A delegation from the sister-city of Zerbst – Pushkin – took part in the unveiling of the first monument to the Russian Empress in Germany on 9 of July. Here in Zerbst a young princess spent her childhood. At the age of 15 she left Zerbst for Russia to become the Empress Katherine II.
A bronze monument 5 meters high was erected in the park near the old castle. A princess looks at her father’s castle, but in her thoughts she is in Russia. An author of the monument is a famous Moscow sculptor Michael Pereyaslavts.
A burgomaster of Zerbst Helmut Berendt called a monument to Katherine the Great “a cultural bridge between two countries”. A deputy head of Pushkin region of Saint-Petersburg Tatiana Bogolyubova noted that “a significant coincidence of two important events – a celebration of 300 anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo and an unveiling of the monument to the Russian Empress, born in Germany, is an ideal symbol of a centuries-old unity of Germany and Russia”.
This year a sister-citizenship of Pushkin and Zerbst will celebrate 15 years birthday.
A French city Valencay in a Loire river-valley became a sister-city
of Tsarskoye Selo.
A French city Valencay in a Loire river-valley became a sister-city
of Tsarskoye Selo. Students of the Imperial ballet studio have been given concerts there 2
years already. Not long ago the exhibition of an artist Zelenin was opened in the ancient
castle.
Frenchmen think that our sister-cities have much in common. The main place of interest in
Valance is a castle, bought by the minister of the Foreign Affairs Talleyrand in 1803. The
bulk of amount was given by Napoleon who wished to arrange there diplomatic receptions.
Barcelona welcomes Russian entrepreneurs. The programme Barcelona Bridging Opportunities, involving Russian
entrepreneurs, took place on 4 – 7 of May. The main goal of the
programme is a positioning of a capital of Spain as an appropriate centre for a capital
investment, especially in the field of innovative technologies.
The City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Barcelona have presented
different projects and organizations, promoting the establishment and development of
high-tech enterprises, offering technological parks, laboratories, business-incubators as
well as tax advantages and free of charge consulting. Two members of CCI of Pushkin and Pavlovsk - “Ecolog” and “Izumrud” - took
part in this programme.
21 of May at 7 PM – a concert “Melodies familiar to a
heart” of a Russian folk music orchestra (14 Naberezhnaya str. Pushkin)
29 of May at 12.30 PM – a football match between City Halls
of Pushkin, Tosno and Kolpino (83B Leningradskaya str.)
30 of May at 12 PM – 63 traditional field-and-track race
“Pavlovsk-Pushkin”, dedicated to the 300 anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo. Start from the
Nikolaevsky gates of Pavlovsk town
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