The Dialogue Of Cultures
Autonomous Nonprofit Organization

has been established for providing services aimed at assistance to extend understanding and to strengthen friendship between peoples of the world.

The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO has united a group of the citizens of St-Petersburg who are active admirers of music and fine arts and have a lot of practical experience of organizing large-scale noncommercial musical events like "Autumn Leaves" International Jazz Festivals held in 1990, 1991, 1992 & 1993, "Open Music" International Avant-garde Jazz & Contemporary Music Festivals held in 1991, 1992 & 1993, the only Russian concert of John McLaughlin the jazz guitar genius in 1994 and The Count Basie Orchestra Russian Tour of 1995.

In the beginning of 2007 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO organized the exhibition of paintings of the wonderful Petersburg artist Aron Zinshtein in the State Art Museum of the Kazakhstan Republic in Almaty.

In December 2007 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO took part in the preparation of exhibition "Culture, Way of Life and Traditions of the Kazakhs" that was held in The Dostoyevsky Memorial Museum in St. Petersburg.

In September and October of 2008 "Sterligov and his following: St-Petersburg-Almaty", the Joint Russian-Kazakhstan project, was successfully fulfilled in the city of Almaty.

In 2009 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO took part in the preparation of the exhibition "Kazakhs in St.-Petersburg: from ХVIII through the beginning of the XX century".

In 2012 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO in cooperation with the State archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan and “12 July” Gallery organized an exhibition dedicated to life and creative work of Regina Velikanova, artist who lived and worked in Leningrad and Almaty.

In 2014 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO in cooperation with "Has sanat" Art Gallery organised an exhibition of works of Saint-Petersburg artist Gennadiy Zubkov, V.Sterligov’s follower, in Nur-Sultan (Astana).

In 2015 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO in cooperation with Tapa Foundation held in Riga an exhibition of Aron Zinshtein’s works.

In May and June 2018 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO in cooperation with Tapa Foundation held in Riga an international ceramics exhibition under the title "In the Timestream".

In October 2018 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO in cooperation with Kazarian Art Center and with the support from Art Eurasia Foundation, Turan University, Ruan Publishing House and Tengri-Umai Gallery held in Almaty an exhibition dedicated to the memory of Rustam Khalfin under the title "V.Sterligov’s School: Saint-Petersburg - Almaty" . The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO acknowledges financial support of the exhibition from Turan Express - the first private railway company in Kazakhstan.

In October 2019 The Dialogue Of Cultures ANPO with the support from Zhaugar Picture Gallery (Almaty) held an exhibition of Sterligov’s and Glebova's graphic works of Almaty Period in the State Art Museum of the Kazakhstan Republic in Almaty.