The famous Serbian-Russian actor and producer Miloš Biković, who came to the Northern capital to participate in the United Cultures Forum, visited the Headquarters of the RGS in St. Petersburg.
Cinema fans certainly know him from his prominent roles in the TV series “Magomaev”, “Hotel Belgrade”, the comedy “Servant”, the melodrama “Ice”, and the film “The Challenge”. Miloš was assigned a special role in the program of the St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum: he moderated the panel discussion "CIS Countries Cinematography". According to a long-standing good tradition, the participants of the United Cultures Forum, which has now been held in St. Petersburg for the 10th time, become welcome guests at the Headquarters of the RGS in the Northern capital.
As usual, the acquaintance with the rich history of the Russian Geographical Society began on the famous marble staircase, which, by the way, has more than once become a "character" in films. As well as the library, where Miloš listened with interest to the story about the life of the RGS during the war years.
“As we understood, this interest was not only out of respect for the heroic history of our country, but also professional: it seems that a film project about the wartime is being prepared, and Miloš Biković will participate in it,” said Roman Ryabintsev, Director of the Headquarters of the RGS in St. Petersburg.
In the Small Hall, the actor got acquainted with the map from 1698 by the Siberian researcher Semyon Remezov. A unique document known as the "Map of Siberia from the Chinese borders" will be restored this year by the country's leading experts.
In the Scientific Archive of the RGS, the guest was shown a manuscript from the middle of the 19th century "On Weddings, Good Wishing Speeches, and Commemoration of the Dead among the Serbs" by Russian writer Vasily Lyubich-Romanovsky translated by the outstanding Serbian linguist and teacher Vuk Karadžić. This manuscript is part of a large collection of the Scientific Archive of the RGS "South Slavs" of 1851.
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For a person who knows the history and culture of his homeland well, the contents of the manuscripts turned out to be very familiar. Miloš read and translated fragments of Serbian fairy tales and rituals for those present.
Moreover, a pencil drawing of a man has been preserved in the manuscripts, in which Miloš unmistakably recognized the image of Vuk Karadžić. By doing so he, in fact, unraveled another secret of the archive.
Familiarization with materials from the Scientific Archive of the RGS resulted in the idea to study more closely the historical documents available on this topic and organize a bilateral research project in St. Petersburg and Belgrade.
At the end of the meeting, Miloš Biković admitted that he was sincerely glad to get acquainted with the historical Headquarters of the RGS and was sure that it would definitely continue.