What you need to know about Academician Likhachev. Academician Dmitry Likhachev The importance of creative and social activities

1989. Academician Dmitry Likhachev, Photo: D. Baltermants

Freaks of time

It is fortunate that in our collective cultural memory the Soviet era is reflected not only as a time of anthems and repressions. We remember its heroes. We know their faces, we know their voices. Some defended the country with a rifle in their hands, others with archival documents.

The lines from the book by Evgeniy Vodolazkin very accurately represent one of these heroes: “To a person not familiar with the structure of Russian life, it would be difficult to explain why provincial librarians, directors of institutes, famous politicians, teachers, doctors, came to the head of the Department of Old Russian Literature for support, artists, museum staff, military personnel, businessmen and inventors. Sometimes crazy people came."

The one Vodolazkin writes about is Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1906-1999).

They came to the main specialist in ancient Russian culture as the main specialist in everything good.

But why was the already quite middle-aged Likhachev beaten in the entrance and his apartment set on fire? Someone so aggressively expressed their disagreement with his interpretation of “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”?..

It’s just that Likhachev did not participate in the choral condemnation of Andrei Sakharov. He had the courage to help Alexander Solzhenitsyn create the Gulag Archipelago. He took up the fight against illiterate restoration and thoughtless demolition of architectural monuments. It was then, decades later, that they began to reward people for active citizenship. And then Dmitry Sergeevich himself tried to protect himself from attacks and attacks. Without relying on the common sense of others and the police.

And here’s what’s important: he didn’t experience it as a personal insult or humiliation. He was offended that the bustle of life took away his time from doing science. In general, fate rather paradoxically disposed of Academician Likhachev’s personal time. He, it seems to me, smiling sadly, wrote: “Time has confused me. When I could do something, I sat as a proofreader, and now, when I get tired quickly, I’m overwhelmed with work.”

And we use the results of this incredible work every day. Even if we don’t regularly re-read Likhachev’s articles, we watch the Kultura TV channel. And it was created on the initiative of people who were not indifferent to culture, including Dmitry Sergeevich.

So as not to lie...

I was not able to read all of what Likhachev wrote. And not only because I haven’t grown up to some things. I just re-read his memoirs an endless number of times. Dmitry Sergeevich, deeply feeling the word and the forms of its literary existence, felt all the dangers of the memoir genre. But for the same reason, he understood its capabilities, the degree of usefulness. Therefore, to the question: “Is it worth writing memoirs?” - he confidently answers:

“It’s worth it so that the events, the atmosphere of previous years are not forgotten, and most importantly, so that there remains a trace of people whom, perhaps, no one will ever remember again, about whom documents lie.”

And Academician Likhachev writes without complacency or moral self-torture. What is the most remarkable thing about his memories? The fact that they are written on behalf of the Student in the highest sense of the word. There is a type of person for whom apprenticeship is a way of life. Dmitry Sergeevich writes with great love about his teachers - school and university. About those with whom life brought him together beyond the generally accepted “student” age and outside the classroom. He is ready to consider any situation, even an extremely unfavorable one, as a lesson, an opportunity to learn something.

Talking about his school years, he not so much shares his personal impressions as recreates for the modern reader living images of the once famous Karl May school, the wonderful Lentovskaya school. And he immerses all this in the atmosphere of his native, beloved St. Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad. Likhachev’s family memory is directly connected with the history of this city.

The Likhachev family was known in St. Petersburg back in the 18th century. Working with archives allowed Dmitry Sergeevich to trace the St. Petersburg history of the family, starting with his great-great-grandfather, Pavel Petrovich Likhachev, a successful merchant. The scientist’s grandfather, Mikhail Mikhailovich, was already doing something else: he headed an artel of floor polishers. Father, Sergei Mikhailovich, showed independence. He began to earn money himself quite early, successfully graduated from a real school and entered the Electrotechnical Institute. The young engineer married Vera Semyonovna Konyaeva, a representative of a merchant family with deep Old Believer traditions.

Dmitry Sergeevich's parents lived modestly, without grandeur. But this family had a real passion - the Mariinsky Theater. The apartment was always rented closer to the beloved theater. In order to rent a comfortable box and look decent, parents saved a lot. Decades later, having gone through Solovki, the blockade, tough ideological “elaborations”, Academician Likhachev will write: “Don Quixote”, “Sleeping” and “Swan”, “La Bayadère” and “Corsair” are inseparable in my mind from the blue hall of the Mariinsky, entering which I still feel elated and cheerful.”

In the meantime, after graduating from school, the young man, who is not even 17 years old, enters Leningrad (already like this!) University. He becomes a student in the ethnological and linguistic department of the Faculty of Social Sciences. And almost immediately he begins to seriously study ancient Russian literature. With special love, Likhachev remembers the seminars of Lev Vladimirovich Shcherba. They were conducted using the slow reading method. Over the course of a year, they only managed to get through a few lines of a work of art. Dmitry Sergeevich recalls: “We were looking for a grammatically clear, philologically accurate understanding of the text.”

During his university years (1923-1928), an accurate understanding of what was happening in the country came. Arrests, executions, and deportations began already in 1918. Likhachev writes very harshly about the decades of Red Terror:

“While in the 20s and early 30s, thousands of officers, “bourgeois”, professors and especially priests and monks, along with the Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian peasantry, were shot - it seemed “natural”.<…>In the years 1936 and 1937, arrests of prominent figures of the all-powerful party began, and this, it seems to me, most of all struck the imagination of contemporaries.”

February 1928 became a turning point in Likhachev’s life. Search and arrest. For what? For participation in the humorous youth circle “Space Academy of Sciences”? For the book “International Jewry” found (on a tip from a traitor friend)? Likhachev himself does not indicate the exact, clear reason for the arrest. Maybe she wasn't there. But, in his opinion, this is what happened: “The monological culture of the “proletarian dictatorship” replaced the polyphony of intellectual democracy.”

Solovetsky-Soviet life

In the memories of the prison, of the pre-trial detention center, the reader is struck not by walls with mold, not by rats, but... by presentations and discussions of theories. Unable to explain the absurdity of what was happening, Likhachev, surprised and ironic, writes: “Strange things were done by our jailers. Having arrested us because we met once a week for just a few hours to jointly discuss issues of philosophy, art and religion that worried us, they united us first in a common prison cell, and then for a long time in camps.”

Reflecting on the years spent on Solovki, Likhachev talks about many things: about meetings with people of all levels of morality, about lice and “lice-ins” - teenagers who lost all their belongings and lived under bunks, without rations - about churches and icons. But what is most impressive is how mental life and interest in knowledge were preserved in this hell. And, of course, miracles of compassion and mutual assistance.

One could say that in 1932, after the release documents were issued, Likhachev’s troubles ended. But this, alas, is not so. Ahead are difficulties with finding employment, obstacles to scientific work skillfully erected by ill-wishers, trials of blockade hunger... From the memories:

"…No! hunger is incompatible with any reality, with any well-fed life. They cannot exist side by side. One of two things must be a mirage: either hunger or a well-fed life. I think that true life is hunger, everything else is a mirage. During the famine, people showed themselves, exposed themselves, freed themselves from all sorts of tinsel: some turned out to be wonderful, unparalleled heroes, others - villains, scoundrels, murderers, cannibals. There was no middle ground. Everything was real..."

Courageously overcoming all this, Likhachev did not allow his heart to turn into armor. He also refrained from the other extreme - from softness and spinelessness.

Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev lived, worked at full capacity, worked every day, a lot, despite his poor health. From the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp he received a stomach ulcer and bleeding.

Why did he remain healthy until he was 90? He himself explained his physical strength as “resistance.” None of his school friends survived. “Depression - I didn’t have this condition. Our school had a revolutionary tradition, and we were encouraged to formulate our own worldview. Contradict existing theories. For example, I gave a talk against Darwinism. The teacher liked it, although he did not agree with me.

I was a cartoonist, I drew school teachers. They laughed along with everyone else. They encouraged boldness of thought and fostered spiritual disobedience. All this helped me resist bad influences in the camp. When I failed at the Academy of Sciences, I did not attach any importance to it, was not offended and did not lose heart. We failed three times!”

He told me: “In 1937, I was fired from the publishing house as a proofreader. Every misfortune was good for me. The years of proofreading work were good, I had to read a lot. They didn’t take me to the war, I had a white ticket due to a stomach ulcer.

Personal persecution began in 1972, when I spoke out in defense of the Catherine Park in Pushkin. And until that day they were angry that I was against the logging in Peterhof and the construction there. This is the sixty-fifth year. And then, in 1972, they became frenzied. They forbade me to be mentioned in print and on television.”

A scandal broke out when he spoke on television against renaming Peterhof to Petrodvorets and Tver to Kalinin. Tver played a colossal role in Russian history, how can you refuse! He said that the Scandinavians, Greeks, French, Tatars, and Jews meant a lot to Russia.

In 1977, he was not allowed to attend the congress of Slavists.

Likhachev was given a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in 1953. In 1958 they failed at the Academy, in 1969 they were rejected.

He managed to save the construction of the Kremlin with high-rise buildings in Novgorod, he saved Nevsky Prospekt and the Ruska portico in St. Petersburg. “The destruction of monuments always begins with arbitrariness, which does not need publicity.”

He brought ancient Russian literature out of isolation, incorporating it into the structure of European culture.

He had his own approach to everything: natural scientists criticize astrological predictions for being unscientific. Likhachev - because they deprive a person of free will.

He did not create a doctrine, but he created the image of a defender of culture, a true citizen

Even in dead-end cases, says Dmitry Sergeevich, when everything is deaf, when they don’t hear you, be kind enough to express your opinion. Don't remain silent, speak up. I force myself to speak so that at least one voice can be heard.

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Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin, a Russian Soviet writer and public figure, raises the problem of the ability to cope with life’s difficulties with dignity.

The problem raised by Daniil Granin is still relevant today. The author illustrated how Dmitry Likhachev overcomes life's difficulties with dignity. Ever since his school days he was encouraged for his boldness of thought, which is probably why he developed such abilities how to confront circumstances, express your opinion, defend your point of view and learn lessons from every misfortune.

The author is convinced that man having qualities inherent in Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, he will be able to survive life’s obstacles with dignity. Daniil Granin calls for learning lessons from every misfortune, not to be offended and not to lose heart.

I completely agree with the opinion of the author, who calls for having your own approach to life’s difficulties. Indeed, in order to survive the difficulties of life with dignity, you need a strong character, courage of thought, and your own point of view.

We see an example of how strong a man was in spirit, how life did not break him despite all the misfortunes that befell him, in the story “The Fate of a Man” by Mikhail Sholokhov. G

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Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev lived, worked at full capacity, worked every day, a lot, despite his poor health. From the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp he received a stomach ulcer and bleeding.
Why did he remain healthy until he was 90?

Composition

What can be a guarantor of the quality and success of our lives? I think everyone finds the answer to this question themselves. Probably, these should be the criteria and guidelines that lead directly to our goal. Creative longevity is a life in the face of art, but what can be the reason for a person’s creative longevity? D.A. invites us to reflect on this question in his text. Granin.

Citing as an example the creative path of the great writer, Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, the author analyzes his activities and emphasizes the tenacity, perseverance, and “resistance” with which this man lived and acted from his school years. Revolutionary inclinations, freshness of ideas, courage of thought, spiritual disobedience and a tendency to look critically at everything that society presents - this is what constituted the formation of Dmitry Sergeevich as a creative personality. The author highlights the writer’s words that every misfortune benefited him, thereby emphasizing the steadfastness of his character and loyalty to his convictions.

D.A.’s thought Granin conveys through the words of Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev: “... when everything is deaf, when they don’t hear you, be kind enough to express your opinion...”. The author believes that boldness of thought, courage, the ability to confront and critically evaluate what is happening allows a person not to lose heart and remain committed to his own aspirations. Such great creative figures as D.S. Likhachev, openly expressed their opinions and never lost heart, this explains their creative longevity.

Of course, D.A. Granin is right. The basis of any success is that very “resistance” - immunity to any kind of criticism, problems and failures. Creative longevity is determined by the constant and energetic promotion of one’s own ideas, no matter how much they differ from generally accepted norms. In addition, it is important to be able to criticize any statement, to be “naughty” and courageous in all respects.

At all times, there have been people who differ from the majority in their opinions and outlook on life. Therefore, many writers raised a similar problem in their works. For example, the hero of the novel A.S. Griboyedov's "Woe from Wit", Alexander Chatsky, opposes the Famusov society, while proclaiming the ideas of individual independence and the elimination of feudal-serf tyranny. And despite the fact that at the end of the comedy this hero is left alone with his views, he is not a loser. A.S. Griboedov writes that progress lies precisely behind Chatsky’s revolutionary ideas.

One of the most important novels by M.A. Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita”, unfortunately, became popular only after the death of the writer. The ideas and themes raised in the novel went against Soviet censorship, but the writer took a huge number of measures to ensure that his brainchild reached the masses. The hero of the novel himself, the Master, faced exactly the same problem: they refused to publish his novel, and he, tired of constant persecution, burned his brainchild. Margarita showed real perseverance and perseverance: the girl loved the master so much that she did everything possible to at least be able to read the novel he wrote herself. The subsequent popularity of the work showed that perhaps there was no point in trying to bypass Soviet censorship, but The Master and Margarita is truly a revolutionary novel that makes you think about many problems of society.

In conclusion, I would like to note once again that the main components of a person’s success are steadfastness, perseverance, perseverance and revolutionary thinking. We are how we stand for our ideas, what we think and where we go, and creative longevity is no exception.

Cultures. He lived a very long life, in which there were deprivations, persecutions, as well as grandiose achievements in the scientific field, recognition not only at home, but throughout the world. When Dmitry Sergeevich passed away, they spoke with one voice: he was the conscience of the nation. And there is no stretch in this lofty definition. Indeed, Likhachev was an example of selfless and persistent service to the Motherland.

He was born in St. Petersburg, in the family of electrical engineer Sergei Mikhailovich Likhachev. The Likhachevs lived modestly, but found opportunities not to give up their hobby - regular visits to the Mariinsky Theater, or rather, ballet performances. And in the summer they rented a dacha in Kuokkala, where Dmitry joined the ranks of artistic youth. In 1914, he entered the gymnasium, and subsequently changed several schools, as the education system changed in connection with the events of the revolution and the Civil War. In 1923, Dmitry entered the ethnological and linguistic department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Petrograd University. At some point, he joined a student circle under the comic name “Space Academy of Sciences.” The members of this circle met regularly, read and discussed each other's reports. In February 1928, Dmitry Likhachev was arrested for participating in a circle and sentenced to 5 years “for counter-revolutionary activities.” The investigation lasted six months, after which Likhachev was sent to the Solovetsky camp.

Likhachev later called his experience of life in the camp his “second and main university.” He changed several types of activities in Solovki. For example, he worked as an employee of the Criminological Office and organized a labor colony for teenagers. “I came out of this whole mess with a new knowledge of life and a new state of mind, - Dmitry Sergeevich said in an interview. - The good that I managed to do for hundreds of teenagers, saving their lives, and many other people, the good received from the fellow prisoners themselves, the experience of everything I saw created in me some kind of very deep-seated peace and mental health.”.

Likhachev was released early in 1932, and “with a red stripe” - that is, with a certificate that he was a drummer in the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, and this certificate gave him the right to live anywhere. He returned to Leningrad, worked as a proofreader at the publishing house of the Academy of Sciences (having a criminal record prevented him from getting a more serious job). In 1938, through the efforts of the leaders of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Likhachev’s criminal record was cleared. Then Dmitry Sergeevich went to work at the Institute of Russian Literature of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House). In June 1941, he defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Novgorod chronicles of the 12th century.” The scientist defended his doctoral dissertation after the war, in 1947.

Dmitry Likhachev. 1987 Photo: aif.ru

USSR State Prize laureate Dmitry Likhachev (left) talks with Russian Soviet writer Veniamin Kaverin at the VIII Congress of USSR Writers. Photo: aif.ru

D. S. Likhachev. May 1967. Photo: likhachev.lfond.spb.ru

The Likhachevs (by that time Dmitry Sergeevich was married and had two daughters) survived the war partially in besieged Leningrad. After the terrible winter of 1941–1942, they were evacuated to Kazan. After his stay in the camp, Dmitry Sergeevich’s health was undermined, and he was not subject to conscription to the front.

The main theme of Likhachev the scientist was ancient Russian literature. In 1950, under his scientific leadership, The Tale of Bygone Years and The Tale of Igor’s Campaign were prepared for publication in the “Literary Monuments” series. A team of talented researchers of ancient Russian literature gathered around the scientist. From 1954 until the end of his life, Dmitry Sergeevich headed the sector of ancient Russian literature at the Pushkin House. In 1953, Likhachev was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. At that time, he already enjoyed unquestioned authority among all Slavic scholars in the world.

The 50s, 60s, 70s were an incredibly busy time for the scientist, when his most important books were published: “Man in the Literature of Ancient Rus'”, “The Culture of Rus' in the Time of Andrei Rublev and Epiphanius the Wise”, “Textology”, “Poetics” Old Russian Literature", "Eras and Styles", "Great Heritage". Likhachev in many ways opened up ancient Russian literature to a wide range of readers, did everything to make it “come to life” and become interesting not only to specialist philologists.

In the second half of the 80s and in the 90s, the authority of Dmitry Sergeevich was incredibly great not only in academic circles, he was revered by people of various professions and political views. He acted as a promoter of the protection of monuments - both tangible and intangible. From 1986 to 1993, Academician Likhachev was the chairman of the Russian Cultural Foundation and was elected as a people's deputy of the Supreme Council.

V.P. Adrianova-Peretz and D.S. Likhachev. 1967 Photo: likhachev.lfond.spb.ru

Dmitry Likhachev. Photo: slvf.ru

D.S. Likhachev and V.G. Rasputin. 1986 Photo: likhachev.lfond.spb.ru

Dmitry Sergeevich lived for 92 years; during his earthly journey, political regimes changed several times in Russia. He was born in St. Petersburg and died there, but lived in both Petrograd and Leningrad... The outstanding scientist carried faith (and his parents were from Old Believer families) and endurance through all the trials, and always remained faithful to his mission - to preserve the memory, history, culture. Dmitry Sergeevich suffered from the Soviet regime, but did not become a dissident, he always found a reasonable compromise in relations with his superiors in order to be able to do his job. His conscience was not stained by a single unseemly act. He once wrote about his experience of serving time on Solovki: “I realized this: every day is a gift from God. I need to live for the day at hand, be content with the fact that I live another day. And be grateful for every day. Therefore, there is no need to be afraid of anything in the world.". There were many, many days in the life of Dmitry Sergeevich, each of which he filled with work to increase the cultural wealth of Russia.

Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev - Russian literary scholar, cultural historian, text critic, publicist, public figure.
Born on November 28 (old style - November 15) 1906 in St. Petersburg, in the family of an engineer. 1923 - graduated from labor school and entered Petrograd University at the Department of Linguistics and Literature, Faculty of Social Sciences. 1928 - graduated from Leningrad University, defending two diplomas - in Romano-Germanic and Slavic-Russian philology.
In 1928 - 1932 he was repressed: for participating in a scientific student circle, Likhachev was arrested and imprisoned in the Solovetsky camp. In 1931 - 1932 he was at the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal and was released as a “shock soldier of the Belbaltlag with the right to reside throughout the entire territory of the USSR.”
1934 - 1938 worked at the Leningrad branch of the publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences. I caught my attention when editing the book by A.A. Shakhmatov “Review of Russian Chronicles” and was invited to work in the department of Old Russian literature at the Leningrad Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), where he conducted scientific work from 1938, and from 1954 headed the sector of Old Russian literature. 1941 - defended his candidate's dissertation "Novgorod chronicle codes of the 12th century."
In Leningrad besieged by the Nazis, Likhachev, in collaboration with archaeologist M.A. Tianova, wrote the brochure “Defense of Ancient Russian Cities,” which appeared during the siege of 1942.
In 1947 he defended his doctoral dissertation "Essays on the history of literary forms of chronicle writing of the 11th - 16th centuries." 1946-1953 - professor at Leningrad State University. 1953 - Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1970 - Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1991 - Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Foreign member of the Academies of Sciences: Bulgarian (1963), Austrian (1968), Serbian (1972), Hungarian (1973). Honorary doctorate from the universities: Toruń (1964), Oxford (1967), Edinburgh (1970). 1986 - 1991 - Chairman of the Board of the Soviet Cultural Foundation, 1991 - 1993 - Chairman of the Board of the Russian International Cultural Foundation. USSR State Prize (1952, 1969). 1986 - Hero of Socialist Labor. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and medals. First Knight of the revived Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (1998).
Bibliography
Full bibliography on the author's website.
1945 - “National identity of Ancient Rus'”
1947 - "Russian chronicles and their cultural and historical significance"
1950 - "The Tale of Bygone Years"
1952 - "The Emergence of Russian Literature"
1955 - "The Tale of Igor's Campaign. Historical and literary essay"
1958 - "Man in the literature of Ancient Rus'"
1958 - "Some tasks of studying the second South Slavic influence in Russia"
1962 - “Culture of Rus' in the time of Andrei Rublev and Epiphanius the Wise”
1962 - "Textology. Based on Russian literature of the X - XVII centuries."
1967 - "Poetics of Old Russian Literature"
1971 - “The Artistic Heritage of Ancient Rus' and Modernity” (together with V.D. Likhacheva)
1973 - "Development of Russian literature X - XVII centuries. Epochs and styles"
1981 - "Notes about Russian"
1983 - “Native Land”
1984 - "Literature - reality - literature"
1985 - “Past for the future”
1986 - "Research on Old Russian Literature"
1989 - "About Philology"
1994 - Letters about good
2007 - Memories
Russian culture
Titles, awards and bonuses
* Hero of Socialist Labor (1986)
* Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (September 30, 1998) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national culture (awarded the order for No. 1)
* Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (November 28, 1996) - for outstanding services to the state and great personal contribution to the development of Russian culture
* The order of Lenin
* Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1966)
* Medal “50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.” (March 22, 1995)
* Pushkin Medal (June 4, 1999) - in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of A. S. Pushkin, for services in the field of culture, education, literature and art
* Medal “For Labor Valor” (1954)
* Medal “For the Defense of Leningrad” (1942)
* Medal “30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.” (1975)
* Medal “40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.” (1985)
* Medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” (1946)
* Medal “Veteran of Labor” (1986)
* Order of Georgiy Dimitrov (NRB, 1986)
* Two Orders of Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree (NRB, 1963, 1977)
* Order of Stara Planina, 1st degree (Bulgaria, 1996)
* Order of the Madara Horseman, 1st degree (Bulgaria, 1995)
* Sign of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council “To a resident of besieged Leningrad”
In 1986 he organized the Soviet (now Russian) Cultural Foundation and was chairman of the presidium of the Foundation until 1993. Since 1990, he has been a member of the International Committee for the Organization of the Library of Alexandria (Egypt). He was elected as a deputy of the Leningrad City Council (1961-1962, 1987-1989).
Foreign member of the Academies of Sciences of Bulgaria, Hungary, and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Serbia. Corresponding member of the Austrian, American, British, Italian, Gottingen academies, corresponding member of the oldest US society - the Philosophical Society. Member of the Writers' Union since 1956. Since 1983 - Chairman of the Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences, since 1974 - Chairman of the Editorial Board of the yearbook “Cultural Monuments. New discoveries". From 1971 to 1993, he headed the editorial board of the “Literary Monuments” series, since 1987 he has been a member of the editorial board of the New World magazine, and since 1988 of the Our Heritage magazine.
The Russian Academy of Art Studies and Musical Performance awarded him the Amber Cross Order of Arts (1997). Awarded an Honorary Diploma of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (1996). Awarded the Great Gold Medal named after M.V. Lomonosov (1993). First Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (1993). Honorary citizen of the Italian cities of Milan and Arezzo. Laureate of the Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize (1997).
* In 2006, the D. S. Likhachev Foundation and the Government of St. Petersburg established the D. S. Likhachev Prize.
* In 2000, D. S. Likhachev was posthumously awarded the State Prize of Russia for the development of the artistic direction of domestic television and the creation of the all-Russian state television channel “Culture”. The books “Russian Culture” have been published; “The skyline of the city on the Neva. Memoirs, articles."
Interesting Facts
* By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, 2006 was declared the year of Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev in Russia.
* The name Likhachev was assigned to minor planet No. 2877 (1984).
* In 1999, on the initiative of Dmitry Sergeevich, Pushkin Lyceum No. 1500 was created in Moscow. The academician did not see the lyceum and died three months after the construction of the building.
* Every year, in honor of Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev, the Likhachev Readings are held at the State Educational Institution Gymnasium No. 1503 in Moscow and the Pushkin Lyceum No. 1500, which brings together students from various cities and countries with performances dedicated to the memory of the great citizen of Russia.
* By order of the Governor of St. Petersburg in 2000, the name of D. S. Likhachev was given to school No. 47 (Plutalova Street (St. Petersburg), house No. 24), where Likhachev readings are also held.
* In 1999, the Russian Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage was named after Likhachev.