Sergei Bezrukov at the Znanie.Pervye Marathon: "Russia Is Multifaceted. Our People Are Always Ready to Share Happiness"

People's Artist of the Russian Federation, winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, artistic director of the Moscow Guberniye Theater Sergei Bezrukov told the participants of the Znanie.Pervye educational marathon about Russia's cultural code and its peculiarities. The creative meeting with him took place within the framework of the thematic track "Saving the family for future generations" on March 5, the fourth day of the flagship marathon of the Russian Znanie Society. The platform for communication was the Kazan Pavilion of the World Youth City in Sirius, where the World Youth Festival is being held.

The cultural code of Russia is a set of values, norms, customs, traditions and historical features that form a special culture and way of life of the Russian people. Talking about it, Sergei Bezrukov drew the attention of young people to the fact that to understand the soul of the peoples living in Russia, it is necessary to travel a lot around the country and read classical literature.

"Compassion, forgiveness, spirituality, family values, honoring one's kin - all this is in our character. Duty, honor, the ability to self-sacrifice for the sake of another, even in times of adversity to give the last shirt", - said Sergei Bezrukov.

According to the cultural figure, today's Russian youth understands that happiness is not in wealth, but in usefulness and service to people.

"Our man is always ready to share happiness. At the same time, everyone's happiness is different: mine is in serving people. My profession pleases a huge number of viewers - this is happiness. And I also feel happiness when my students make their first steps on stage and in the movie, " - said Sergei Bezrukov.

The participants of the creative meeting listened to Sergei Bezrukov's words with interest. The guys wanted to understand what skills should be developed for professional success in acting. A young man from Samara asked what the speaker sees as the difference between preparing for a theater performance and shooting in the cinema.

"For me there is no difference between the movie and the stage. It is necessary not to play, but to live: 20% of the role is feelings and emotions, which is absolutely impossible to imitate. And in general there is no difference, the only thing is that in the theater you need to be a little louder, "- explained Sergei Bezrukov.

Maria from St. Petersburg asked to explain what advice the actor and family man can give to a young couple who just got married. And that's not all that interested young people. They asked questions about their favorite poems, the actor's mentors, and the upbringing of children.

"It is important that children from childhood see how parents work. They should treat animals carefully and understand that they are responsible for them. It is important to tell children about their ancestors, to teach them their native language, to know the anthem of their homeland. To know and teach children original, real, national - this is the main thing, this is the energy that keeps us safe",  - said Sergei Bezrukov, talking to the children.

At the end of the creative meeting, the People's Artist of the Russian Federation noted that children should be taught empathy - including going to the theater with them and empathizing with the characters together. To confirm his words, Sergei Bezrukov read a poem by Alexander Pushkin about the true purpose of creativity: "I have erected a monument to myself".

Also on March 5, on the fourth day of the educational marathon Znanie.Pervye, the lecturers of the thematic track "Saving the family for future generations" were Maria Lvova-Belova, Presidential Ombudsman for Children's Rights, Denis Pushilin, Head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Yuri Borisov, Director General of the State Corporation "Roscosmos", Herman Gref, Chairman of the Board of PJSC "Sberbank", Serbian and Russian actor Milos Bikovich, Dmitry Belosokhov, creator and general producer of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Center for the Development of the Film Industry "Kir Bulychev Film Studio", Lilia Abramova, presenter, journalist, blogger (Tatarka FM), Olga Buzova, singer and TV presenter, and many others.

The Russian Znanie Society is the general partner of the educational program of the World Youth Festival. The educational marathon Znanie.Pervye of the Russian Znanie Society is one of the main events of the educational program. Marathon takes place in Sirius from March 2 to 6 and covers six sites of the World Youth City: WYF International Airport, Yamal, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Belgorod, and Moscow pavilions. The tracks of the marathon are in line with the Festival: "Responsibility for the fate of the world", "Multinational unity", "A world of opportunity for everyone", "Saving the family for future generations" and "We stand together with Russia". The most striking presentations of lecturers can be seen on the 24-hour media channel https://russia.znanierussia.ru/tv/Znanie.TV.

In addition, as part of the educational program of the World Youth Festival, the Russian Znanie Society organized an intellectual tournament Znanie.Igra, a film lecture Znanie.Kino, a multimedia exhibition of the national photo contest Znanie.Russia, where you can immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the main achievements of our country in the XXI century with the help of augmented reality technology.

The World Youth Festival shall become a platform for open dialog between young people from Russia and other countries. After the completion of the events on the Sirius Federal Territory, Russian Znanie Society will continue the educational line of the World Youth Festival from March 10 to 17 within the framework of the regional program WYF 2024, which will cover all federal districts of our country.

The World Youth Festival is held in accordance with the Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop international youth cooperation. At the first meeting of the Organizing Committee chaired by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, it was decided to hold the Festival in the Sirius Federal Territory.

20,000 young leaders in education, science, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sports, business, media, etc., including 10,000 foreign participants, will take part in the WYF 2024. For the first time in the history of the festival movement, teenagers from 14 to 17 years old had the opportunity to join the event, including 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad. 5,000 volunteers from all regions of Russia, including 228 residents of the LPR, DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions be involved in the organization and delivery of the Festival. The organizer of the World Youth Festival is the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), the operator of the DAV-2024 is the Directorate of the World Youth Festival.

The first federal education marathon was held in May 2021 and became a symbol of the reboot of the Russian Znanie Society. More than 850 lecturers shared their experience during the marathon.

The Russian Znanie Society traces its history back to the Soviet public organization founded in 1947 on the initiative of representatives of the Soviet intelligentsia as the All-Union Society for the Dissemination of Political and Scientific Knowledge (since 1963 — the All-Union Znanie Society, since 1991— the Znanie of Russia Society). Members of the Society were engaged in popularizing science and lecturing on the achievements of the Soviet economy and industry. In 2016, Znanie of Russia was transformed into the Russian Znanie Society. On April 21, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to restart the Russian Znanie Society on a modern digital platform in his address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.