Russian-speaking participants of the world-famous Canadian troupe during a tour of Australia visited the first Russian Museum located in Sydney. Along with other guests who came to the museum from all over Australia, circus artists and members of their families took part in the celebration of Labor Day, Russkiy Mir found out in the museum.
On holidays, the museum was also visited by leaders of the Harbin-Chinese Historical Society Igor and Alla Savitsky, members of the Association of Sino-Russian descendants - the Elos people, rector of the Church of the Intercession in Blacktown Fr. Samuel Vishnevsky and other distinguished guests.
All guests at the entrance to the museum were greeted with bread and salt. They were also welcomed by Cossacks of the Consolidated Cossack Village, representatives of the literary and journalistic circles of Sydney.
The participants of the festival were introduced to the Australian Joan Griffin, who saved 43 unique books in Russian from destruction. Upon discovering them Joan’s neighbor was ready to throw the books into a trash can, but she took the books and handed them over to the First Russian Museum.
The director of the museum Mikhail Ovchinnikov stated that there was an inextricable link between compatriots no matter where they came from —Russia, Ukraine, Europe or America.
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