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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — A story of heroism that future generations should remember — that's how visitors described rare photographs on display in St. Petersburg, where a photo exhibition "Remembering the Past, Creating the Future" was officially opened to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
The exhibition was organized by the Consulate General of China in St. Petersburg, the Xinhua News Agency and China Image Group. Visitors were presented with dozens of photographs that revived memories of the exploits of the past war. Particular attention was paid to the feat of Soviet volunteer pilots who fought shoulder to shoulder with their Chinese comrades. The exhibition shows the deep military friendship, sealed with the blood of the peoples of China and Russia during the World Anti-Fascist War.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in St. Petersburg Luo Zhanhui emphasized that 80 years ago, the peoples of China and Russia, fearlessly fighting on the frontlines, made an invaluable historical contribution to the protection of state sovereignty and national dignity, the preservation of peace and justice throughout the world. According to him, now China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council and partners in comprehensive strategic interaction in the new era, so they are jointly responsible for protecting the results of the victory in World War II and preserving the post-war international order.
"This exhibition is a visible memory of how our peoples fought against a common enemy," noted Olga Migunova, Deputy Chairperson of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society in St. Petersburg. The exhibition evokes warm feelings; the photographs on display show a real brotherhood of peoples, she added, pointing out the importance of the younger generation knowing this history of Russian-Chinese brotherhood, on which the future of our world depends.
“This is a story of mutual respect, willingness to share and learn new things about another people and culture. We fought and shed blood together,” says exhibition visitor Anna Sokolova, deputy director of the Krasnogvardeisky cultural and leisure center. She remembers most of all a 1937 photo from Shanghai, in which a baby is crying by the railroad tracks after a Japanese bombing. That day, more than 200 women and children waiting for a train were killed in the raid.
As Deputy Chairperson of the Leningrad Region Committee for External Relations Inna Bigotskaya emphasized, China has made a very significant contribution to the fight against fascism and militarism. “We must remember the heroism of the fighters, Chinese and Soviet, who fought against the occupiers. The historical memory of the joint fight against fascism lives in the hearts of our peoples and influences modern Russian-Chinese relations,” she believes. –0–
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