On March 28, 2024, the exhibition Philanthropists opened at the Isle of Sakhalin Book by A. Chekhov Literary and Art Museum (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Mira Prospect, 104). This exhibition project was designed jointly by the Yasnaya Polyana Museum, the A.M. Gorky Museum in Nizhny Novgorod, the A.P. Chekhov Melikhovo Estate-Museum, and the Crimean Literary and Art Memorial Reserve-Museum, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Archive-keeping of Sakhalin Region.
The exhibition focuses on the philanthropic activities of Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Korolenko, and other caring people. Talented authors, scientists or artists, united in the face of common challenges of that time, always found time and energy to help those who needed it the most.
A vivid example of such activity was the publication of the academic and literary collection Help for the Starving in 1892. It was issued on the initiative of the newspaper Russkiye Vedomosti for raising funds to help people who suffered during the crop failure in the Black Belt and Volga provinces of Russia. It contained Tolstoy’s tale the Worker Emelian and the Empty Drum and his article On Means of Helping the Population That Suffered from Crop Failure.
A story of the good work done at that time is built around this collection that became the main item of the exhibition Philanthropists. It tells about the opening of public free meals stations, fund raising, and support of peasants. Visitors will see original objects of the late 19th century, such as kitchenware, books, and photographs, which allow one to evaluate the scale of the disaster and feel compassion for the hardships of the Russian people.
A separate section of the exhibition is dedicated to the medical activities of Anton Chekhov who selflessly fought the cholera epidemics that accompanied the famine. The exhibition features medical objects, which can give one an idea of how medical assistance was rendered in those hard times.
Another section tells about the support of education. It is well known that Chekhov, just like many of his contemporaries, paid a great deal of attention to issues related to education—from participating in the construction of schools to sending books to various places, including Sakhalin, a place of hard labor and exile. It also contains information about the famous Yasnaya Polyana school opened by Tolstoy, and about charitable New Year celebrations Maxim Gorky organized for the poorest children.
Each of those figures of culture, having an amazing powerful talent and influence on the minds of their contemporaries, also had a huge generous heart and showed compassion to the struggles of other people, encouraging others to give them as much help as they could.
The exhibition will be on display until May 26, 2024. The schedule is: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 to 18:00; Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 19:00; Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 to 18:00. Admission by tickets.
No age limit.
The exhibition focuses on the philanthropic activities of Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Korolenko, and other caring people. Talented authors, scientists or artists, united in the face of common challenges of that time, always found time and energy to help those who needed it the most.
A vivid example of such activity was the publication of the academic and literary collection Help for the Starving in 1892. It was issued on the initiative of the newspaper Russkiye Vedomosti for raising funds to help people who suffered during the crop failure in the Black Belt and Volga provinces of Russia. It contained Tolstoy’s tale the Worker Emelian and the Empty Drum and his article On Means of Helping the Population That Suffered from Crop Failure.
A story of the good work done at that time is built around this collection that became the main item of the exhibition Philanthropists. It tells about the opening of public free meals stations, fund raising, and support of peasants. Visitors will see original objects of the late 19th century, such as kitchenware, books, and photographs, which allow one to evaluate the scale of the disaster and feel compassion for the hardships of the Russian people.
A separate section of the exhibition is dedicated to the medical activities of Anton Chekhov who selflessly fought the cholera epidemics that accompanied the famine. The exhibition features medical objects, which can give one an idea of how medical assistance was rendered in those hard times.
Another section tells about the support of education. It is well known that Chekhov, just like many of his contemporaries, paid a great deal of attention to issues related to education—from participating in the construction of schools to sending books to various places, including Sakhalin, a place of hard labor and exile. It also contains information about the famous Yasnaya Polyana school opened by Tolstoy, and about charitable New Year celebrations Maxim Gorky organized for the poorest children.
Each of those figures of culture, having an amazing powerful talent and influence on the minds of their contemporaries, also had a huge generous heart and showed compassion to the struggles of other people, encouraging others to give them as much help as they could.
The exhibition will be on display until May 26, 2024. The schedule is: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 to 18:00; Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 19:00; Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 to 18:00. Admission by tickets.
No age limit.
Posted : 29 march 2024