17:59 USA gives the library the American Literature Hall
The solemn ceremony of the American Literature Hall opening is held on February 22, in the St. Petersburg City Public Library named after Mayakovsky, Foreign Department (Fontanka Emb., 46).

17:16 Nicholas I and the New Hermitage
The exhibition with such a name opens in the Alexander Hall of the Winter Palace on February 21 being dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the New Hermitage.