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Mikhail Skobelev memorial unveiled in Moscow

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in the ceremony unveiling a memorial to Mikhail Skobelev.

December 9, 2014
12:30
Moscow
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov at the ceremony unveiling a monument to Mikhail Skobelev.
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov at the ceremony unveiling a monument to Mikhail Skobelev.
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov lays a wreath at the memorial to Mikhail Skobelev. With Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky.

In his speech, the Chief of Staff drew particular attention to the merits of General Skobelev (1843–1882) in laying the foundations for the defenders of the Fatherland’s professional code, as well as ensuring the succession of generations in the Russian army and navy. General Skobelev, a member of a famous military dynasty, was a man of duty, a true patriot, and his example inspired many, Mr Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport remarked. The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office also noted that the General’s contemporaries spoke of him as a hero, equal to Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), stating that the General had rightly earned this comparison to the great Russian commander.

The monument, created on the Russian Military Historical Society’s (RMHS) initiative, was unveiled today, on the Heroes of the Fatherland Day. The monument is a four-metre bronze equestrian statue of General Skobelev on a granite pedestal. Its sculptor is a National Artist of Russia and member of the Russian Academy of Arts Alexander Rukavishnikov.

The ceremony was also attended by Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky Medinsky Vladimir Medinsky VladimirAide to the President , who is also the chairman of the RMHS, head of the Society’s Scientific Council Central Election Commission Chairman Vladimir Churov Churov Vladimir Churov Vladimir , and the president of the Skobelev Committee International Society and two times Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

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Publication date: December 9, 2014, 12:30

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/47206

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