In Simferopol has been opened a monument to Sergey Radonezhsky

On 6 June in the framework of the VIII International festival “The Great Russian Word” in Simferopol took place the opening ceremony of the Park named of St. Sergius of Radonezh and the monument “Sergius of Radonezh - collector of the Russian land”, devoted to celebration by the Russian Federation in 2014 the 700th anniversary of the birth of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

At the opening ceremony of the monument were present the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin, the deputies of the State Duma Sergey Markov and Leonid Slutsky, the Head of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov, members of the Presidium of Crimean Parliament, member of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the State Council of RC Sergey Tsekov, Consul General, representative of the Russian foreign Ministry in Simferopol Vyacheslav Svetlichny, Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea, representatives of clergy, public, citizens of Crimean capital.