Ekaterina Yuryevna Genieva’s mental portrait

Abstract

The author expresses his positive attitude to the three-volume book by Yakov Shrayberg: “My friend Katia Genieva” (Moscow, 2021). The reviewer argues that by addressing to E. Yu. Genieva’s personality and activities, the author, in fact, portrays the historical experience of the recent forty years rich in social, political, economic and ideological developments. Ekaterina Yuryevna Genieva – late Director General of the All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature named after M. I. Rudomino, a global personality, famous for her public, cultural, philanthropic, philological, library and library science initiatives. Her efforts coincided with Russia’s hinge period, and she found herself “in the right place at the right time”. The book conveys Genieva’s exceptionalism; her leadership, compassion and contribution to many aspects of life, are well-documented in the book. The book focuses on her many good points; while humanly downsides may make the theme of another book, if anyone volunteers – then we will get the objective profile of our outstanding contemporary.