BRICS Universe is a series of exhibition events that showcase photographs of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network of BRICS countries taken both from Earth and from the International Space Station by Heroes of the Russian Federation and cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Ivan Vagner.
The grand opening of the first of ten exhibitions took place on 1 February at the Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. The exhibition continues its journey through nine UNESCO creative cities: St. Petersburg, Rio de Janeiro, Kargopol, Beijing, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Mumbai, Durban, and Kazan. The project will continue until the end of October 2024.
On 25 July, the exhibition will kick off in Ulyanovsk with a meeting with Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, a pilot, cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation, the 124th cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, winner of the Gagarin Medal and the Sign of St. Sergius of Radonezh, and the author of the book What Can I Learn from Yury Gagarin?
The exhibition presents images from Earth and space of UNESCO creative cities located in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. A total of 48 Russian and 41 foreign photographers are involved in the project.
The project is being organized by the Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium, the Russia–BRICS Project Office for International Youth Cooperation, and the Creative Industries Fund of the Ulyanovsk Region with the support of the Roscosmos State Corporation, Russian Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, and the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
The Roscongress Foundation manages the events of Russia’s BRICS Chairship.