Aleksandr Sholokhov, President of the Russian Committee of the ICOM, joined the International Council of Golden Trezzini Awards

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International Council of the Golden Trezzini Awards has been joined by Aleksandr Sholokhov, member of the State Duma, President of the Russian Committee of the International Council of Museums.

Aleksandr Sholokhov was born on 25 January 1962 in Moscow. He is a grandson of novelist Mikhail Sholokhov. Aleksandr Sholokhov graduated from the Biology and Soil Faculty of Rostov State University in 1984 and later worked as a lecturer there. He also studied at the graduate school of Moscow State University.

Since 1989 he was an employee of the National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve. In 1999 he graduated from Rostov State Economic University, majoring in law. In 2001–2016 he was the Director of National Sholokhov Museum-Reserve. In 2003–2008 he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast. In 2014 he became a member the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Culture and Art. In 2016 he was elected President of the Russian Committee of the International Union of Museums. On 18 September 2016 he was elected a deputy of the 7th State Duma. He is a deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture.

The International Golden Trezzini Awards for Architecture and Design are named after Domenico Trezzini (1670—1734), the first architect of St. Petersburg and the founder of Petrine Baroque. The Awards have been held since 2018. The motto of the Awards is “Architecture as Art.” The Awards are intended to acknowledge and promote architectural and designer projects that amount to works of art. The Honorary Chairman of the International Council of the Awards is Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Entries for the Third International Golden Trezzini Awards can be submitted at www.goldtrezzini.ru/en/ till October 15, 2020. Participation is free of charge.

The Golden Trezzini website users are welcome to vote for their preferred projects via Facebook, giving them a chance to win Premio del Pubblico Award. 130+ projects from Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Egypt, France, Japan, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Montenegro, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, the UAE, and the USA are approved for participation at the moment.

The General Partner of the Golden Trezzini Awards is the State Museum of St. Petersburg History. The System Partner is RBI Group. Partner of a Special nomination is YIT. Official partner of the Awarding ceremony is LenRusStroy Building Corporation. Partner of the Awarding ceremony is Ganga Group. To see a full list of the Awards partners please check https://goldtrezzini.ru/en/partners-of-the-golden-trezzini-awards-2020/.

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