book Fair was set near the Chekhov library. The biggest book-selling organization of region “Rostovbook” performed the new books and editions of the writers – guests of the festival.

-The 17th of May. The conference hall of Chekhov Library – the meeting with the famous writer, poet and play-writer V. Voynovich. (librarians, literary critics, teachers, students, pupils) .

-The 18th of May. In the Garden near the Chekhov Library: -The action “Opened Microphone” for poets of Taganrog with M.Amelina.

The closing of the festival. About 60 colleagues from different cities of Russia were present. Library community of Taganrog were presented by specialists of municipal libraries, city higher education institutions, schools, trade-union and departmental libraries (more then 100 people). More the 160 librarians Within the festival about 18 events, on which 5 000 people were present, were organized by the workers of the Library.

2012

The 25th of May Rostov-on-Don Congress-exhibitioncenter “VertolExpo”. A lecture was given on the theme “ The Heritage of Sacred Life” from the experience of work of Taganrog Libraries on the first Orthodox Conference “The work of the libraries on regeneration of Orthodox spirituality” (The leading methodologist of the Organizational and Methodical Department).

2012

The 1st of June, Tchaikovsky House, Chekhov CCPL. The professional meeting with Candidate of Philological Science, the managing scientific worker of Russian Institute of Art Studies in Moscow Aleftina Kuznitcheva.

2012

On the 9th of June.The Legal and Economic Information Center of the Chekhov Library became a winner in the 5th Regional competition “ Libraries for electorate of Don”( the project “So far and so close in history of Russia”).

2012

The professional meeting with colleagues from Hartsizk (Donetsk Region, Ukraine) was held  on the 20th of June. The ways of further co-operation were cleared up during the meeting.

2012

On the 22nd of June. The group of the department “The Legal and Economic Information Center” received gratitude from All-Russian Public Organization of Disabled Patients with Multiple Sclerosisand  Regional Public Organization of Disabled People “Revival” (Taganrog)forhelp in organization of regional school: “The changes of Legislation in compulsory medical insurance” for people, suffering with multiple sclerosis, living in Rostov region.

2012

the 31st of May – colleagues from Aksaisk Region with Galina Krivko, the main director of Sholokhov Library (40 people)

- 10th of Lune – colleagues from Moscow, co-workers of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Russian State Library” (4 people).

The guests of Tchaikovsky House:

-the 2nd of April – the guests from Stavropol Bondarenko T., the leading librarian of Regional Library named after  M. Lermontov           -the 4th of July – guests from Vladivostok (5 people)

-the 20th of April - the members of charitable institution in aid of veterans of the 2nd World War from Austria and Germany

-the 8th of May – guests from Azerbaidzhan

-the 15th  of May – guests from Austria(10 people)

-the 18th of May – guests from Moscow ( Co-workers of publishing house “Ventana-Graf”) (6 people)

-the 19th of May – guests from Muravlevo (3 people).

2012

The 22-29th of July. Tatyana Mikheeva ,the main directorof Chekhov library, took part in trip-seminarin Germany.

2012

The17-20nd of august.The manager of the Center of Cultural programs Oksana Serbina gave the lecture on “The role of public libraries in young generation’s comprehension of the history of Holocaust ”on the XIII annual summer session of international courses of Holocaust lecturers.

2012

The 30td of August. The meetings with famous film directors Vladimir Sorokin and Sergey Golovetsky and cinema specialist Tatyana Mushtakhova were held in the Chekhov CPL during the 6th film festival “In the homeland of A.Chekhov” (320 people were present. 3 feature and documentary films were showed).

2012

The 4th of September. The leading librarian of the department of Pre-revolutionary and Valuable Editions of Chekhov Central Public Library I. Morozova and the manager of Library-Informational center of Savitsky E. Astahova were rewarded with memorial marks “75 anniversary of RostovRegion”,  for ”high achievements in social economica land cultural development of RostovRegion and taking active part in patriotic education of the next generation”.

2012

On the 9 of September the workers of Chekhov Library in co-operation with the members of library clubs and other social organization stook partin the festival of national culturesKhorovod of Friendship” , performing the largest Russian community (Gorky City Park of Culture and Rest).

2012

On the 14-15 of September the manager of the department of Pre-revolutionary and Valuable Editions E.Shapochka and the librarian N. Martinova took part in International scientific conference “Sedov Readings – 2012” and opening the library named after Georgy Sedov.

2012

On the 15 of September the Center of Informational Technologies of Chekhov library received Chekhov Reward for the significant contribution to the development of culture and artinTaganrog .

2012

The 26-28 of September. The leading methodologist of Organizational-Methodical Department of Chekhov CPLO.Kostikhova  made a report on “Chekhov Central Public Library as the informational center and  cultural-historical object  of tourist resources of Taganrog. Part 1” and the manager of Musical Department I.Ponochevnaya made a report on “Chekhov Central Public Library as the informational center and cultural-historical object of tourist resources of Taganrog. Part 2. Tchaikovsky House” on the science-practical conference  “Local history tourist resource as the important element of library’s work”(Municipal Budgetary Cultural Institution “Central Library System of Rostov-on-Don”).

2012

The guests of Chekhov Central Public Library: the 16 of augustthe guest fromIran, designer Mary  10 of September -the guests from Germany (15 people)

15 of Septemberthe guests from the festivalSport for the whole world. From the whole heart” – Alexander Inshakov, the president of the national reward “Sport for the whole world”, Svetlana Jurova, the Olympic champion, Sergey Trofimov, the singer and others.

22 of September – the guest from Romania, the photographer GeoltAndrash Sabo.                                                         

The guests of Chaikhovsky House:

3 of June – the colleagues-librarians from Murmansk (10 people)

12 of June – the colleagues-librarians from South-Sakhalin (3 people)

24 of July –guests from Italy (3 people)

1 of August – colleagues-librarians from Saratov, the department of rare books (5 people).

2012

On the 10-11 of October the teaching seminar on library work for parish librarians was held in Chekhov Library. 53 people took part in the seminar.

2012

11 of October. Chekhov CPL and the State Budgetary Office of social service of Rostov Region “Taganrog hostel for the aged and disabled №2” came to the agreement of co-operation.

2012

19 of October.The artistic evening of the famous script writer and film director, the Winner of the State award of USSR Victor Mereshko and stage and film actor, Honored  Artist of USSR Oleg Basilashvily took place in conference hall of Chekhov Library. 

2012

22 of October. The educational seminar ”Holocaust ’s lessons -  the way to tolerance” for students, school teachers and lecturers of history and social science was held in Chekhov library. The seminar was organized by Chekhov library and the scientific and educational Center and Fund “Holocaust.

2012

28 of October.The manager of Organizational and Methodical Department S.Ribina took part in events, dedicated to the 65 anniversary of Chekhov library in Novocherkask.

2012

The 13 of November. A letter of thanks from Mayor of Taganrog was given to the manager of the department of Pre-revolutionary and Valuable editions E. Shapochkain connection with celebration of the 35th anniversary of foundation of the museum “Chekhov Store” for lasting many years work, for contribution to cultural life of Taganrog and Rostov region, for the development of museum and book matter , for eternizing Chekhov’s memory and popularization of his works.

2012

The 21 of November. Refresher course for directors of CPL and MCL of Rostov region took place in Chekhov CPL. About 50 colleagues visited the library.

2012

From 28 of May to 24 of December.The charitable action “ Give “The Princes’ Dress” to girls, deprived of parents’ love”, which was finished with the Great  Ball, dedicated to the anniversary of Victory in Patriotic war of 1812, took place in Chekhov CPL. The citizens and city enterprises took part in the Ball. About 60 dresses for girls were collected, bought and sewed by the individual order.

2012

The guests of Chekhov library:

The 13 of November – the guest from Germany , Horst P. Okhenpeller                  

The guests of Tchaikovsky House:The 5 of October – the guests from Austria (5 people).

The 9 of November – the guests from Bavaria, a group of German tourists (5 people).

2013

The 30 of January. Chekhov CLP took part in International Practical Conference: ”The problems of reorganization of Taganrog”. The main director of MBCI Centralized Library System T. Miheeva made the report “ Chekhov Central Public Library as the cultural-historical object  of tourist resources of Taganrog”.

2013

The 27 of March. The Round-table talk “Learning to live together “, within realization of state program   “Available environment” took place in conference hall of Chekhov Library in Taganrog. The members of the Round-table talk were: MBIC CLSof Taganrog, Management of social protection of the population of Taganrog, social workers, managers and representatives of public organizations of disabled people of the city, “Taganroghostelfortheagedanddisabled №2”, “the Center of social service of advanced aged citizensand disabled people of Taganrog”, library workers of the city.

2013

The competition on artistic reading “Viva,Liber!” (The organizer – The Foreign Literature Department.) 

-26 of February – the 1st part (French )

-26 of March –the 2nd part ( German)

2013

  • The guests of Chekhov Library:                                                                                                        -30 of January – Guests from Saint Petersburg, Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Aksay – the members of International practical conference: “The problems of reorganization of Taganrog” (17 people)

    -30 of January –the  Hero of  Russian Federation , space pilot, scientist and journalist YuryBaturin.      

    The guests of Tchaikovsky House:    

    -10 of January – the guests from Germany, the students of Richvain’s gymnasium Ludensheid (10 people)  

    -9 of March – the guests from Ukraine, Marupol (7 people) 

2013

April. Participation in special project “ Reading Marathon”  within  “Library night -2013” (the questionnaire is placed on Chekhov Library site) (73 questionnaires were filled up).

2013

The 2nd All-Russian action “Librarynight – 2013 in Taganrog”  - “Bookish! Olympic! Yours!” took place on three stages of Chekhov Library (2 000 people took part in it).

2013

15-18 of May.The 7th Chekhov festival was held. It was organized by Federal news agency and Mass Media of RF, the Ministry of culture of Rostov region, the Local authorities of Taganrog, Fund “Pushkin Library” (Moscow). The municipal libraries took active part in organization of festival and received in gift about 1163 books from Russian public houses.                                    

The 16th of May. The concert and exhibition hall:- the opening of the 7th book exhibition “ The best books of Russia for Taganrog” on which the books of well-known Russian public houses were represented: Azbuka-Aticus, AST, Astrel, White City, Children's literature, Young guard, Flinta, Eksmo and others.–the meeting of students of lyceum №4, readers, librarians with Russian writer A.Gelasimov.16 of May. Near the Chekhov Library:- The book fair, on which the biggest book-selling organization of region “Rostovbook” performed the new books and editions of the writers – guests of the festival. The book production was presented by book-selling shops of Taganrog: “Phoenix”, “Magistr” , “Books” and Taganrog writers.

16,17,18 of May –Theatrical show. Young artists of the theatre ”Garden”(art-adviser V.Psel) appeared before guests as the heroes of literary works. The audienceshould guess the characters and find them on symbolical "literary crossroads" 16-17 of May. Gorky Library: - The science-practical conference of workers of cultural and educational institutions of the South federal district “Children. Culture. Reading” dedicatedtothe 80 anniversaryofGorkyLibrary. The Round-table talk “The classics of children's literature and modernity: continuation of traditions” and the meeting with the writerK.Dragunskaya 16 of May. Near the Gorky library: -The unusual procession of readers Street-art “From Gorky to Gorky” was held, it was dedicated to 145 anniversary of writer’s birthday.  

16 of May- The meeting of pupils of the lyceum №7 with the famous writer and poet Sergey Makhotin. - 18 of May. The closing of the festival in the conference hall of Chekhov CPL. 8 events were held within the festival, about 3 000 people took part in it.

2013

12-17 of MayManaging director on library work and the manager of Lending Book department of Chekhov Library became the members of All-Russian library congress : conference of Russian Library Association XVIII every year session “Library and rights of the personality” (Penza city).

2013

The Guests of Chekhov Library:

-28 of Maythe guests from Herson, Ukraine (3 persons )

-26 ofJunethe guests fromTurkey 2 persons)

The Guests of Chaikhovsky House: -17 of Maythe  guests from USA(Texas)  (3 persons)

2014 Commemorative meeting devoted to the 100 anniversary of the consecration and opening of the city Library building and Chekhov Museum (Project F. Shekhtel) was held on 28 January in the concert exhibition Hall of Library named after A.P. Chekhov
2014 The presentation of the Festival of municipal libraries of the city "Taganrog reading" for the staff of the library system of Taganrog, librarians of schools, colleges, social institutions, trade-union libraries, within the framework of the Year of culture in Russia took place on 18 February in the conference hall of the Central municipal public library named after A. P. Chekhov. The presentation of new online project of the Central city public library named after Anton Chekhov "The Taganrog book collection" also took place in the library.
2014 The first stage of the Competition of artistic reading "We read the fairy tale" in French, for pupils of schools № 10, № 32 and № 38 took place on 25 of February in the concert hall of the Tchaikovsky House. The contest was organized by the Department of foreign languages of library named after A. P. Chekhov and the Department of education of Taganrog (109 people).
 
2014 The awarding ceremony of the Contest of photographs "We are responsible for those, who were tamed” took place on 28 March. The competition was held within the city ecological two-month campaign "Days of protection from environmental hazards" for pupils of educational institutions of Taganrog, with assistance of the Department of education of Taganrog and assistance of the Department of environmental protection and natural resources of Administration of Taganrog. The organizers of the competition were - the Station of young naturalists, library of A.P. Chekhov, the department "Center of natural sciences and medicine" (90 people, 50 works).
 
2014 April 24. The Deputy Director on information technologies of the Centralized Library System Antysheva Galina became the participant of the International scientific and practical conference:  "Youth reading Chekhov in Taganrog" and made a report "Modern information capabilities of the library named after A. P. Chekhov" (Taganrog)
2014 The All-Russian socio-cultural action "Biblionight - 2014 in Taganrog" "Leafing through a book of Russian culture" took place on April 25 on three platforms of library of A.P. Chekhov. During the action 54 persons joined a public library, 9 tours for 180 people were conducted. In total 2800 people took part in it.
2014 The Head of the department “Center of cultural service” became the participant of International seminar of Interregional public organization "Holocaust". She made the report "The role of public libraries in shaping the tolerant thinking of the young generation on the example of Holocaust history”.
2014

The VIII Chekhov book festival, organized by The Federal Press and Mass Communications agency of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of Rostov region, Administration of Taganrog, the Management of culture of Taganrog, Pushkin Library Fund was held in Taganrog on 14-18 of May.

Municipal library took a most active part in preparation and carrying out of festival and received in gift from the Russian publishers 1166 copies.

May 15, in the concert-exhibition hall of the library named after A. P. Chekhov:

· opening of the 8th book exhibition "The Best Books of Russia - to Taganrog". Books from the famous largest publishing houses of Russia were presented at the exhibition. 1086 people visited the exhibition.

· The educational lecture "Lermontov's St. Petersburg in the History and Persons" for pupils of the Taganrog colleges, readers and librarians, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the poet took place. The lecture was given by M.A. Yakovleva, the research assistant of methodical department of library named after M. Lermontov. 90 people attended the event.

· creative meeting of students of the Taganrog colleges, with the famous Russian writer, the publicist Evgeny Popov. The event was attended by 80 people.

May 15, in the conference hall of the library named after A. P. Chekhov:

·The fourth scientific and practical conference "The Continuation of Chekhov: the 100th anniversary of building the Taganrog municipal library (F. O. Schechtel)". Not only librarians of Taganrog, Bataysk, Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Myasnikovsky district, Yaroslavl, but also art critics and staff of the museums of Taganrog and Moscow participated in the conference.

May 15, near the library named after A. P. Chekhov:

· The book fair, where the biggest book-selling organization of region "Rostovkniga" presented books, and editions of the writers – guests of the festival, took place. The book production had been presented by book-selling shops: "Magistr", "Books" and "Russian Post".

May 15 in library of M. Gorky:

· meeting of pupils of school № 10 with the children's writer Yury Nechiporenko, the illustrator Alexey Kapninsky, the specialist of Russian state children's library – Olga Perekhodtseva. 90 people attended the event.

16 may in the concert-exhibition hall of the library named after A. P. Chekhov:

· meeting of students of the faculty of foreign languages of Pedagogical Institute and professor of Russian language and literature of Cambridge university (Great Britain) I.A. Kirillova. 105 people attended the event.

16 may in the reading room of the library named after A. P. Chekhov:

·meeting of teachers and students of the Taganrog Institute of management and Economics, College of Marine Instrumentation and Yakov Gordin - the famous Russian historian, the publicist, the writer, the editor-in-chief of magazine “Zvezda”. The event was attended by 84 people.

On may 16 at the conference hall of the library named after A. P. Chekhov:

· seminar about promotion of the book and reading for parents, teachers, sociologists , psychologists, librarians "What do children read? The views of adult experts". The event was attended by 70 people.                                      

May 16 in library of M. Gorky: 

· meeting of kindergarten pupils and the children's poetess Marina Boroditskaya. The event was attended by 52 people.                                                      

· master-class " We draw literary heroes," for students was carried out by the Illustrator Alex Kaplinsky. The event was attended by 57 people.                         

May 17 near library of A.P. Chekhov in the theatrical square:                               

· closing of the VIII Chekhovian book festival. More than 50 people attended.     6 excursions for the festival guests (45 people) were held during the VIII Chekhov book festival. The library has organized 10 events, attended by over 2,500 people.

2014 25 May. The Head of the Central Library System of Taganrog, Tatyana Mikheeva became a participant in the Round table "The Phenomenon of literary anniversary: Pro et contra", within the IX International Book Salon in RNL, and also made the report "Chekhov's Continuation: 150 anniversary of the great writer"" (St. Petersburg).
2014 June 6. The bibliographer of the department  "the Center of Local history Information" of  Chekhov library Julia Mamchenko became a member of the Regional scientific and practical conference "This wonderful Russian language" dedicated to activities of libraries for preservation of Russian language and  has made the report "Classics of Russian". Acquaintance to the Russian phraseology on the example of A.P. Chekhov’s works. (Rostov-on-Don).
2014 June 6. The leading librarian of the Department of pre-revolutionary and rare editions of the Library named after A. P. Chekhov Natalya Martynova and the head of the Department "Center of legal and economic information" Kremneva Elena, participated in the conference "Russian language as the basis of Russian statehood: historical aspects and current problems of development". (Conference hall of the Chekhov library, 65 people).
2014

The guests of Chekhov library:   

4 June, guests from South Korea (13 people); 

The Guests Of Tchaikovsky House: 

May 21, visitors from South Korea (15 people)  

5 Jun guests from Germany (6 people, journalists)

2014

The guests of Chekhov library:                                                                   

·July 20 guest from Israel (1 person)                                                           

·5 July a guest from France (4 people)  

·July 8 guests from Austria (3 people)      

The guests of Tchaikovsky House:     

 August 27. Belicheva S., the doctor of psychological sciences, professor, and T. Makeeva, the director of House-Museum of M. Muraviev-Apostol in Moscow.

2014 August, September. The  Chekhov Library worked as, the Information centre "Elections 2014", in  which voters were informed about the pre-election campaign, acquainted with the visuals, about powers and the status of deputies of City Council, publications in the press, videos. The information centre received applications from the public in writing and by telephone, the consultant was on duty.
2014 Proceedings of the Fourth Scientific and practical conference of 2014, "The Continuation of Chekhov." The 100 anniversary of the Taganrog City Library building. Project F. Shekhtel (100 copies) (100 copies) were published in September.
2014

Two applications for participation in the All-Russian competition of projects of libraries and cultural institutions of Russia "Biblio's Space" were prepared in September and sent to the charity Fund of Oleg Deripaska "Volnoe Delo":     

1)  The project "Creation of library-theatrical and exposition space in the homeland of the great Russian writer A.P. Chekhov as extension of architectural heritage of his friend, academician F.O. Schechtel".                                                        

2) The project "Chekhov's Continuation. Chekhov, Tchaikovsky, Levitan" the V All-Russian scientific and practical conference of the libraries named after A. P. Chekhov.
 

2014 September 11. The Organizational-methodical Department of the Central city public library named after A. P. Chekhov was awarded with the Chekhov reward for the significant contribution to the development of culture and art in the city of Taganrog. The Head of Department Svetlana Rybina has been awarded with the Prize, the Certificate and a commemorative medal at the festive reception of the mayor of Taganrog in honor of the city's birthday.
2014

The guests of Chekhov library:                                                                              

12 November.

C. Matlina - Editor-in-chief of the magazine "Bibliotechnoye Delo" The guests of TchaikovskyHouse:                                                                                               

28 October.  

Marc Sagnol - French poet, diplomat, winner of the award "La Brewer" of the French Academy.       

2014 12 - November 14. The head of the musical department of the library named after A. P. Chekhov became the participant of the International scientific conference "Tchaikovsky and the 21st century: Dialogues in Time and space" and made the presentation "The music of Tchaikovsky in the House over the sea" (Moscow, Klin)
2014

December 11:

In the conference hall of Chekhov library:      

international seminar "Holocaust: Remembrance and Prevention". The Head of the Department "Center of cultural programs" of Chekhov's library Oksana Serbina made the report. (120 persons attended)                                                                  

-The opening of the international exhibition of the artist Joseph Bau, "the Holocaust through the eyes of a prisoner" has taken place in the Concert Exhibition Hall (attended by 160 persons)

2014 December. The Center of cultural programs of the Chekhov library took 2 place in the regional competition "M. Y. Lermontov: through the ages" in the category "Central library of the city district".
2015  January 29-30. The chief librarian of the pre-revolutionary and valuable editions Department, Irina Morozova, participated in the Scientific and practical Conference "Problems and perspectives of preservation of Chekhov's heritage" dedicated to the 155th anniversary of Anton Chekhov's birth, to the 125 anniversary of a trip of the writer to the island of Sakhalin the 125th anniversary of the writer's visit to the island of Sakhalin and made a presentation "Taganrog City Library in the preservation, study and promotion of Chekhov's legacy: from the 19th century to the century" (South-Sakhalin)
  2015  March 25. The conference for specialists of libraries, teachers of the educational institutions of Taganrog working with youth "We should live and remember. Patriotic education of youth" was held in the conference hall of Chekhov Library. (96 persons)
  2015  April 24. The action in support of reading "Biblionoch-2015 in Taganrog" "The diary of Chekhov’s era" took place. 40 actions on 16 platforms, which were visited by about 2500 people have taken place within the action.
  2015 

13-16 May. IX International Chekhov Book Festival:                                                   

 Within the festival libraries of Taganrog held 18 events, which were attended by 4470 people.           The 9th book exhibition "The Best Books of Russia for Taganrog" worked from May 14 to May 18. The exhibition was attended by 1600 people. All the books submitted (1515 copies) were handed out to the municipal libraries of the city of Taganrog after the festival.

  2015  14-15 May. V Russian Scientific and practical Conference of libraries named after A. Chekhov "Continuation of Chekhov. Chekhov, Tchaikovsky, Levitan" was held in Chekhov Library. More than 150 people participated in the Conference: specialists from the municipal, departmental, trade union and educational libraries of the region and Russia, staff of museums, teachers and university students. The representatives of the libraries from Istra, Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Azov, Bataysk, Novocherkassk, library systems: Matveevo-Kurgansky, Neklinovsky, Kuibyshev districts came to the motherland of A.P. Chekhov. The participants in the Conference were S.G. Matlina, editor-in-chief of the magazine "Bibliotechnoye Delo", the Chief scientific officer of RNL, candidate of pedagogical sciences (Moscow) and M.O. Chudakova (Moscow), literary critic, historian, Doctor of Philology, critic, writer, memoirist, public figure. 11841 books have been donated to the library from the first to the Ninth Book Festival (inclusively).
  2015  22-25 June. Oksana Serbina, the head of the Centre of Cultural Programs, attended the IX International Conference "Lessons of the Holocaust and modern Russia" (International forum "Holocaust: 70 years later") Made a presentation "the Role of public libraries in the perception of young people about the Holocaust" (Moscow).
  2015  From 30 June to 3 July, participation in the summer Youth School for library leaders "from projects to leadership!"
  2015  September 10. Morozova Irina, the chief librarian of department of pre-revolutionary and valuable editions of the Central city public library of A.P. Chekhov, was awarded with the Chekhovian prize for the significant contribution to the development of culture and art in Taganrog city. The honorary sign and the certificate of the laureate were presented at the gala reception of the mayor of Taganrog in honor of city's birthday.      
  2015  25 and 26 September. The Staff of the Cultural Program centre Vladimir Babaev and Oksana Serbina became the participants in the international project "Chekhov Alive".
  2015  27 November. The Central city Public Library, A. P. Chekhov, was awarded with the Diploma of the First degree for the victory in the VI regional competition "Libraries — to Voters of Don". The director of the library system of Taganrog, Tatiana Mikheeva, received a diploma and a valuable gift at the Don State Public Library.
  2015  15 -17 December. The Director of the Library system of the city of Taganrog, Tatyana Mikheeva took part in the V All-Russian forum of public libraries "Public libraries. Challenges of time" (Saint-Petersburg).
  2015 

The guests of Chekhov library:                                                                             

• September 20. From Belgium (3 persons)

The guests of Tchaikovsky House:

• January 22, Ladenstein students from Germany, and student translators from the Pedagogical Institute the faculty of foreign languages (10peoples).                                                                             • April 10, a modern German writer Anna Kushnerova (6 pers.)  

• May 17 meeting with the German delegation of the public organization "Forum of Russian culture of Gutersloh" (7 pers.)                                                            

• April 15 From France (4 pers.)                                                                                          

• 23, July 24 From USA (3 persons)                                                                                                          • November 5, From Austria(6 people)                                                                                                      • December 8, From India (3 people)

  2016  March 25. Oksana Serbina, the head of the department "The Center of cultural programs" of the library named after A. P. Chekhov, was awarded with the letter of appreciation from Ministry of culture of Rostov region for many years of effective work in the culture industry, a big contribution to preservation and development libraries in connection with a professional holiday – Day of cultural workers.
  2016 
The Professional magazine "Bibliotechnoye delo" No. 4, devoted entirely to the name Library A. P. Chekhov, was released in April.
  2016  The reprint edition of the "Pozharny" magazine, which will be interesting not only to workers of a fire service, was published in April as the result of joint work of the Government of the Rostov region and the Central city public library named after A. P. Chekhov.
  2016  Russian Premier League qualifying tour "open Mouth 2016" was held on April 16 in the Chekhov library. The unique project, since 2011 had been held in the cities of Siberia, from 2013 received the national scale in 2016 he was dedicated to the Year of language and literature of great Britain and Russia.
  2016   41 events, which were attended by about 2500 people  took place on  21 platforms  on  April 22 the action "Biblionoch – 2016 in Taganrog" "The love affair with cinema"
  2016  

12-14 May.

The 10th International Chekhov Book Festival was held in Taganrog The libraries of the Central library system carried out 14 events, which were visited by 4000persons.                                                                                                                                                               The 10th Book exhibition "The Best Books of Russia for Taganrog" worked from May 13 to May 15 in the library named after A. P. Chekhov. The municipal libraries of the city of Taganrog got all the books submitted after the festival.  

May 13:                                                                                                                                                                       

 The Interregional humanitarian forum "the Book as the vitamin of growth" and presentation of the Cultural and Educational Association "Bibliotherapy" was held with the support of the administration of Taganrog, the Department of culture of Taganrog and the Pushkin library. The participants were 112 library professionals from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, Rostov-Don, Rostov region, and the city of Taganrog.                                                                                

- meeting with Lyudmila Malyukova, the Doctor of Philology, the literary critic, the member of the Russian Writers' Union, the author of numerous books and articles about the Russian literature of the XX century was held in the concert hall of Chekhov library.                                         

- Meeting with a famous artist of Russia V. A. Chizhikov was held in the conference hall of Chekhov library.    

May 14:

In the concert-exhibition hall of the library named after A. P. Chekhov:                              

-creative meeting with the Russian writer, doctor of philological Sciences, literary critic E. G. by Vodolazkin.                                                                                                                           

-creative meeting with the Russian writer, literary historian, and critic, winner of the award "Big book" and winner of other prestigious awards M. A. Kucharski.                                             

The festival "Territory of childhood" for children and adults with professional consultations, workshops, games, creative meetings, contests, quizzes took place in the municipal house of culture.                            The staff of the library named after M. Gorky took part in a "Literary picnic" in a public Park on the Playground "Lukomorye". (more than 500 persons).

A round table-talk entitled "Traditions of patronage in homeland of A. P. Chekhov: Preservation and Development" was held in the small exhibition hall of Chekhov library. It was attended by the library staff, city, and Russian museums, writers, government officials and the business community, collectors and historians of the city. The main outcome of a festival – the books donated to urban libraries, schools, kindergartens. The festival united readers of all age, writers, artists, translators, librarians and all who are interested in the book and literature. 12708 copies of the documents were donated to the libraries of Taganrog from the first to the tenth book festival.                                                      

  2016  23 May. The Chekhov Library celebrated the 140 anniversary of the opening the first public library in Taganrog (140 pers.)
  2016  May 14-20. Representatives of the Centralized Library System of Taganrog: the Deputy director for library work Eleonora Martynova and the Head of the city subscription department Svetlana Naydenko participated in the All-Russian library congress: The XXI Annual Conference of the Russian library association in Kaliningrad.
  2016 

Guests of the Library named after A. P. Chekhov:                                                                                                  

20 March:                                                                                                                                         

- from Spain (Linares) (1 person, EU Department advisor Thomas Reyes Ortega)                       

22 Jun:                                                                                                                                       

- from Lebanon (1 person, Pyotr Iordanov, great-grandson of Russian public and statesman, the head of Taganrog city Pavel Iordanov)                                                                                                             

The Guests Of Tchaikovsky House :                                                                                                                       

21 January:                                                                                                                                      

 - From Germany (6 pers.)                                                                                                                                                

April 10:                                                                                                                                               

 - Northern Ireland (UK) (20 pers., Boxing team)                                                                                                  

 April 29:                                                                                                                                                          

 - Austria(1 pers., Herbert Zahler, member of the German Chekhov society (Wartberg an der Krems, Austria)

  2016  The Taganrog libraries offered readers a new reading format, free access to electronic books from the “Litresin July.
  2016 

August:                                                                                                                                       

- Polina Fomicheva, the bibliographer of the 1st category of the department "Center of local history information" of Library named after A. P. Chekhov was awarded with the letter of appreciation for participation in the regional competition "Librarian of the Year 2016".            

 -Ekaterina Chernysheva, the leading librarian of department "Center of universal service" of the Library named after A. P. Chekhov was awarded with the diploma of the II degree for participation in a regional competition of buktreyler to the 100 anniversary since the birth of A.V. Kalinin "Power of talent".

2016 August-October.Tatyana Mikheyeva, the director of the Centralized Library System, took part in the IV All-Russian competition "The Librarian of Year — 2016" and reached the final on the results of online voting, and was awarded a diploma of the finalist of the IV All-Russian competition "The Librarian of Year — 2016".
2016 The presentation of the 64th historical-literary almanac "Vekhi Taganroga" devoted to Year of Russian cinema was held on 26 August in the Chekhov library. The event was attended by Director, writer, producer feature and documentary films, honored artist G. M. Yevtushenko, a famous film critic, Director, member of the Expert Council of the Guild of film critics of Russia D. A. Schneider, a member of the Union of cinematographers of Russia, I. K. Pugovkin.
2016 The creative meeting with the director, the screenwriter, the producer of feature and documentary films G. M. Yevtushenko took place on 27 August in the Chekhov library. (50 persons visited)
2016 September 12. A professional meeting with colleagues (library and museum staff) from the Republic of Crimea, "the literary bridge" Crimea-Kuban-Rostov-Don "(12 persons), was held in the A. P. Chekhov Library.
2016 September 27. The meeting with the writer, the author of detective novels Elena Mikhalkova took place in the Library named after A. P. Chekhov (98 people)
2016 Galina Antysheva, the deputy director for information technologies, was selected from 27 representatives of culture of the Rostov region and Krasnodar and had successfully passed a training in Austria and Slovakia In November.
2016

Guests of the Library named after A. P. Chekhov:                                                                                             

 - from Chechnya on 15 July (21 people, students and teachers of the Chechen state University, history faculty)                                                                                                               

 -filmmaker and writer Vladimir Orlov ,September 7                                                                   

 -  from Belarus (international observers, 5 persons)                                                                    

 - from Germany on 12 September (12 persons, students of the Polytechnic College of Lüdenscheid)                                                                                                                               

 - From Greece guest on 18 September                                                                                         

 - from Belgium on September 19, (Jean – Claude – Felix - Daniel Pire, his ancestors stood at the origins of TAGMET)                                                                                                             

The Guests Of Tchaikovsky House :                                                                                            

- From China 6 October, 12 people (violin musicians)   

- From Korea on 6 October, 9 persons (Students of children's music school and their Korean parents)                                                                                                                                                                              

 2017 January 5. The Vth International language regional geographic conference "Russia-Germany-2017." The dialogue of Cultures was held at the Tchaikovsky' House. Rajhvajn Gymnasium students from the German city of Lüdenscheid met with schoolchildren of Taganrog in the framework of the 10th, anniversary visit to our city. More than 60 students and school teachers from the city attended the conference
 2017 February 15. The "Library — the Center of Ecological Education" conference which gathered in the conference hall of library workers of the city, specialists working on environmental education, awareness-raising, education and training, which was a continuation of the Grand opening in the city of Taganrog of the Year of ecology was held in the Library named after A. P. Chekhov.
2017 April 21. 44 The activities were carried out on 16 platforms of Library System of Taganrog within Biblionoch-2017 action in the Taganrog "The genius of the place"
2017

11-13 may. XI international Chekhov book festival in Taganrog

Libraries of Taganrog held 10 events, attended by 2660 people. 630 people attended the book exhibition «The Best Books to Taganrog» from May 12 to May 14.

All submitted books – 1026 copies, after the festival were handed over to the municipal libraries.                                                                                                                                                                         Within the 11th International Chekhov Book Festival:                                                                                   May 11. The presentation of the last part of the trilogy "Ridiculous Stories" "Note of the journalist and the humorist" of the Taganrog author Galina Tkachenko was held in the conference room of the Chekhov library. Visited 127 persons.                                                     

May12. The second Interregional Humanitarian Forum "the book as a vitamin growth" was held with the support of the estate library, the Russian state children's library, the Directorate of Culture of Taganrog, the Directorate of Education of Taganrog, The Central library System of Taganrog, Russian Association of the "Growing reader", Cultural Education Association "Bibliotherapy". The inclusion of the Cultural and Educational Association "Bibliotherapy" in the-Association of Cultural, Arts and education artists in reading "Growing readers" became a forum event. Forum discussion Site "What are modern teens reading?"

2017

 

 

May 26:The meeting with the Russian writer, poet, artist and lecturer of St Petersburg state University Rinat Valiullin was held in the library named after A. P. Chekhov. (80 people)       -The meeting with Rostov poet Dmitry Kravchenko, the winner of poetry competitions organizer in Rostov city project "Literary salon", the author of the poetry project, "Listen", leading programs "Razbudili" Contr took place in the library of Chekhov. (30 people)

2017

 

June 6. The meeting with the writer, the screenwriter, the publisher Václav Mikhalsky, the native of Taganrog, the member of the Russian Writers' Union, the owner of the State award in literature and art took place in library of A.P. Chekhov. (visited by 87 persons)

2017

 

7 June. Lessons on "Legal and social Information in Libraries" as part of the program of regional refresher courses for bibliographers "information and reference bibliographical services: priorities and innovative practices" took place in the library named after A. P. Chekhov (visited 31 people)

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7 June. Meeting with the Moscow poet, journalist, photographer, publisher, author of the book "Crook" Anna L. Berdichevsky (visited 32)

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Guests of the library: 

- from Mongolia, Ulan Bator, students of the second graduate course of the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don).                                                                                                      

-from South America (Republic of Colombia C. Moscu) 1st year Students of SF                                    

- from China (representatives of the Institute of Confucius and the Beijing Club of International Chinese Language Examinations (HSK) (3 persons, 23 March))                                        

- from Germany forum Russian Culture Gütersloh, (27 May, 14 persons)                                     

The Guests Of Tchaikovsky House:                                                                                               

- from Germany:

-Celine Cilius, school student with integrated learning name of Adolf Reichwein, lüdenscheid.     -high school students fürstenberg, Baden Wuerttemberg (April 25, 15 people)                                               

- Forum Of Russian Culture Of Gutersloh (29 May, 15 persons)                                                        - from Singapore:

- Jomes Powing, a specialist in the field of IT technologies. (25 Feb)
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