June 16, 2009: The
International Children's
Art Competition "Anton Chekhov and Heroes of his Works" was dedicated to Anton Chekhov’s 150th anniversary. About 200 works from 14 cities of Russia, Ukraine and Belorus were presented to the first contest held in 2004 marked as Chekhov’s Year in Russia.
In 2007, the contest gathered children and teenagers from 20 countries: Abkhazia, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Korea, Macedonia, Transnistria, Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri-Lanka, Ukraine, USA. About 800 works were presented.
In 2009, the contest gathered children and teenagers from 20 countries: Abkhazia, Belarus, Peoples' Republic of China, Croatia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri-Lanka, Transnistria and Ukraine. About 1300 artworks were received.
On June 10, 2009 the award ceremony took place in the exhibition hall of the Central City Public Library.
The Grand Prix was awarded to Alyona Ananyeva, from the city of Valdai in Novgorod Oblast.
Some first-place awards will go to foreign countries: three first-place awards will be sent to sister-city Jining (Shandong, China), one to Hungary, one to Mariupol (Ukraine), one to Hyderabad (India), and one to Slovakia won medals of all denominations (bronze, silver and gold).
The exhibition of contestants' works is open in the reading room of the Central City Public Libraty after A.P. Chekhov until June 30. Some works are exposed in the exhibition hall of Children’s Art School after Blonskaya.
