In Crimea started festive events in the framework of the VIII International festival “The Great Russian Word”

On June 6, 2014 the VIII international festival “The Great Russian Word” opened with a festive ceremony of Simferopol residents and visitors, dedicated to 215 anniversary from the birthday of Alexander Pushkin.

At the monument to the great Russian poet in the center of Simferopol gathered residents and guests of the capital of Crimean ¬– admirers of creativity of Alexander Pushkin.

The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov, first Deputy head of the Crimean Parliament Grigory Ioffe and Deputy Konstantin Bakharev and Remzi Ilyasov, member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the State Council of the RC Sergey Tsekov, Consul General, representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Simferopol Vyacheslav Svetlichny, and members of the Presidium of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea, the delegation of the State Eritrea.