Dinamika i raznovrsnost života u suvremenosti odredjuje sve veće potrebe spoznaje niza temeljnih vrijednosti koje su, u prošlosti, ishodištem “statike”za uspješnu vertikalu u sadašnjosti, a u ime jamačne harmonično kreirane budućnosti.
Povijest mora bidi dragocjenom “učiteljicom života”, danas kao i jučer, u ime pouzdanih koordinata za – sutra.
Primjera, naoko sitnih, formalno - simboličnih u pothvatu i izrazu, a zamašno poticajnih za osmišljene korake u budućem vremenu, odjekom i regionalno i globalno, ima mnogo diljem svijeta, pa ih, hipom, spoznajmo, nekolikim “crticama”….
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Russian empress statue to be unveiled in Finland
The statue of Maria Alexandrovna, the Empress consort of Alexander II, who reigned in Russia in the second half of the 19th century, will be unveiled in the Finnish city of Mariehamn today (2.XI.’11.)
Mariehamn, the administrative center of the Aland province, was founded on Emperor Alexander II’s orders in 1861. and was named after his wife.
The two-meter bronze empress clad in a ballgown and standing on a red granite pedestal was made by Russian sculptor Andrei Kovalchuk and is Russia’s gift to the city for its 150th anniversary.
Maria Alexandrovna became famous for her charitable activity. She founded the Russian Red Cross Society.
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Monument to Pushkin erected in Baghdad
A monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin has been unveiled outside the University of Baghdad in Iraq.
Speakers at the ceremony emphasized the need to overcome stagnation in bilateral relations and to develop versatile ties, including in education and culture.
A proposal was put forward to create a Russian-Iraqi university with two years of study in each country.
Sisikon in central Switzerland, has become the 11th foreign city to install an outdoor statue of the 19th -century Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
The other Pushkin statues are in countries in Asia, Europe and even Africa.
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A monument to great Russian military commander Alexander Suvorov was unveiled at the Pantheon of Russian Glory near the Bender Fortress in the unrecognized republic of Trans-Dniester on Thursday.
The unveiling ceremony was, among others, attended by Trans-Dniester’s self-proclaimed President Igor Smirnov, who touted the monument as “another confirmation of our paying tribute to our ancestors and the feat-of-arms of great Russia.”
He added that monuments to five other prominent commanders, whose fate was linked to Trans-Dniester soil, will be installed at the Pantheon in the immediate future.
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Statue of French general to adorn Smolens
A statue of one of Napoleon’s generals will be built in Smolensk.
Count Charles-Etienne Gudin de La Sablonniere, a French general during the Napoleonic wars, including the Russian Campaign, was struck by a cannonball during the battle of Smolensk and died on the battlefield.
He was buried on the territory of the central park in return for France’s respectful attitude to Russian generals killed in battle.
On orders from Napoleon, Russian General Anton Skalon was buried as a hero by the French.
A monument commemorating heroes who died near Smolensk will be unveiled for the bicentenary of Russia’s Victory in the 1812 Patriotic War against Napoleon.