"Their names - greatness of Russia"

Today in Yelabuga has  opened scientific and practical conference devoted to the 185th anniversary of the birth I.I. Shishkin and the 160th anniversary of the birth of V.M. Bekhterov. It is organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, Elabuga   municipal district,  the Yelabuga State Museum-Reserve and   the Yelabuzhsky Institute of Kazan Federal University.

The conference was attended by over 100 people: the descendants of Shishkin and Bekhterov  from Russia and Finland, representatives from the RT ministries of culture and health, scientists, researchers, heads of museums and institutions of higher education across the country.

A welcoming speech to the participants performed  Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Svetlana Persova. "Today, the Yelabuga Museum-Reserve is doing much to preserve the memory of its famous countrymen. The city is a memorial complex dedicated to the famous Russian painter, and the uyezd(county) medical museum is named after the famous scientist neuropsychiatrist.  Vladimir Bekhterev The conference is also intended to support the preservation of the memory of its fellow countrymen, "- said Svetlana Persova.

In the afternoon, the conference continued working  in  two sections  "Spiritual Heritage of I.I. Shishkin in the cultural space of modern Russia "and "Personality of the great scientist in the history of the Fatherland. Vladimir Bekhterev. "

Tomorrow, citizens and guests of honor will venerate the  memory of the famous countrymen: at the Saviour Cathedral a memorial service for Ivan Shishkin will be held, and at the Peter and Paul Church in the village of Bechterewo - a requiem for Bekhterev is to be held. Also, city tours and visiting  museums  are planned. The House-Museum of I.I. Shishkin  two exhibitions  will open: the last disciple of the famous artist – G.I. Choros-Gurkin from the funds of the National Museum after  A.V.Anokhin (Gorno-Altaisk) and the architect of the Greatest courtyard, a native of county Yelabuga of the Vyatka province V.F. Svinyin "He built our home" from the funds of the Russian Ethnographic Museum (St. Petersburg). And Exhibition Hall of Yelabuga State Museum-Reserve will present the exhibition "Music of silence"  by  young Yelabuga resident  Alexandra Druzhinina.

Later, at the Museum of the county  Medicine and the House-Museum of I.I. Shishkin  meeting of  descendants  and guests of the celebrations will take place.