The University of Latvia hosted the International Scientific Conference “Language Contacts and Contrasts,” in which leading researcher, Doctor of Pedagogy Oksana Filina and assistant professor, Doctor of Philology Lyubov Kashirina from our Baltic International Academy took part and presented papers.
International participants of the conference expressed interest in the International Vladimir Vysotsky Centre-Museum located at our academy and wished to get to know it better. Together with them, the museum was visited by professor Igor Koshkin and assistant professor Tatyana Stoikova from the University of Latvia.
An interesting and informative tour was conducted for them by BIA Assistant Professor Lyubov Kashirina, who serves as the museum’s curator on a voluntary basis. She acquainted the guests with the history of the museum’s creation within the academy building, where the renowned poet, bard and actor Vladimir Vysotsky successfully performed twice in the 1970s – a fact commemorated by a bas-relief on the BIA building. The guests were particularly interested to learn that he starred in several films shot in Latvia and performed on the stages of Riga theaters during his tours.
This was also reflected in the entries left by the visitors in the museum’s guestbook. For instance, Tallinn University Assistant Professor Inna Adamson wrote: “I visited the Vladimir Vysotsky Museum at the Baltic International Academy with great interest. It was a discovery for me that his creative work was connected with Riga and Jurmala.”
At the end of the tour, the guests were presented with a book of little-known poems by Vladimir Vysotsky, published on the initiative of the creative association “Planet of Vysotsky” established at the museum.
In the photos: BIA Assistant Professor Lyubov Kashirina acquaints guests with the museum’s exhibits. A guest from Poland, Michal Mordan, leaves a note in the museum’s Book of Distinguished Visitors.
