RIA NOVOSTI PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENS IN WARSAW

RIA Novosti
September 27, 2004

WARSAW, September 27 (RIA Novosti’s Leonid Sviridov) – A RIA Novosti
photo exhibition entitled “People Who Defeated The War” dedicated
to the 60th anniversary of victory over fascism opened in Warsaw
on Monday.

A solemn opening ceremony took place in the new headquarters of the
Polish press agency (PAP).

The exhibition features 110 unique photographs of 1941-1945 from the
archives of Sovinformburo, whose legal successor is RIA Novosti.

Russian Ambassador to Poland Nikolai Afanasyevsky, heads of diplomatic
missions of Belarus, Ukraine, and Armenia in Poland, representatives
of the Polish Defense Ministry, PAP Board Chairman Waldemar Siwinski
and deputy General Director of RIA Novosti Alexander Babinsky attended
the opening ceremony in the PAP.

“It is very important that the exhibition opened just now, because a
lot of Poles will see it,” the Russian ambassador told a PAP press
conference. In his words, it’s also necessary for young people to
know what happened 60 years ago. “This was our common victory, of
Russians, Belarussians, Ukrainians, Armenians, Poles and people of
other nationalities who fought fascism,” stressed Mr. Afanasyevsky.

According to the PAP board chairman, the exhibition organizers
managed to portray its title, “People Who Defeated The War,” in
a true way. “The talk is not about people who defeated the enemy,
but who defeated the war. This is very important,” said Mr. Siwinski.

The photo exhibition will leave Warsaw for Gdansk.

On the 60th anniversary of the Victory the exhibition will be shown
in Krakow and Poznan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress