Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino chaired the second meeting of the organising committee for preparing and holding the celebration of the 200^th birth anniversary of Leo Tolstoy.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting, via videoconference, with the Government members.

In the Trinity Cathedral of the Lavra, Vladimir Putin bowed to the Holy Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev, which was delivered from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on June 22, on the eve of the Orthodox holiday of the Holy Trinity.

Vladimir Putin visited the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum and Heritage Site, including the reconstructed rooms of the Alexander Pushkin Memorial Lyceum and Museum and The Poet and the Tsar exhibition dedicated to the 225th birth anniversary of the great poet.

The President held a meeting with culture professionals of the Tver Region.

Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting with Government members.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova. The Minister informed the President about the work in the new Russian constituent entities, as well as plans to open museums and exhibitions in the regions.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova. The discussion focused, in particular, on the implementation of restoration projects in several Russian regions, as well as the Ministry’s work in the new regions.

The President chaired a videoconference meeting with Government members.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova. Activities of the ministry were discussed.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members, via videoconference.

Presidential Aide and State Council Secretary Igor Levitin and Samara Region Governor Dmitry Azarov co-chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Culture.

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova

Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with members of the Government via videoconference.

The meeting with Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova included a discussion on children’s art schools. Preserving cultural heritage sites was another major item on the agenda.

Vladimir Putin toured the new Museum of Archeology in the Chudov Monastery, whose display space is organised underground on the site of the dismantled 14^th Moscow Kremlin Corps.

Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky on Red Square in a traditional ceremony to celebrate National Unity Day marked on November 4.