Writers against the exam

In Moscow, a congress of the Russian Writers Union was held in business and to the best of the creative atmosphere on April 8-9 held his next, 13th Congress of the Russian Union of Writers. As often happens in the case of organizational sessions of creative associations, the most specific and unambiguous results of the congress belong to the structure and composition of the Union and the regulation of its internal activity. As for more large -scale and external issues, the solutions affecting their solutions are more abstract and advisory in nature.

The congress re -elected the chairman of the board of the Russian Writers, Valery Ganichev, who has been holding this post since 1994. In addition, new co -chairs were elected, among whom were Valentin Rasputin, Albert Likhanov, Vladimir Krupin and Mikhail Khobzhkin. The congress participants decided to continue interaction with the legislative authorities aimed at the preparation and adoption of the law on creative unions. His first project, already adopted by lawmakers, but not yet signed by the President of Russia, was developed for 15 years.

Delegates also raised the question of creating a new integrated writer's organization - the Association of Writers of Russia. This project is planned to be implemented together with the Little Fund of Russia, as well as the Union of Russian Writers (this special structure, which exists separately from the Writers of Russia, is headed by co -chairs, writers Yuri Karyakin, Yuri Kublanovsky, Igor Shklyarevsky, Valentin Lukyanin and Mikhail Kuraev).

Among the conventional declarations of the congress are an appeal to the Russian government regarding a new examination practice, recently tested in Russian schools. Writers called for the abolition of the exam and return traditional oral and written exams in school subjects. According to many delegates, the USE leads to primitivization and dullness of students. In the future, the corresponding resolution will be sent to all government bodies of Russia and in the media.

As one of the priority publishing projects, the publication of the 100-volume cycle Sibirian, which could most fully reflect the cultural and natural wealth of Siberia, was discussed.

The congress was attended by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Grigory Ivliev and the Deputy Minister of Culture of Russia Andrei Busygin, as well as representatives of the Moscow City Hall. About 200 delegates took part in the work of the congress.

04/12/2009 / Kirill Reshetnikov