"LitRAV" in "Lennka" drew the ire of Z bloggers The Russian State Library (RSL, or Lennka) in Moscow hosted the LitRAV event on October 31st. Dance floors were organized right in the reading rooms; The program also included performances, light installations and an exhibition of literary memes. Z bloggers and pro-government activists criticized him after the event. The head of the Safer Internet League, Ekaterina Mizolina, hinted that event participants could "quietly" remove rare books from the library. "How does the Ministry of Culture look at this? It is impossible to treat cultural heritage in such an irresponsible way," she wrote. In turn, the propagandist Sergei Karnokhov called for the dismissal of "the entire library management". On the RSL's social networks, the commentators were divided into two camps: some supported the idea, others called the event "Sabbath" and "blasphemy". In response to the excitement, the RSL stated that the aim of LitRAVE is to attract young readers by speaking their language. The joint organizer of the event, Eksmo-AST Publishing, emphasized that all security measures were taken and no damage was caused to the library. In addition, all 3,000 rave-goers issued RSL library cards, which were noted to the publisher, and there were so many people wanting to attend the event that the library's website and apps crashed several times. Image from the archive.

"LitRAV" in "Lennka" drew the ire of Z bloggers The Russian State Library (RSL, or Lennka) in Moscow hosted the LitRAV event on October 31st. Dance floors were organized right in the reading rooms; The program also included performances, light installations and an exhibition of literary memes. Z bloggers and pro-government activists criticized him after the event. The head of the Safer Internet League, Ekaterina Mizolina, hinted that event participants could "quietly" remove rare books from the library. "How does the Ministry of Culture look at this? It is impossible to treat cultural heritage in such an irresponsible way," she wrote. In turn, the propagandist Sergei Karnokhov called for the dismissal of "the entire library management". On the RSL's social networks, the commentators were divided into two camps: some supported the idea, others called the event "Sabbath" and "blasphemy". In response to the excitement, the RSL stated that the aim of LitRAVE is to attract young readers by speaking their language. The joint organizer of the event, Eksmo-AST Publishing, emphasized that all security measures were taken and no damage was caused to the library. In addition, all 3,000 rave-goers issued RSL library cards, which were noted to the publisher, and there were so many people wanting to attend the event that the library's website and apps crashed several times. Image from the archive.