Workshop of words in Kalevala

Within the framework of cooperation between PetrSU and the Kalevala national municipal district, a literary event for students, teachers, residents of the Kalevala national district “Workshop of the word in Kalevala” was held. The event was held in a remote format.
The event was organized by: Interdistrict Resource Center of PetrSU in Kostomuksha, Institute of Philology of PetrSU, Administration of the Kalevala National Municipal District, Kalevala National ICRH named after Arkhip Perttunen, MBOU “Borovsk secondary school”, Borovsk rural library-museum.

Among the listeners are students of grades 5-8 and teachers of the Borovsk secondary school, residents of the villages of Kalevala and Borovoy, employees of the district library system.

Director of the Interdistrict Resource Center of PetrSU in Kostomuksha Elena Yurievna Guseva, Head of the Department of the Scientific Library of PetrSU Natalia Rostislavovna Trubina addressed the participants with a welcoming speech.

The event was opened by Elena Evgenievna Pietilyainen, editor-in-chief of the journal “Sever”, candidate of pedagogical sciences, chairman of the Karelian regional branch of the Writers ‘Union of Russia, secretary of the Board of the Writers’ Union of Russia. Elena Evgenievna spoke about the Sever magazine and her books. Conducted an exciting and educational lesson with schoolchildren. Poems were recited.

Svetlana Olegovna Zakharchenko, associate professor, candidate of philological sciences, member of the Union of Russian Writers, member of the Library Council of the Scientific Library of PetrSU, spoke with a story about her family, to which the book “Zamkadie in Zaonezhskiy” is dedicated. Also, Svetlana Olegovna read poems about Karelia, held an educational lesson with students of the Kalevala region.

N.R. Trubina spoke with information about the activities of the Scientific Library of PetrSU, told about various events and competitions held by the library. She invited schoolchildren to participate in PetrSU events, as well as to enter the university.

The event lasted for several hours. Valentina Kirillovna Saburova, the director of the Kalevala People’s Theater, read her poems in Russian and Karelian, then Alevtina Nikolaevna Malitskaya, a resident of the village of Borovoy, read her poems.

Students of the Borovsk secondary school: Maxim Klimenko, Daniil Alyutenok, 6th grade students, under the guidance of Tatiana Mikhailovna Ivanskaya, and 5th grade students Tatyana Ragueva and Polina Chernysheva, under the guidance of a philologist and grade 5 class teacher Tatyana Alekseevna Sidorova, read poems of their favorite poets

Victoria Arsentieva, a young poetess from Segezha, read poems of her own composition.

Deputy Director for educational work Borovsk secondary school M.N. Karnauch left the following comment:

The event turned out to be interesting and useful. We will take a lot to work with children. Many thanks from all Borovchan! We look forward to continuing our joint work with PetrSU!

Elena Evgenievna Pietilaynen, thanking the organizers of the event, left a review on her personal page in “VKontakte”:

Today a creative meeting took place online with young and adult readers of the Kalevala region. Thank you for the active attention of all the participants, and the director of the resource center of PetrSU, Elena Yuryevna Guseva, for organizing remote meetings with the districts of Karelia.

We all – and the magazine “Sever”, and the university, and schoolchildren, teachers and adult readers – have become closer despite the distance. It’s great that the adults listened with interest to my children’s stories, and the guys listened to my poems with equal interest and answered questions. The interested dialogue was a success! The workshop of the word continues! In April – in the Muezersky district.

PetrSU would like to thank E.E. Pietiläinen – editor-in-chief of the journal “Sever”, candidate of pedagogical sciences, chairman of the Karelian regional branch of the Writers ‘Union of Russia, secretary of the Board of the Writers’ Union of Russia, E.A. Vaulin – Director of the Kalevala National ICRH named after Arkhip Perttunen, M.N. Karnaukh – deputy director of the Borovsk secondary school.