Array ( [ID] => 531 [TIMESTAMP_X] => 2021-03-11 15:07:42 [IBLOCK_ID] => 5 [NAME] => Текст новости EN [ACTIVE] => Y [SORT] => 500 [CODE] => DESCRIPTION_EN [DEFAULT_VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] => [TYPE] => HTML ) [PROPERTY_TYPE] => S [ROW_COUNT] => 1 [COL_COUNT] => 30 [LIST_TYPE] => L [MULTIPLE] => N [XML_ID] => [FILE_TYPE] => [MULTIPLE_CNT] => 5 [TMP_ID] => [LINK_IBLOCK_ID] => 0 [WITH_DESCRIPTION] => N [SEARCHABLE] => N [FILTRABLE] => N [IS_REQUIRED] => N [VERSION] => 2 [USER_TYPE] => HTML [USER_TYPE_SETTINGS] => Array ( [height] => 200 ) [HINT] => [VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] => <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">On September 13-15, Tobolsk played host to <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i>, a federal program for contextual development of territories. The book festival that takes place within the framework of the program has become a traditional occurrence. It is the fourth consecutive year that the festival gathers several thousand residents and guests of the city at its sites. Over the course of the three days that the festival was running, more than 140 events were held for children and adults as part of it. Special programs for those whose jobs are associated with culture, creative industries, tourism, and the development of Tobolsk have been extended. The <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i> project is implemented with the support of SIBUR, Tobolsk's city administration, and in close cooperation and partnership with local cultural and educational institutions.</span> </p> <p> <b><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Pyotr Vagin, Mayor of Tobolsk:</span></b><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <i><span style="background: white;">“Culture is the framework, the backbone that underpins everything else. As the governing body, our job is to get our residents engaged in the city's development, which is a creative process based on culture in the broadest sense of the word. Tobolsk has always been known as a city of creative and enterprising people, who are open to new things and who facilitate progress. The </span></i><span style="background: white;">Books in the City<i> festival provides residents with a platform for ideas and experiments. Basically, the festival helps design our future".</i></span></span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">A former bookstore on Mira Street that re-opened its doors to visitors for three days became the festival’s main venue and headquarters. It displayed books from more than 100 publishers. As always, the <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i> festival featured the best children's visual and educational literature, books for those interested in culture and those searching for their own creative identity, and, of course, books about Siberia and local history. The selection featured by the store and the festival included a great number of books penned by Tobolsk and Siberian authors.</span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">To provide an opportunity to make long-term creative plans regardless of the season, the <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i> festival is establishing a contemporary literary institution in Tobolsk: the former and future bookstore on Mira Street will soon be converted into <i>THE HOUSE OF SIBERIAN STORIES</i>. The idea of revitalizing and transforming the bookstore received backing from SIBUR. Following its refurbishment, the bookstore will become a multifunctional center of culture. It will be working for the whole of Siberia as a mainstay institution for the industry of impressions, creativity and tourism in Tobolsk, providing authors with access to knowledge and the best modern practices. As such, it will become a display case of Siberian stories for the whole nation and the rest of the world.</span> </p> <p> <b><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Elena Belskaya, Director of ZapSibNeftekhim's Department for Government Relations and Socioeconomic Projects:</span></b><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <i><span style="background: white;">“Tobolsk is a major industrial hub in Russia, where great attention is placed on designing and developing the city's urban environment. The profile of a SIBUR employee is not just that of a technical expert, but also a person of cross-functional interests who draws knowledge and inspiration from a variety of sources. This, in turn, suggests that there is a need to develop the city's cultural environment that will nurture these interests".</span></i></span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">The festival took over the entire Mira Street, once the city’s main thoroughfare featuring workshops for children, labs for teenagers, master classes, lectures, discussions, public art, street food, a local crafts market, a chess tournament, a space for table tennis competitions and ramp-style library called <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY </i>that merged street sports and urban bookcrossing (skateboards, scooters, and book exchanges).</span><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <br> <span style="background: white;">After completing one's journey seeking new inspiration on books' pages, a visitor could then take one of the excursion routes that started right on the festival's grounds. The festival and its partners had established <i>A Bureau of Siberian Stories</i> that charted more than 30 routes to be explored on foot, on a scooter, by bicycle, by bus, including even a flight in the basket of a hot air balloon christened <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i> to discover the city from a bird's-eye perspective.</span></span> </p> <p> <b><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Andrey Gelmiza, founder of the federal platform and the festival:</span></b><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <i><span style="background: white;">“The format of </span></i><span style="background: white;">BOOKS IN THE CITY<i> helps actively expanding cities to quickly adapt and develop their cultural and social contexts. Thanks to the efforts of SIBUR and the city's administration, Tobolsk is advancing very rapidly. As a result, it is fun to be in this city both for ‘books’ and for the people.”</i></span><br> </span> </p> <p> <i><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">Recount Your City</span></i><span style="color: #575757; background: white;">, one of <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i> festival's centerpiece programs, has evolved into a full-fledged year-long festival in Tobolsk. The <i>FESTIVAL OF SIBERIAN STORIES</i> was established in Siberia's first capital for the benefit of those who are eager to tell the world not only about Tobolsk, but also about the whole of greater Siberia. The project supports all genres of storytelling. Its participants include writers, playwrights, scientists, artists, filmmakers, craftsmen, game developers, tour guides, publishers, producers and city managers, or, in short, all those who have chosen creativity and storytelling as their hobby, occupation, or business.</span> </p> <p> <span style="color: #575757; background: white;">In order to ensure that there were more interesting and “beckoning” stories told in different genres and in different formats so that Tobolsk and the whole of Siberia would be infused with them, this year saw the first ever <i>FORUM OF SIBERIAN STORIES</i> take place turning the lower side of Tobolsk into a creative cluster. <i>BOOKS IN THE CITY</i> program's partners - experts and heads of major federal institutions and projects in the sphere of culture, creative industries and territorial development - descended on Tobolsk to pass on their experience and find new Siberia-based participants for their nationwide and international projects.</span><span style="color: #575757;"><br> <br> <b><span style="background: white;">Nadezhda Yegovtseva, Doctor of Pedagogy, Director of the Mendeleev Tobolsk Pedagogical Institute ( a branch of Tyumen State University):</span></b><br> <i><span style="background: white;">“Thanks to new insights and adoption of the best practices offered by the festival, we infuse new ideas into our educational programs. The festival is a powerful booster for our educational process”.</span></i><br> <br> <span style="background: white;">The program of the Festival of Siberian Stories can be heard resonating far beyond Tobolsk as it represents those who develop a meaningful context for Siberian cities.</span></span> </p> [TYPE] => HTML ) [DESCRIPTION] => [~VALUE] => Array ( [TEXT] =>

On September 13-15, Tobolsk played host to BOOKS IN THE CITY, a federal program for contextual development of territories. The book festival that takes place within the framework of the program has become a traditional occurrence. It is the fourth consecutive year that the festival gathers several thousand residents and guests of the city at its sites. Over the course of the three days that the festival was running, more than 140 events were held for children and adults as part of it. Special programs for those whose jobs are associated with culture, creative industries, tourism, and the development of Tobolsk have been extended. The BOOKS IN THE CITY project is implemented with the support of SIBUR, Tobolsk's city administration, and in close cooperation and partnership with local cultural and educational institutions.

Pyotr Vagin, Mayor of Tobolsk:
“Culture is the framework, the backbone that underpins everything else. As the governing body, our job is to get our residents engaged in the city's development, which is a creative process based on culture in the broadest sense of the word. Tobolsk has always been known as a city of creative and enterprising people, who are open to new things and who facilitate progress. The Books in the City festival provides residents with a platform for ideas and experiments. Basically, the festival helps design our future".

A former bookstore on Mira Street that re-opened its doors to visitors for three days became the festival’s main venue and headquarters. It displayed books from more than 100 publishers. As always, the BOOKS IN THE CITY festival featured the best children's visual and educational literature, books for those interested in culture and those searching for their own creative identity, and, of course, books about Siberia and local history. The selection featured by the store and the festival included a great number of books penned by Tobolsk and Siberian authors.

To provide an opportunity to make long-term creative plans regardless of the season, the BOOKS IN THE CITY festival is establishing a contemporary literary institution in Tobolsk: the former and future bookstore on Mira Street will soon be converted into THE HOUSE OF SIBERIAN STORIES. The idea of revitalizing and transforming the bookstore received backing from SIBUR. Following its refurbishment, the bookstore will become a multifunctional center of culture. It will be working for the whole of Siberia as a mainstay institution for the industry of impressions, creativity and tourism in Tobolsk, providing authors with access to knowledge and the best modern practices. As such, it will become a display case of Siberian stories for the whole nation and the rest of the world.

Elena Belskaya, Director of ZapSibNeftekhim's Department for Government Relations and Socioeconomic Projects:
“Tobolsk is a major industrial hub in Russia, where great attention is placed on designing and developing the city's urban environment. The profile of a SIBUR employee is not just that of a technical expert, but also a person of cross-functional interests who draws knowledge and inspiration from a variety of sources. This, in turn, suggests that there is a need to develop the city's cultural environment that will nurture these interests".

The festival took over the entire Mira Street, once the city’s main thoroughfare featuring workshops for children, labs for teenagers, master classes, lectures, discussions, public art, street food, a local crafts market, a chess tournament, a space for table tennis competitions and ramp-style library called BOOKS IN THE CITY that merged street sports and urban bookcrossing (skateboards, scooters, and book exchanges).

After completing one's journey seeking new inspiration on books' pages, a visitor could then take one of the excursion routes that started right on the festival's grounds. The festival and its partners had established A Bureau of Siberian Stories that charted more than 30 routes to be explored on foot, on a scooter, by bicycle, by bus, including even a flight in the basket of a hot air balloon christened BOOKS IN THE CITY to discover the city from a bird's-eye perspective.

Andrey Gelmiza, founder of the federal platform and the festival:
“The format of BOOKS IN THE CITY helps actively expanding cities to quickly adapt and develop their cultural and social contexts. Thanks to the efforts of SIBUR and the city's administration, Tobolsk is advancing very rapidly. As a result, it is fun to be in this city both for ‘books’ and for the people.”

Recount Your City, one of BOOKS IN THE CITY festival's centerpiece programs, has evolved into a full-fledged year-long festival in Tobolsk. The FESTIVAL OF SIBERIAN STORIES was established in Siberia's first capital for the benefit of those who are eager to tell the world not only about Tobolsk, but also about the whole of greater Siberia. The project supports all genres of storytelling. Its participants include writers, playwrights, scientists, artists, filmmakers, craftsmen, game developers, tour guides, publishers, producers and city managers, or, in short, all those who have chosen creativity and storytelling as their hobby, occupation, or business.

In order to ensure that there were more interesting and “beckoning” stories told in different genres and in different formats so that Tobolsk and the whole of Siberia would be infused with them, this year saw the first ever FORUM OF SIBERIAN STORIES take place turning the lower side of Tobolsk into a creative cluster. BOOKS IN THE CITY program's partners - experts and heads of major federal institutions and projects in the sphere of culture, creative industries and territorial development - descended on Tobolsk to pass on their experience and find new Siberia-based participants for their nationwide and international projects.

Nadezhda Yegovtseva, Doctor of Pedagogy, Director of the Mendeleev Tobolsk Pedagogical Institute ( a branch of Tyumen State University):
“Thanks to new insights and adoption of the best practices offered by the festival, we infuse new ideas into our educational programs. The festival is a powerful booster for our educational process”.

The program of the Festival of Siberian Stories can be heard resonating far beyond Tobolsk as it represents those who develop a meaningful context for Siberian cities.

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On September 13-15, Tobolsk played host to BOOKS IN THE CITY, a federal program for contextual development of territories. The book festival that takes place within the framework of the program has become a traditional occurrence. It is the fourth consecutive year that the festival gathers several thousand residents and guests of the city at its sites. Over the course of the three days that the festival was running, more than 140 events were held for children and adults as part of it. Special programs for those whose jobs are associated with culture, creative industries, tourism, and the development of Tobolsk have been extended. The BOOKS IN THE CITY project is implemented with the support of SIBUR, Tobolsk's city administration, and in close cooperation and partnership with local cultural and educational institutions.

Pyotr Vagin, Mayor of Tobolsk:
“Culture is the framework, the backbone that underpins everything else. As the governing body, our job is to get our residents engaged in the city's development, which is a creative process based on culture in the broadest sense of the word. Tobolsk has always been known as a city of creative and enterprising people, who are open to new things and who facilitate progress. The Books in the City festival provides residents with a platform for ideas and experiments. Basically, the festival helps design our future".

A former bookstore on Mira Street that re-opened its doors to visitors for three days became the festival’s main venue and headquarters. It displayed books from more than 100 publishers. As always, the BOOKS IN THE CITY festival featured the best children's visual and educational literature, books for those interested in culture and those searching for their own creative identity, and, of course, books about Siberia and local history. The selection featured by the store and the festival included a great number of books penned by Tobolsk and Siberian authors.

To provide an opportunity to make long-term creative plans regardless of the season, the BOOKS IN THE CITY festival is establishing a contemporary literary institution in Tobolsk: the former and future bookstore on Mira Street will soon be converted into THE HOUSE OF SIBERIAN STORIES. The idea of revitalizing and transforming the bookstore received backing from SIBUR. Following its refurbishment, the bookstore will become a multifunctional center of culture. It will be working for the whole of Siberia as a mainstay institution for the industry of impressions, creativity and tourism in Tobolsk, providing authors with access to knowledge and the best modern practices. As such, it will become a display case of Siberian stories for the whole nation and the rest of the world.

Elena Belskaya, Director of ZapSibNeftekhim's Department for Government Relations and Socioeconomic Projects:
“Tobolsk is a major industrial hub in Russia, where great attention is placed on designing and developing the city's urban environment. The profile of a SIBUR employee is not just that of a technical expert, but also a person of cross-functional interests who draws knowledge and inspiration from a variety of sources. This, in turn, suggests that there is a need to develop the city's cultural environment that will nurture these interests".

The festival took over the entire Mira Street, once the city’s main thoroughfare featuring workshops for children, labs for teenagers, master classes, lectures, discussions, public art, street food, a local crafts market, a chess tournament, a space for table tennis competitions and ramp-style library called BOOKS IN THE CITY that merged street sports and urban bookcrossing (skateboards, scooters, and book exchanges).

After completing one's journey seeking new inspiration on books' pages, a visitor could then take one of the excursion routes that started right on the festival's grounds. The festival and its partners had established A Bureau of Siberian Stories that charted more than 30 routes to be explored on foot, on a scooter, by bicycle, by bus, including even a flight in the basket of a hot air balloon christened BOOKS IN THE CITY to discover the city from a bird's-eye perspective.

Andrey Gelmiza, founder of the federal platform and the festival:
“The format of BOOKS IN THE CITY helps actively expanding cities to quickly adapt and develop their cultural and social contexts. Thanks to the efforts of SIBUR and the city's administration, Tobolsk is advancing very rapidly. As a result, it is fun to be in this city both for ‘books’ and for the people.”

Recount Your City, one of BOOKS IN THE CITY festival's centerpiece programs, has evolved into a full-fledged year-long festival in Tobolsk. The FESTIVAL OF SIBERIAN STORIES was established in Siberia's first capital for the benefit of those who are eager to tell the world not only about Tobolsk, but also about the whole of greater Siberia. The project supports all genres of storytelling. Its participants include writers, playwrights, scientists, artists, filmmakers, craftsmen, game developers, tour guides, publishers, producers and city managers, or, in short, all those who have chosen creativity and storytelling as their hobby, occupation, or business.

In order to ensure that there were more interesting and “beckoning” stories told in different genres and in different formats so that Tobolsk and the whole of Siberia would be infused with them, this year saw the first ever FORUM OF SIBERIAN STORIES take place turning the lower side of Tobolsk into a creative cluster. BOOKS IN THE CITY program's partners - experts and heads of major federal institutions and projects in the sphere of culture, creative industries and territorial development - descended on Tobolsk to pass on their experience and find new Siberia-based participants for their nationwide and international projects.

Nadezhda Yegovtseva, Doctor of Pedagogy, Director of the Mendeleev Tobolsk Pedagogical Institute ( a branch of Tyumen State University):
“Thanks to new insights and adoption of the best practices offered by the festival, we infuse new ideas into our educational programs. The festival is a powerful booster for our educational process”.

The program of the Festival of Siberian Stories can be heard resonating far beyond Tobolsk as it represents those who develop a meaningful context for Siberian cities.

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