Cultural Revolution

Mikhail Efimovich Shvydkoy — Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation 2000–2004, diplomat, art historian, host of "Cultural Revolution", "The Comedian's Shelter", "Agora", "Life is Beautiful". Chairman of VGTRK 1998–2000. Artistic director of the Moscow Musical Theater. Since 2008 - Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International and Cultural Cooperation. This book covers the most vivid and significant events in the life of our country over the last fifteen years. It reflects the atmosphere of the new century of Russia on the international stage through the colorful notes of the author. M. Shvydkoy has created an accurate portrait of the time and the person in it. His heroes include Alexei Batalov and Peter Brook, Oleg Tabakov and Marlen Khutsiev, Galina Volchek and Alexander KalYagin, Irina Antonova and Marina Loshak, Edward Radzinsky and Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Mikhail Piotrovsky and Igor Kostolevsky… Theater seasons in Moscow and St. Petersburg, anniversaries of the "Hermitage" and "Mosfilm", landmark exhibitions at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the Historical Museum, Germany's year in Russia, the "TEFI" award ceremony, the Festival of Russian Culture in Japan and much more can be found by the reader in this book. The author invites us to a conversation about the recent past and the present - intriguing, passionate, and authentic.