Penza, 19 September 2012. PenzaNews. Journalists Nikolai Troitsky and Maxim Shevchenko, musician Alexander F. Sklar, director Vladimir Bortko, actress Maria Golubkina, and Irina Lachina are in the list of the participants of the second All-Russian Humanitarian Forum “Project Province,” which will be held on October 4–5 in Penza.

The list of guests also includes the artistic director of the Children’s Academy “Ostankino” Boris Grachevsky, news presenter Alexei Lysenkov, violinist Dmitry Kogan, TV presenters Maria Arbatova and Fyokla Tolstaya, as well as architecture, education, science and culture experts.

According to the official website of the Forum, the grand opening, which is to be hosted by the director and presenter Alexander Gordon, will be held in the great hall of the new building of the regional library named after M. Lermontov at 11.00 on Thursday, October 4.

On the same day, five sessions are scheduled at the squares of the palace of sports “Burtasy,” discussing multiethnic Russia, provincial architecture, innovations in the staff training in the field of education, development of media and culture in the province.

On Friday, October 5, the participants will also discuss the issues of cultural migration, and censorship in the Internet community.

The cultural program of the second All-Russian Humanitarian Forum “Project Province” will be presented by the composer Grigory Gladkov, creative work of Alexander F. Sklyar, a joint performance of Maria Golubkina and pianist Alexander Gindin, as well as a concert of opera singer Maria Maksakova and pianist Yuri Rozum.