Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323680
Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky, center, at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323679
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323676
Mikhail Kholmogorov, member of the the Russian Literary Assembly, author and journalist, asks Russian President Vladimir Putin a question at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323675
Russian President Vladimir Putin, background left, at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013. Background right: Vladimir Tolstoy, Presidential Aide, head of the supervisory board of the Federal Fund for the Social and Economic Support of Russian Cinema, and director of Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate "Yasnaya Polyana". Foreground: Poet Andrei Dementyev.21.11.2013#2323674
Russian President Vladimir Putin, background left, at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013. Background right: Vladimir Tolstoy, Presidential Aide, head of the supervisory board of the Federal Fund for the Social and Economic Support of Russian Cinema, and director of Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate "Yasnaya Polyana". Foreground: Poet Andrei Dementyev.21.11.2013#2323673
Alexander Sholokhov, director-general, Mikhail Sholokhov museum preserve, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323647
Mikhail Lermontov, grand nephew of the great Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, advisor to the Russian Culture Minister, Ph.D. (Cultural Studies), head of the Lermontov Legacy Association, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323646
President Vladimir Putin (left) attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323645
President Vladimir Putin attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323644
President Vladimir Putin attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323643
Vladimir Tolstoy, the Russian president's adviser, head of the Trustees Council of the Federal Fund to Support Russian Cinema, director of the Leo Tolstoy museum estate "Yasnaya Polyana, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323642
Russian public figure Natalya Solzhenitsyna, the widow of the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323641
Russian public figure Natalya Solzhenitsyna, the widow of the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323640
President Vladimir Putin attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323639
Dmitry Dostoyevsky, the great-great-grandson of the writer, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323638
Alexander Sholokhov, director-general, Mikhail Sholokhov museum preserve, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323637
Yelena Pasternak, philologist and daughter-in-law of renowned poet and writer Boris Pasternak, at the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323636
Vladimir Tolstoy, the Russian president's adviser, head of the Trustees Council of the Federal Fund to Support Russian Cinema, director of the Leo Tolstoy museum estate "Yasnaya Polyana, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323633
President Vladimir Putin (center) attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323631
President Vladimir Putin (center, on the stage) attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323630
From left: Russian public figure Natalya Solzhenitsyna, the widow of the writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, President Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Tolstoy, the Russian president's adviser, head of the Trustees Council of the Federal Fund to Support Russian Cinema, director of the Leo Tolstoy museum estate "Yasnaya Polyana, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323602
President Vladimir Putin speaking at the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323601
The film director Stanislav Govorukhin attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323599
Dmitry Dostoyevsky (left), the great-great-grandson of the writer, and Mikhail Lermontov, grand nephew of the great Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov, advisor to the Russian Culture Minister, Ph.D. (Cultural Studies), head of the Lermontov Legacy Association, attending the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323598
President Vladimir Putin (right) to attend the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013. Left: Vladimir Filippov, Rector, Russian Friendship University, Deputy Chairman, Higher Competence Appraisal Commission.21.11.2013#2323596
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, before the meeting of the Russian Literary Assembly at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, November 21, 2013. Left: Vladimir Filippov, Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University and deputy chairman of the Higher Attestation Commission.21.11.2013#2323595
President Vladimir Putin (left) speaking at the Russian literary assembly at the Russian Friendship University in Moscow., November 21, 2013.21.11.2013#2323594
