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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 16:26:39+00:00

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In 2017, the Fund intends to install the busts of Y. Gagarin in a number of educational institutions, parks and streets of the various world cities. The first project of installation of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s bronze busts was implemented in 2011. The «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» Fund presented over 30 busts to 23 countries over the past 6 years.
the Cosmonautics Day. In 2011, at the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly the holiday was given the international status.
April 2, 2017 - Colorado Springs, the USA, Space Foundation. On the eve of the 33rd Space Symposium, Yuri Gagarin's bust was installed in the Space Museum of the U.S. Colorado Springs. The ceremony took place at the solemn evening coincided with the 56th anniversary of the Gagarin’s historical flight into the space. The opening ceremony was visited by the General Consul of the Russian Federation - S.V. Petrov, the representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in Washington- O. S. Zhiganov, the CEO of the ROSCOSMOS corporation - I.A. Komarov, the Director of the Museum of space - T. Schencks and other honorable guests.
October 22, 2016 - Verona, Italy, Santa Theresa Park. Yuri Gagarin's bust was solemnly opened in the Verona city (Italy). The honorable guests of the ceremony were the General Consul of the Russian Federation in Milan - A. B. Nurizada, the Vice Consul of the Russian Federation in Milan - P. N. Ratskevich, the Adviser of Russian Embassy in Rome - V. V. Fadeyev, the Assessor of the Verona city administration - Luidgi Piza, the Vice Governor of the Kaluga region - V. V. Potyomkin, the President of «Russian House» association - Marina Holodenova, the representatives of the associations of the Russian culture from Sicily, Bergamo, Bologna, the representatives of the public organizations and the club of Verona aeronautics.
October 18, 2016, Zagreb, Croatia, Trešnjevka Stara Park. Yuri Gagarin's bust was solemnly opened in Zagreb (Croatia). The honorable guests of the ceremony were the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Croatia - A.S. Azimov, the Mayor of Zagreb - Milan Bandich, the former Presidents of the Republic of Croatia - Stjepan Mesić and Ivo Josipović, the Chairman of Coordination Council of the Russian compatriots in Croatia E. Pilicheva-Chorko and the others.
October 10, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Negara Planetarium. Yuri Gagarin's bust was solemnly presented by the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» to the State Planetarium of Malaysia. The honorable guests of the event were the Deputy of the General Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Technologies and Innovations of Malaysia city - Dr. R. Dambul, the CEO of the National Space Agency of Malaysia - Dr. N. B. Ahmed, the Director of the State Planetarium of Malaysia - A. B. Bakhari, the Russian Ambassador in Malaysia - V. N. Ermolov, the Ambassador of Belgium in Malaysia - D. Darzhent, the Ambassador of Japan in Malaysia - Dr. M. Miiagava, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Malaysia - Dr. Sarekenov, Charge d'Affaires in Affairs of Syrian Embassy in Malaysia - M. T. A. Galon, the Ambassador of Cuba in Malaysia - I. F. Hernandez, the High Commissioner of South Africa S. I. Mlanga and others.
September 30, 2016, Heraklion, Greece. The opening ceremony of Yuri Gagarin’s bronze bust was held with assistance of the TEZ TOUR Greece Company, attracting a number of honorable guests such as the Mayor of Heraklion - V. Lambrinos, the Vice Governor of Heraklion - K. Evripidis, the Representative of the Russian Embassy - A. Homenko, the CEO of «TEZ TOUR Greece» Company - D. Haritidis, the Russian cosmonauts O. I. Skripochka and A. N. Ovchinin and others.
September 26, 2016, Dalian, China, the Russian town. «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» Fund donated Yuri Gagarin's bust to the Chinese citizens. The monument was installed in the city of Dalian (China) in the territory of the modern residential district «Russian Town». The event took place with assistance of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Shenyang with the presence of the General Consul of the Russian Federation Sergey Paltov.
September 2, 2016, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Space Institute of Technical University of Denmark. The event attracted such honorable guests as: the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Denmark - Mikhail Vanin, the representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in Denmark - Artyom Markaryan, the Rector of the Technical University of Denmark - Lars Pallesen, the Hero of Russia, the space pilot of the Russian Federation - Sergey Volkov and the astronaut of the European Space Agency and the first astronaut of Denmark - Andreas Eneuoll Mogensen.
August 31, 2016, Argentina, Buenos Aires, «Galileo Galilei» Planetarium. The honorable guests during the event were the Director of «Galileo Galilei» Planetarium - Lucia Sendon, the Argentine Expert in space research - Professor Monica Rabolli, the Head of the Representative Office of the Rossotrudnichestvo - Valery Kucherov, and also the Authorities of Buenos Aires, the representatives of the Ministries, scientists, cultural figures, journalists, the church ranks of the Argentine eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian compatriots, the Board of the Fund.
June 1, 2016, Mongolia, Ulan Bator, Astronomy and Geophysics Institute of Mongolia Academy of Sciences. The honorable guests of the opening ceremony were the twice Hero of the Soviet Union - A. A. Leonov, cosmonaut, major-general of aircraft - V. A. Dzhanibekov, the Russian Ambassador in Mongolia - I. K. Azizov, the Adviser of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Mongolia - I. N. Arzhayev, the Ambassador of Belarus in Mongolia - S. V. Chepurna, the Ambassador of Hungary in Mongolia - M. Akosh, the first vice-president of Mongolia Academy of Sciences - D. Regdel, the representative of Mongolia in UNESCO - D. Badarch, the President of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» - R. Bayramov, the Director of Astronomy and Geophysics Institute of Mongolia Academy of Sciences - professor S. Demberel, the first Hungarian astronaut, the participant of the «Intercosmos» program from Hungary B. Farkas, the director of the department of science and technologies of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia - Zh. Davaasambuu, the veterans of the space sphere, the scientists of the top higher educational institutions of the country and the world, the mass media and public representatives, the city inhabitants and visitors of Ulan Bator.
April 19, 2016, the USA, Washington, the National Museum of Aircraft and Astronautics of the Smithsonian Institute. The opening ceremony attracted many honorable guests such as the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Charles Bolden, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the USA - Sergey Kislyak, the Deputy Head of the Federal Space Agency - Sergey Savelyev, the Deputy Director of the Mechanical Engineering Research and Development Institution of the pilot programs, the Chief of the Astronauts training Center, the Hero of the USSR and Russian Federation - Sergey Krikalyov, the Representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in the USA - Oleg Zhiganov, the Deputy Director of the National Aircraft and Astronautics Museum - Roger Lounis, the President of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» - R. Bayramov and many others.
Over 1 000 guests, including Russian compatriots, journalists and the representatives of the public of the USA visited the event.
April 12, 2016, Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Polytechnic Museum of Tashkent. The opening ceremony of the bust attracted such guests as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Uzbekistan - Vladimir Tyurdenev, the Head of the representative office of the Rossotrudnichestvo in the Republic of Uzbekistan - Victor Shulika, the first Vice rector of the Turin Polytechnic Institute and the Curator of the «Tashkent Polytechnic Museum» project - Kunguradbay Sharipov, the Сhairman of the Republican Сenter for Aviation and Applied Sports of Uzbekistan - Gayrat Kalanov, the Russian diplomats and compatriots, veterans, the representatives of the «Nurony» Fund, the journalists of the Russian and Uzbek mass media, students and pupils.
April 12, 2016, Jordan, Amman, the Cultural Center named after King Hussein. The guests of the opening ceremony were the Mayor of Amman - Akil Beltaji, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Jordan - Boris Bolotin, the former Head of the civil aviation of Jordan - Jihad Irshid, the Head of the Club of the Soviet and Russian graduators from the higher education Institutions «ibn Sīnā» - Salam Tval, the Chairman of the Jordan-Russia Friendship Society - professor Issah Dabbakh and others. The documental film devoted to Yuri Gagarin's life was a flavor of the opening ceremony, prepared by «Rusiya Al-Yaum» («Russia today»), the Russian information TV channel broadcasting in the Arab language. The exhibition of the stamps collection devoted to space Jordan Association of philatelists also decorated the event.
April 12, 2016, the citizens of Pordenone celebrated the 55th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space. The citizens of the Italian city organized a festive ceremony, which took place in the territory of Kennedy Technical Institute, where, in 2015, the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» installed a bronze bust of Y. Gagarin. The teachers and pupils from the local higher education Institutions and lyceums visited the official ceremony. The festive program was closed with a dancing flash mob and a solemn air start of balloons.
April 2, 2016, Italy, Trento, the Museum of Aeronautics named after Gianni Caprone. A solemn opening ceremony attracted the General Consul of the Russian Federation at Milan Alexander Nurizade, the President of the Space Agency, the Chairman of «The Russian House in Trento» Association - Nadezhda Kulyatina, the honorable guests of city administration and the region, the journalists of the «Sputnik» newspaper and International Life magazine, youth and school age children.
September 22, 2015, Italy, Pordenone, Kennedy Engineering Technical Institute. The honorable guests of the bust opening ceremony were the Representative of Rossotrudnichestvo - Oleg Osipov, the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in the Udino - Carlo Andrea Dall'Ava, the Administration of Pordenone city, the management of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» and the others. According to Elena Tukshumskaya’s opinion - the President of Italy-Russia international cooperation Center, the bust will be included into the list of tourist sights of Pordenone as the first monument to the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin erected in Italy.
September 20, 2015, Germany, Berlin, the Cultural and educational Сenter «FEZ-Berlin». The honorable guests of the opening ceremony of the second bust of Yuri Gagarin in Germany were the first German astronaut - Sigmund Jähn, the representative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Germany, the Serbian actor Gojko Mitić, the representatives of science, culture and the public, the leadership of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World», the management of the Cultural and educational Center «FEZ-Berlin» as well as native citizens.
June 20, 2015, Italy, the Southern Tyrol, «Max Valye» Observatory. The project was implemented with the assistance of the Russian Center named after N. I. Borodina in Merano (Italy). Various honorable guests took part in the opening ceremony - the Mayor of Cornedo city - Martina Lantchner, the vice-mayor of Cornedo city, the Mayor of the Astronomical village of the Val Dega valley - Alben Kofler, the President of the Innovative Technologies Institute - Walter Huber, the President of «Max Valye» Amateur Astronomers Association, the Director of the Russian Center named after N. I. Borodina in Merano - Andrey Pruss, the representative of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» - Olga Sarkisova and other guests.
June 10, 2015, Venezuela, Caracas. The Fund donated a bust to the capital and the residents of Venezuela. The project was realized with the assistance of the Bering-Bellingshausen Institute for the Americas. The solemn ceremony of bust donation coincided with the 70th anniversary of restoring diplomatic relationship between Russian Federation and the countries of Latin America. The ceremony was attended by such guests as the President of Bering-Bellingshausen Institute for the Americas - Sergey Brilyov, the Russian Ambassador in Venezuela - Vladimir Zayemsky, the Minister of Defense of Venezuela - Padrino Lopez, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela - Alejandro Fleming, and also the heads of diplomatic representations, the representatives of public organizations and the residents of Caracas.
May 5, 2015, the Republic of Cuba, Havana, Hotel «Nacional de Cuba». The bust was donated to the Cuban people as a sign of friendship between Russia and Cuba. On behalf of Russia, the present was handed by the speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation - Sergey Naryshkin. The following guests took part in the ceremony: the Governor of the Kaluga region - Anatoly Artamonov, the first female cosmonaut, the State Duma deputy - Valentina Tereshkova, the assistant of the Chairman of the State Duma’s Defense Committee of - Igor Novosyolov, the Russian TV presenter - Sergey Brilyov, the president of the «Dialogue of Cultures - the United World» Fund Ruslan Bayramov, the first Cuban astronaut, the Head of the Parliamentary group of friendship with Russia - Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, the author of the bust, the sculptor Alexey Leonov and others.
August 15, 2014, The Republic of El Salvador, San Salvador, opposite side of the Presidential Palace. The opening ceremony attracted the senior representatives of the government of El Salvador, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras - Nikolay Vladimir, the representative of the Fund - Igor Novosyolov. Hugo Martinez, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, gave a speech during the opening ceremony, emphasizing: «… the evolution of cooperation between El Salvador and Russian Federation over the last yeas such as the extension of commercial and economic relationship».
The installed bust of Yuri Gagarin became the first monument to the Soviet cosmonaut in the Central America.
June 10, 2014, the Czech Republic, Prague, the Prague Planetarium. The initiative was supported by the Embassy of the Russian Federation and the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Czech Republic. The event was timed to the 80th Anniversary since the birth of the first cosmonaut of the Earth. The guests of the opening ceremony were the representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Czech Republic - L. Gamza, Deputy Director of Cultural, International Cooperation and Tourism Department of Magistrate of Prague - P. Müller, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic in Russia and the first Czech space pilot - Vladimir Remek, Bulgarian space pilot - A. P. Alexandrov, the first Hungarian astronaut - B. Farkas, the representatives of the city council in Prague and the President of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» Ruslan Bayramov.
April 12, 2014, China, Beijing, the Russian Cultural Center. In March 2012, the Fund donated the bust to the Russian Cultural Center in Beijing. It was symbolical that the opening ceremony was held on the Cosmonautics Day, traditionally celebrated in Russia as well as coincided with the year of the 80th anniversary since the birth of Yuri Gagarin. The guests of the ceremony were the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation - A. I. Denisov, the Chinese astronaut - Jing Haipeng, the representatives of many public organizations of China, the representatives of the Russian and Chinese mass media.
June 30, 2012, the USA, New York City, the Cradle of Aviation Museum. In the opening ceremony took part the Consul General of the Russian Federation at New York city - Andrey Yushmanov, the Mayor of Garden City - Donald Bryudi, the Russian cosmonaut - Mikhail Tyurin, the representatives of New York city administration, the residents of New York State and the Russian compatriots. The Fund gives thanks to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in New York for its support.
February 17, 2012, India, Calcutta city. The bust was installed with assistance of the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Calcutta - V. V. Lazarev. The special guests of the opening ceremony were the Consul General of the Russian Federation, the vice Governor of the Kaluga region - Nikolay Lubimov, the President of the of the International Charity Public Fund «Dialogue of Cultures - United World» - Ruslan Bayramov and the President of the Charity Fund «Sofia» - Olga Glukhova. Vyacheslav Nikonov as the Executive Director of the Russkiy Mir Foundation gave a welcoming letter for the event.
December 30, 2011, India, Mumbai, the Science Center of Jawaharlal Nehru. The Fund together with the Tsiolkovsky International Fund of Trustees of Moscow State Air Technological University with the assistance of the Consulate General as well as the personal attendance of the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Mumbai - A. A. Novikov held the solemn opening ceremony of Yuri Gagarin’s bust in Mumbai. The honorable guests of the ceremony were the Mayor of the Mumbai city - Sh. Dzhadkhav, the Russian Ambassador - A. M. Kadakin and the General Consul - A. A. Novikov. The ceremony also attracted the notable scientists, political and public persons, and the representatives of cultural elite, teachers of the Indian higher education institutions, pupils and students.
December 7, 2011, India, Trivandrum city, the Russian Cultural Center. The special event took place at the initiative of the Russian Cultural Center in Trivandrum city with the assistance of the Russian Consul General in Chennai - N. A. Listopadov. The guests of the ceremony were the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Chennai - Nikolay Listopadov, the Mayor of Trivandrum city - Kamalam Chandrika, the Director of the Vikram Sarabkhai Space Center - Dr. Viraragkhavan, the representative of Rossotrudnichestvo - Fyodor Rozovsky. On December 8, 2011, the solemn ceremony took place. The event attracted the members of the government of the State of Kerala.
November 3, 2011, Hungary, Dulakhaza village. The Fund installed the bust together with the International Fund of Trustees of the Tsiolkovsky Moscow State Air Technological University with the assistance of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Hungary. The solemn ceremony gathered many special guests including the representatives of the Russian Embassy in Hungary and Russian General Consulate in Debrecen city, the representatives of the central and regional authorities, the activists of the public organizations and local citizens. The honorable guests of the ceremony were the Russian cosmonauts, including twice Heroes of the Soviet Union - Valery Kubasov and Victor Gorbatko, and also the Hungarian space pilot - Bertalan Farkash.
October 19, 2011, the USA, Chicago, Adler Planetarium. The International Fund of Trustees of the Tsiolkovsky Moscow State Air Technological University took part in the project. The opening ceremony attracted the President of the Twin Town Association - S. Scott, the Director of the Planetarium - P. Knappenberger and the employees of the Museum, as well as the Professor of the Iowa University - J. Andrews, the Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the peaceful use of space, the President of the Space Flights participants Association, the first Romanian astronaut - D. Prinariu.
October 8, 2011, Bulgaria, Varna city. The Fund and the International Fund of Trustees of the Tsiolkovsky Moscow State Air Technological University with the assistance of the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria installed the bronze bust of Yuri Gagarin in Varna, the Bulgarian city. The honorable guests were the cosmonaut Y. Romanenko and the space pilot A. Alexandrov.
September 18, 2011, Germany, Cologne, the European Space Agency. The Fund and the International Fund of Trustees of the Tsiolkovsky Moscow State Air Technological University with the assistance of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Germany and the Consulate General of the Russian Federation installed the bust of Yuri Gagarin in Bern. The solemn opening ceremony gathered the European astronauts, the Chief of the European Astronauts’ Center - M. Tonini, the Chief of the Administration of the CEO of the European Space Agency (ESA) - K. Kroytsberg, the representative of Roskosmos in Bern - I. Zakharov and the representative of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Bern - A. Basov.
September 16, 2011, France, Strasbourg, the International Space Institute. The Fund and the International Fund of Trustees of the Tsiolkovsky Moscow State Air Technological University with the assistance of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in France and the Consulate General of the Russian Federation installed the bronze bust of Yuri Gagarin in the University in Strasbourg. The guests of the ceremony were the first Czech astronaut - Vladimir Remek, the Romanian astronaut - D. Prinariu, and the Administration of the Institute and students.
September 21, 2011, France, Le Bourget city. The bust was installed in the territory of the world’s largest Aerospace Salon in Le Bourget, Paris suburb. The ceremony was attended by the then Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V. Putin. Standing near the bust, the Prime Minister handed the Russian medals to the French astronauts «For the achievements in outer space exploration» noting that Yuri Gagarin «became a symbol of human progress all over the world».
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