"We remember those who risked their lives to save the legacy of Leo Tolstoy, a writer who fought all his life against violence and the evil of war.
This is a story about a heroic deed — not only at the front, but also in the museum. About those who saved memory, culture, manuscripts and books when the country was on the verge. About the exhibition destroyed in Kramatorsk in the early days of the war. About being on duty on the roof of Tolstoy's Moscow house when incendiary bombs fell on it. About the evacuation of funds to Tomsk, "to a completely safe place." About the expositions in the Moscow metro, about museum lectures for soldiers who read aloud "War and Peace" and went to the front.
"We are opening this exhibition on days when it is especially important to remember that Victory was possible thanks to those who saved not only lives, but also the spirit of the people and their culture," said Ekaterina Alexandrovna Tolstaya, director of Yasnaya Polyana.
At the opening, words of gratitude were expressed to the museum staff who took part in saving the collection, and to the descendants of those who protected Yasnaya Polyana, Moscow and Tomsk from destruction.
People's Artist of Russia Sergey Bezrukov read excerpts from the memoirs of V. A. Zhdanov— an employee of the museum who accompanied Tolstoy's manuscripts during the evacuation.
This is a story about a heroic deed — not only at the front, but also in the museum. About those who saved memory, culture, manuscripts and books when the country was on the verge. About the exhibition destroyed in Kramatorsk in the early days of the war. About being on duty on the roof of Tolstoy's Moscow house when incendiary bombs fell on it. About the evacuation of funds to Tomsk, "to a completely safe place." About the expositions in the Moscow metro, about museum lectures for soldiers who read aloud "War and Peace" and went to the front.
"We are opening this exhibition on days when it is especially important to remember that Victory was possible thanks to those who saved not only lives, but also the spirit of the people and their culture," said Ekaterina Alexandrovna Tolstaya, director of Yasnaya Polyana.
At the opening, words of gratitude were expressed to the museum staff who took part in saving the collection, and to the descendants of those who protected Yasnaya Polyana, Moscow and Tomsk from destruction.
People's Artist of Russia Sergey Bezrukov read excerpts from the memoirs of V. A. Zhdanov— an employee of the museum who accompanied Tolstoy's manuscripts during the evacuation.