On 1 June 2022, a research associate of the museum-educational department of Bolgar Museum-Reserve Krivosheyeva S. V. held an event on “Bolgar through children’s eyes”.
On the first summer day, many countries mark International Children’s Day. The decision to conduct it was adopted in 1925 at the World Conference in Geneva.
According to one version, in 1925 Chinese Consul General in San Francisco gathered a group of Chinese orphans and organized a party for them – Festival of boats-dragons the date of which was 1 June. By a fortunate chance, the day coincided with the time of holding “children’s” conference in Geneva. In 1949, the congress of women took place in Paris where sounded an oath to fight tirelessly for ensuring durable peace as the only guarantee of children’s happiness. In the same year, today’s holiday was established at Moscow session of the Women’s International Democratic Federation. In a year, on 1 June 1950, the first International Children’s Day was held. After that, this day is celebrated annually.
As part of the excursion program, schoolchildren became familiar with the museums and architectural monuments of XIII-XIV centuries. The event ended with drawings on the asphalt. Kids got a lot of joyful emotions and smiles.

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