Traditional "Library Night" took place within the walls of the Lenin Gomel Regional Universal Library. On their professional holiday, the employees of the cultural institution prepared and held interactive literary platforms, creative workshops, a law club and a photo exhibition for the guests. Poems of Gomel poets and musical compositions were performed. In the section "Intellectual epochs" two presentations were held: the monographs «Between the Dragon and His Fury" of the Head of the Department of Belarusian Literature, Doctor of Philology, Professor Ivan Steiner and the book "Scientific Gomel Region: from Kirill Turovsky to the present day” of Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Yuri Pleskachevsky. Representatives of the Gomel State University also came to support the authors: vice-rector for scientific work of GSU, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleg Demidenko, Dean of the Philological Faculty, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Elena Poluyan, students and teachers of the university. The monograph "... Between the Dragon and Its Fury" reflects the pages of the life of the humanist and enlightener Simeon Polotsky - hieromonk of leading monasteries, theologian, author of collections of genuine spiritual sermons "Soul Lunch" and "Soul Supper". For the education and upbringing of the royal children, he published the "Primer of the Slovenian Language" and the first encyclopedia "Vertograd Multicolored". The history of book poetry and drama begins with him, it was Simeon Polotsky who determined the vector of the future development of Russian literature, - Ivan Fedorovich noted during the presentation. The audience was also presented with a theatrical production of an excerpt from I.F. Steiner performed by actors of the national amateur theater "Rooks".
Ekaterina KOVALENKO
