The lecture "Sporting Russia" will be held at the National Centre RUSSIA on March 21

As part of the series of seven educational lectures "The Birth of Scale" at the National Centre RUSSIA, the second lecture, "Sporting Russia," will be held on March 21 at 18:00. Its theme will be Russia's sports architecture as a reflection of human achievements and people's ideas about competition. 

At the meeting, experts will discuss how each structure conveys the spirit of its era, from ancient arenas to modern stadiums. The lecture will tell how the architecture of sports facilities not only creates a background for competitions but also influences their atmosphere, inspires records, and becomes part of the country's cultural legacy. Participants will learn how the evolution of stadiums is connected with the history of Russian society and its passion for sports. 

The moderator will be Yelena Likhacheva, an art critic and architectural historian. The speaker of the lecture is Mark Akopyan, a graduate of the Department of Art History at the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University, an art historian, researcher of 20th-century architecture, and curator of the exposition "Architecture of Stadiums" at the Shchusev Museum of Architecture. 

You can register for events at the National Centre RUSSIA and learn more about them on the website russia.ru.