On July 6, 2010, the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition "The Siege of Leningrad 1941–1944" took place in Haifa (Israel).
On July 6, 2010, the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition "The Siege of Leningrad 1941–1944" took place in Haifa (Israel).
The exhibition is timed to the program of events devoted to the jubilee year of the 65th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War. A display of 45 photos was prepared by by St.Petersburg Committee for External Relations based on the materials of the State Memorial Museum of Defence and the Siege of Leningrad, and donated to the Information and Business Center of St.Petersburg in Haifa.
At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, among the honored guests there were: I.V. Popov, Consul General of Russia in Haifa, I.V. Turchin,Consul General of Ukraine in Haifa, Robert Tivyaev, Deputy of Israeli Knesset, M.E. Reif, Chairman of All-Israel Association of Russian Communities, Avi Weissand, Acting Chairman of the Trade Unions of Haifa Area, leading employees of diplomatic missions in Israel, representatives of official, business, and social circles in Israel, and media representatives.
The veterans – residents of besieged Leningrad and the defenders of Leningrad, now living in Israel, were invited to the opening ceremony. Also, the defenders and residents of besieged Leningrad were awarded with commemorative medals of St.Petersburg Government to honor the 65th anniversary of the complete Leningrad liberation from the siege. Awarding ceremony was a part of the program of St.Petersburg Government on the implementation of state policy concerning the compatriots abroad.
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The exhibition will be on display in the conference hall of the Information and Business Center of St.Petersburg in Israel throughout the year.
Israel is now a home to a large number of veterans, including the members of the defence and the inhabitants of besieged Leningrad. The exhibition is of interest both for the older generation and for younger people, and opens up the new aspects of 900-day heroic and tragic saga.
News source: Committee for External Relations of St.Petersburg