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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, November 18 (Xinhua) — On Tuesday, at the invitation of the administration of Zhongshan Elementary School in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, the faculty and students of the Ivanteyevka Municipal Budgetary General Education Institution Educational Center No. 7 visited the Nanjing Memorial Museum of the Anti-Japanese War Pilots, Xinhua News Agency reported at the museum.
During the visit, a cross-country international children's drawing competition, "China in My Heart" and "Russia in My Heart," was held, with the best works by Chinese and Russian students selected.
Established in 2009, the Nanjing Anti-Japanese War Airmen's Memorial Museum is China's first memorial museum to international airmen who died in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Its collection contains rich historical materials on the air forces of China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and other countries that fought together against Japanese aggression in China during World War II.
During their visit to the museum, approximately 40 Chinese and Russian children viewed the museum's extensive collection of exhibits and learned about the scale of the Soviet Union's assistance to the Chinese people in their resistance to the Japanese invaders and the great feats of Soviet heroes.
According to the organizers, the event's purpose was to honor the memory of Soviet volunteer pilots who valiantly supported China in the anti-fascist war, to preserve the shared historical memories of the two countries, and to deepen cultural exchanges between young people.
On the same day, the aforementioned museum also opened a Demonstration Base for Chinese-Russian Friendly Exchanges under the China-Russia Future Talent Development Plan. The base will serve as an important platform for ongoing exchanges between young people from China and Russia. Drawing on rich historical materials, it will showcase the heroic deeds of the martyred pilots of the Anti-Japanese War and encourage the youth of both countries to remember them.
Tang Weiyang, Deputy Director of the China Institute of International Exchanges and Educational Personnel Training, noted that the China-Russia Future Personnel Development Plan, an important program promoted by the institute, aims to create a broader platform for education and exchange among young people from both countries.
“We hope that the opening of the base will help increase the interest and love of young people from both countries for their cultures and strengthen mutual understanding and trust between them,” he noted.
Yana Galtsina, Director of Educational Center No. 7, noted that mutual learning, the exchange of knowledge and traditions, and respect for cultural differences are the foundation upon which true international cooperation is built.
“Such cooperation is important not only for adults, but first and foremost for our children – the future of our countries and the entire world,” she added.
As a reminder, since 1995, the names of 4,299 Chinese and foreign fallen heroes, including 236 Soviet ones, have been engraved on marble memorial steles on the grounds of the aforementioned museum. In November 2024, the museum released for the first time a complete, updated list of these Soviet pilots who died in China during the Anti-Japanese War. And in May 2025, the museum published updated information on 18 Soviet volunteers. -0-
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