Forwarded from Генеральное консульство России в Эдинбурге
🇷🇺🏴 The library in the Scottish town of Airdrie recently opened an exhibition dedicated to one of the most touching chapters in the history of relations between the peoples of our countries: the "Scottish Album," which was sent by the women of that town to the residents of besieged Leningrad in the fall of 1941, and the "Leningrad Album," which was sent in return from the encircled "northern capital" to Scotland.
The exhibition features copies of two albums. The first contains handwritten messages of support, poems by Robert Burns, and drawings, as well as the signatures of several thousand female workers of plants and factories, members of communist organizations, and parishioners of churches in Airdrie and Coatbridge. The album, prepared over the course of two weeks, was handed over to the Soviet embassy in London and then shipped to Leningrad. In the besieged city, these words of support were read out loud at public meetings. The residents of Leningrad needed to know that even in distant Scotland, their heroic struggle and the trials they endured were not forgotten.
In early 1942, an album was created in response, containing watercolours and lithographs depicting Leningrad, words of gratitude and determination to confront the common enemy, and thousands of signatures from women of the city on the Neva. In 1943, the album arrived in Airdrie and became the centrepiece of the "Russia Week" exhibition.
Copies of the albums are available for viewing by appointment. The exhibition also features archival materials about the creation of the "Scottish Album" and events held in the region during those years to raise funds to support the Soviet Union fighting fascism, as well as the book "Immortal Regiment" featuring memoirs by St. Petersburg schoolchildren about their great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers who heroically defended our homeland.
🤝 On the eve of Victory Day, Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Denis Moskalenko and his wife visited the exhibition and thanked the staff of the Airdrie Library for their contribution to preserving the memory of the heroism of the residents of besieged Leningrad and the joint struggle of our peoples against Nazism during World War II.
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The exhibition features copies of two albums. The first contains handwritten messages of support, poems by Robert Burns, and drawings, as well as the signatures of several thousand female workers of plants and factories, members of communist organizations, and parishioners of churches in Airdrie and Coatbridge. The album, prepared over the course of two weeks, was handed over to the Soviet embassy in London and then shipped to Leningrad. In the besieged city, these words of support were read out loud at public meetings. The residents of Leningrad needed to know that even in distant Scotland, their heroic struggle and the trials they endured were not forgotten.
In early 1942, an album was created in response, containing watercolours and lithographs depicting Leningrad, words of gratitude and determination to confront the common enemy, and thousands of signatures from women of the city on the Neva. In 1943, the album arrived in Airdrie and became the centrepiece of the "Russia Week" exhibition.
Copies of the albums are available for viewing by appointment. The exhibition also features archival materials about the creation of the "Scottish Album" and events held in the region during those years to raise funds to support the Soviet Union fighting fascism, as well as the book "Immortal Regiment" featuring memoirs by St. Petersburg schoolchildren about their great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers who heroically defended our homeland.
🤝 On the eve of Victory Day, Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Denis Moskalenko and his wife visited the exhibition and thanked the staff of the Airdrie Library for their contribution to preserving the memory of the heroism of the residents of besieged Leningrad and the joint struggle of our peoples against Nazism during World War II.
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#Opinion
Excerpt from an interview of Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia, at British Podcast The Rest Is Politics: Leading
Key talking points:
• My question to you is, we have 1244 resolution in effect [on the deployment of international civil and security presences in Kosovo]. It has not been dismantled or abolished. Why don't you observe that resolution?
• Today, if you ask ordinary Serbian people what they feel about 1999, they feel bigger disappointment with the behavior of 19 countries that launched aggression against a sovereign state. And people are absolutely certain that [it] was done not in accordance with UN Charter, not in accordance with UN Resolution 1244. That was done not because of preventing humanitarian disaster […], but it was actually something West did in order to separate 14% of Serbia's territory, which was at least attempted to be done nine years later, 2008, when they did this self-proclamation of their independence.
• Тhe first attack in Europe, the first violation of territorial integrity […] happened here [in Serbia].
• We were accused by your press, by everybody in Great Britain, thousands of times in the last four and a half years, that «small Serbia» […] will launch a war against someone in the Balkans […]. And I was listening to that for more than four years and I have never heard a word of apology. We want to keep peace and we invested into that peace.
• You were presenting yourself as a beacon of democracy. Russia was «a beacon of evil», which is not true. It's not everything that is black and white. There are different cultures. There are different traditions.
• We are traditional friends [with Russia], we have good relationship with them. […] And we are an independent country.
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Excerpt from an interview of Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia, at British Podcast The Rest Is Politics: Leading
Key talking points:
• My question to you is, we have 1244 resolution in effect [on the deployment of international civil and security presences in Kosovo]. It has not been dismantled or abolished. Why don't you observe that resolution?
• Today, if you ask ordinary Serbian people what they feel about 1999, they feel bigger disappointment with the behavior of 19 countries that launched aggression against a sovereign state. And people are absolutely certain that [it] was done not in accordance with UN Charter, not in accordance with UN Resolution 1244. That was done not because of preventing humanitarian disaster […], but it was actually something West did in order to separate 14% of Serbia's territory, which was at least attempted to be done nine years later, 2008, when they did this self-proclamation of their independence.
• Тhe first attack in Europe, the first violation of territorial integrity […] happened here [in Serbia].
• We were accused by your press, by everybody in Great Britain, thousands of times in the last four and a half years, that «small Serbia» […] will launch a war against someone in the Balkans […]. And I was listening to that for more than four years and I have never heard a word of apology. We want to keep peace and we invested into that peace.
• You were presenting yourself as a beacon of democracy. Russia was «a beacon of evil», which is not true. It's not everything that is black and white. There are different cultures. There are different traditions.
• We are traditional friends [with Russia], we have good relationship with them. […] And we are an independent country.
Watch in full
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Сотрудники российской дипмиссии посетили кладбища в Хартлпуле, Харрогейте, Лидсе, Хаддерсфилде, Ливерпуле и Честере и отдали дань уважения погребённым там военнослужащим, возложив цветы к их могилам.
Сохранение исторической памяти о подвиге советского народа и гибели миллионов жертв нацизма остаётся нашим приоритетом в военно-мемориальной работе. Бережное отношение к правде о тяжёлых событиях тех лет и передача её будущим поколениям — наш общий долг и важнейшее условие недопущения повторения трагедий прошлого.
Подробнее о советских воинских захоронениях и военных мемориалах в Британии читайте на сайте Посольства, а также на сайте проекта местопамяти.рф.
#Победа81 #МыПомним
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О выездном консульском приёме в Эксетере
ℹ️ 6 июня (суббота) состоится выездной консульский приём в Эксетере (графство Девон).
Мероприятие проводится в целях разгрузки очереди и обеспечения доступа к консульским услугам сограждан, проживающих в центральной Англии, Уэльсе и других регионах.
В ходе выездной сессии будут доступны:
- оформление биометрических паспортов;
- оформление российского гражданства детям (по согласованию);
- совершение ряда нотариальных действий.
Для регистрации на приём необходимо отправить на электронную почту consularsession@rusemb.org.uk копию страницы с фото заграничного паспорта и указать желаемое консульское действие.
В целях обеспечения безопасности адрес места проведения и время приёма сообщаются заявителям только после проверки документов.
Заявки принимаются до 22 мая (включительно).
Мероприятие проводится в целях разгрузки очереди и обеспечения доступа к консульским услугам сограждан, проживающих в центральной Англии, Уэльсе и других регионах.
В ходе выездной сессии будут доступны:
- оформление биометрических паспортов;
- оформление российского гражданства детям (по согласованию);
- совершение ряда нотариальных действий.
Для регистрации на приём необходимо отправить на электронную почту consularsession@rusemb.org.uk копию страницы с фото заграничного паспорта и указать желаемое консульское действие.
В целях обеспечения безопасности адрес места проведения и время приёма сообщаются заявителям только после проверки документов.
Заявки принимаются до 22 мая (включительно).
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Members of the diplomatic mission visited cemeteries in Hartlepool, Harrogate, Leeds, Huddersfield, Liverpool and Chester, where they paid tribute to the fallen soldiers by laying flowers on their graves.
Preserving the historical memory of the Soviet people's sacrifice and of the millions who perished under Nazism is a key part of our military memorial work. Respecting the truth about those harrowing years and passing it on to future generations is a shared duty and an essential safeguard against the repetition of past tragedies.
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