About 100 works from various cities of the Irkutsk region were received at the Small Sukachev Readings.

On October 29, 2015, the Small Sukachev Readings will be held in the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, the participants of which are schoolchildren who are passionate about the history and culture of their native land. Topics for reports: “Chronicle of the native land”, “Irkutsk multinational”, “Cultural heritage”, “Favorite place in the city”, “Interesting people of our city”, “My family tree”, “Gardens and parks of Irkutsk”. Acceptance of work has already been completed. Now the reports are being processed.

Among the participants are schoolchildren from the first to tenth grade from Irkutsk, Shelekhov, Slyudyanka, Angarsk, Cheremkhovo, the village of Maksimovshchina. The greatest activity was shown by the Irkutsk school No. 14, from which 13 reports arrived at once.

Among the topics that were affected by schoolchildren, wooden architecture in Irkutsk, the history of the theater, the creation of city gardens and parks, the history of balls, the development of cinema and others. The schoolchildren included not only writers and scientists among the interesting people of our city, among the heroes of the reports were pianist Denis Matsuev, designer Anatoly Kosyakov and deputy Larisa Egorova.

Some authors not only analyzed materials from books and the Internet, but also, taking into account their age, made an attempt to conduct their own scientific research: they walked around the city with a stopwatch, measuring the duration of the journey from one historical object to another, correlated modern objects and those that were on them place a century ago.

Within the framework of the Small Sukachev readings, each participant will be able to present his report to the public. Beginning of performances at 13. 00. Venue - ballroom of the central house "Manors of V. P. Sukachev."

It is known that Vladimir Platonovich Sukachev himself paid much attention to science, in particular the East Siberian department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (VSORGO), donated significant funds to him, financed the replenishment of the collection of the VSORGO museum, donated 143 volumes of valuable scientific and artistic publications to the public. In 1883 V.P. Sukachev allocated 17 thousand rubles to organize the expedition of the scientist G.N. Potanin to Mongolia; paid for his trip to a scientific conference in the United States scientist N. M. Yadrintsev. In 1890 he was elected chairman of the Irkutsk branch of the VSORGO. Heading a scientific organization, V.P. Sukachev tried to attract public interest in the activities of a geographical society. Under him, public reports of scientists began to be organized, which aroused great interest among the townspeople.