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30.09.2009 On 30 September Ukraine celebrates the All-Ukrainian Day of Libraries
Today there are around 20,000 universal public libraries in Ukraine. The library stock numbers about 350,000 items. The biggest libraries of Kharkov are: Kharkov State Scientific Korolenko Library; Kharkov Regional Youth Library; Kharkov Regional Children’s Library; Kharkov Central District Library; Kharkov Regional Universal Scientific Library ( www.library.kharkov.ua ); Municipal Specialized Musical and Theatrical K...
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24.09.2009 Closing of the festival of fiction "Star bridge-2009"
The eleventh festival of fantasy “Star Bridge-2009” was held in Kharkov from 17 th to 20 th September. First held in 1999, it immediately became an international event and has been widely reported in the media in Russia and Ukraine. And this time was no exception. Every year more and more participants come from different countries of the CIS, USA, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Israel, Poland, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Moldova...
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21.09.2009 Historic match between Karpov and Kasparov
A chess match between the 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov and 13th world champion Garry Kasparov will begin today, 21 September, in Valencia (Spain). This game will be historic for 58-year-old Karpov and 46-year-old Kasparov: 25 years ago they first had a fight for the world chess crown. It is this date to which today's match is devoted. The match itself is already called "nostalgic" by chess experts...
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16.09.2009 Kharkov Assemblies 2009
From September 24 till October 11 Kharkiv will host the Kharkov Assemblies international music festival, which will become a jewel of the cultural life of the city for the 16th time already. Its eminent participants noted that it’s a great deal this particular festival that helped many musicians of this country to obtain international recognition and managed to make an impression on well-known artists from Europe and America which now consider it an honour to be invited to the autumn Assemblies in Kharkiv...
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08.09.2009 International Literacy Day
Almost 4 million inhabitants of our planet can read and write. Although the number of literate people increases each year, the fight against illiteracy still remains a pressing problem: over 860 million adults are still illiterate and more than 100 million children do not even go to school. The annual International Literacy Day has been celebrated on UNESCO’s initiative since 1966. The period of 2003-2012 was proclaimed the Literacy Decade in a UN General Assembly Resolution...
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04.09.2009 The Season of Theatre Anniversaries
In September-October the cultural life of Kharkov will be marked by the beginning of the new theatre season. Many Kharkov theatres will stage premiere performances, and the Opera House is to host a new experimental theatre.On 16 September Kharkov’s Academic Opera House will start its 136th theatre season with the premiere of the opera “The Little Shoes” (Cherevichki) by Tchaikovsky. Also, on 17 September theatre goers will be able to see the classical ballet “Swan Lake” performed on the stage of the Opera House’s Great Hall...
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01.09.2009 September – another step towards the light of knowledge
September marks the symbolic Day of Knowledge. The Stella Systems Company wishes all schoolchildren to be successful in their learning and wishes schools to have enthusiastic students. This year around 10,000 first-graders will start their studies at Kharkov schools, the head of the city’s Board of Education Olga Demenko said.According to Demenko, recent years have seen the number of first-graders...
