New friends of MVK project “Museum “Role of HISTORY in life and business”
In June 2007 MVK patriotic museum will start working in the State Duma. Members of the Duma will have chance to get acquainted with photos, archive documents and personal things of the members of the Papanin polar expedition, said the author of the project Alexey Shaburov at the presentation. At present, talks on holding of the exhibition are being conducted with representatives of the State Duma. Opening of full polar museum exposition is planned for May 17, 2007. The first attendees of MVK mobile museum will be guests and participants of Euroexpofurniture/ЕЕМ-2007 exhibition, held in Crocus Expo Exhibiton Centre.
The presentation of MVK all-Russia project started in romantic atmosphere. The presentation included baked potato, campfire, tea, brewed up on the fire, guitar songs composed by Vysotsky. Tea was offered by bearded polar explorers, dressed in sheepskin jackets, fur caps with ear flaps and knee-high felt boots. It took place near the tent of Glavsevmorput, the exact replica of polar dwelling of the four legendary members of the Papanin polar expedition. And near it there was new exhibit of the first in the world exhibiton at the North Pole – tent, painted in colours of the Russian flag. It is the part of the museum, where there will be presented new MVK projects and names of all those who helped in organization and financing of the project.
On April 17, in one of the exhibiton Pavilions, there was held the presentation of the project of conquest of the North Pole. “Everyone has his own Pole – it is his aim, his summit”, this is how Chairman of the Board of Directors Alexey Shaburov considers the idea of the project. “I have moral and spiritual values and I am happy. I broaden my outlook with each project. Business is not just earning money for me. It would be too dull. For me the project means pride for our country, pride for myself, for my Company, for my team. It is forming of new life position for me and everybody around me, promotion and self-perfection in life and business”.
The light goes out and there is the North on the screen. Crash of polar silence and crack of ice turn into merry song of polar explorers of the 30-s: “Our country calls us for drifting at a cold sea…”.
What do you know about Papanin and the members of the Papanin polar expedition? Why did their country send them to drift in ice spaces? When did you attend museum for the last time? And the answer to all these questions is “It’s difficult to say…” That’s why there was born an idea to gather exhibits of several museums and to acquaint with them everyone, but not only those, who will be able to go, for example, to Chkalov museum in Nizhny Novgorod region.
On April 23 MVK will follow the route of Ivan Papanin polar expedition. At the North Pole there will be opened Museum “Role of HISTORY in life and business”. Opening of the museum is timed to the 70th anniversary of the first drifting polar station SP-1 and legendary flights of Valery Chkalov’s and Mikhail Gromov’s teams over the North Pole. The exhibition can be surely included into Guinnes World Records book. At the peak of the Globe there will be put up two tents, one of them is an exact replica of the tent of four heroic members of the Papanin polar expedition. In this tent there will be demonstrated photos of polar members and some exhibits, for example, Papanin’s record book. Then the museum will start traveling – it will be present at all MVK exhibitions, held in Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Rostov on Don. Alexey Shaburov calculated that all the museums which provided exhibits are attended by 65 thousand people per year. And owing to this project, more than a million people will be able to get aquatinted with deed of Russian (Soviet) pilots and polar explorers. These are guests and participants of all 115 MVK exhibitions. At space area of 750 square meters, MVK museum will present photos, genuine personal things of the members of the Papanin polar expedition, rare vide films which were seen by grandparents who went to the cinema at the end of the 30-s.
The museum was expended owing to the relatives of pilot Vodopiyanov, Vladimir Shmidt, son of Otto Shmidt. It covers the history of Chkalov, Gromov, Shmidt, Vodopiyanov – legendary pilots and polar explorers of that time. “Our project also included Museum of Defence of Sevastopol, - noted Alexey Shaburov. Despite of boarders and customs, we’ve managed to make or project international – Sevastopol will pass photos and exhibits to our museum”.
The exposition will consist of two parts. The first one is historical; it will cover events that took place 70 years ago. The second one reflects the present day. It will tell about companies and people who helped to realize such a wonderful project, tell about polar explorers who work hard for the good of the country. Everything, you are going to see in the museum, is the work of our compatriots, work of our hands and of our intellect, noted Alexey Shaburov.
The author of the project thanked his partner Andrey Lapshin, his assistance Lyudmila Kulanina, MVK team for support and assistance in organization of the project. Alexey Shaburov believes that one of the aims of the project is consolidation, unity of MVK team. MVK is a company number one in the exhibiton market, and only such a powerful company with a strong team can reach such summits as organization of socially significant projects. This project is consolidation of minds, unification of people, and development of corporate culture.
“I thank my lucky stars to have such a partner as Andrey.
Andrey’s best words of approval for me are: “You are on the right way”.
Alexey Shaburov was telling about the project with excitement. One should agree that the ides is brilliant. The hidden motive of it lies in Shaburov’s belief that not everything in our life can be measured by money. “This is also the project for my twelve-year-old son, who learned for the first time from me about the members of the Papanin polar expedition and listened to the stories about them with keen interest”, said Alexey. Memory and history should be closely connected with our future. We should increase our self- consciousness, nurture pride for our Motherland, understand, for what we are obliged to our predecessors, let older generation remember about our youth and tell our children about the history, so that the young could realize greatness of their fathers and grandfathers.