Published on: 2026-10-01
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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How famous composers, scientists, teachers, and artists who made a huge contribution to the development of pedagogy lived and worked will be learned by participants in festive events dedicated to Teacher’s Day. They will take place at VDNH from October 3 to 6. Attendance is free with prior registration. For some events, an additional entrance ticket to the pavilion will be required.
Classical music lovers are invited to the concert “Melodies of Inspiration.” It will take place on October 3 at 18:00 in Pavilion No. 61 (State Museum-Reserve of L.N. Tolstoy). The program includes fragments from operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and other great composers. They will be performed by the teachers of the charitable art project “Together — in the Art of Kindness!” — laureates of international competitions, soloists of opera projects and theaters in Moscow. To attend the concert, you will need registration.
You can see the drafts and designs of the famous Russian scientist on the tour “People and Space. Teacher from the Future — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.” It will take place on October 4 at 18:00 at the “Cosmonautics and Aviation” center. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is primarily known as a brilliant inventor, but he worked as an ordinary teacher his entire life. From 1880 to 1921, he taught arithmetic, algebra and geometry, physics, and chemistry to children from Borovsk and Kaluga. During this time, more than one and a half thousand students studied under him. It was the work of the teacher that Tsiolkovsky considered his main accomplishment. Visitors will learn interesting facts from the biography of the father of cosmonautics and find out which of the great inventor’s ideas have already been realized. Registration is by link.
The excursion “Teacher — a Guide in the World of Meanings” will tell about the educators of Ancient Rus, the teaching methods of Russian princes, and revolutionary experiments from the film “Republic SHKID.” It will be held on October 4 at 19:00 at the Museum of Slavic Literacy “Slovo.” The guide will acquaint participants with the main milestones in the development of pedagogical science in our country. Guests will also hear a story about the life of Anton Makarenko — a man who defined the way of pedagogical thinking in the 20th century. Registration is available at link.
A special film screening program has been prepared for guests of the Cinema Museum at VDNH. They will take place in the A.A. Khanzhonkov cinema hall on October 4. The program includes films dedicated to school, teachers, and relationships between educators and students. At 14:00, viewers will see a film by Yevgeny Tashkov “French Lessons” (1978, 6+), adapted from the short story of the same name by Valentin Rasputin. It is the story of a young teacher Lydia Mikhailovna and her student Volodya. The film tells about attention, human involvement, and help that sometimes prove more important than the lesson itself.
At 16:00 there will be a screening of Eldar Ryazanov’s film “Dear Elena Sergeevna” (1988, 16+). The center of the picture is a meeting between a teacher and her wards, which begins as a festive congratulation but turns into a serious conversation about moral choice, responsibility, and the price of compromise. To enter the museum building, it is necessary to purchase ticket.
Participants of the excursion “The Art of Teaching and the Art of Creating” will learn interesting facts from the history of domestic art education. It will take place on October 6 at 17:00 in Pavilion No. 1 “Central”. Visitors will get acquainted with the recently opened exhibition “The Art of the Stage. Academic Painting” and will hear a story about the founding of the Academy of Arts. This is one of the country’s main educational institutions that trains professional artists. Guests will be told how students used to live, what subjects they studied, and why the best of them were called pensioners. The talk will also cover the creative paths of famous masters: Ilya Repin, Pavel Chistyakov, Vasily Shebuev, and many others who went through the academic school and later taught. Registration — via link.
Teacher’s Day is celebrated annually in Russia on October 5. This holiday is a tribute to those who every day give new knowledge, teach to think and make decisions, help shape character, life values, and a sense of love for the Motherland.
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