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The action “Immortal Regiment” was held in Beijing on the territory of the Russian Embassy in China. archive photo

About 700 people participated in the “Immortal Regiment” action held in front of the embassy in Beijing.

BEIJING, May 7 – RIA Novosti. According to the RIA Novosti correspondent, the “Immortal Regiment” action was held on the territory of the Russian Embassy in China on Sunday in Beijing, about 700 people attended the event.

The procession was attended by embassy leaders and staff, Russians living in Beijing, and about 100 Chinese citizens. Participants walked through the embassy with portraits of their ancestors, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, honored the memory of the dead with a minute of silence.

Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov also attended the action, walking with a portrait of his father, Vladimir Morgulov, holder of the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Patriotic War.

“Today I am particularly glad that the ancestors of our Chinese friends, along with our fathers and grandfathers, joined our symbolic procession. Both our fathers and the fathers of our Chinese friends fought on different fronts, under different conditions, but actually fought. Let’s protect our culture, let’s be free and independent,” he said.

He noted that Russia and China, realizing the tragedy of the war, are doing everything possible today “to prevent the fire of a new world war from igniting”.

Our people know very well the cost of this war.

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Elena Smolkova, coordinator of the Immortal Regiment action in Beijing and head of the Russian Club in Beijing, told RIA Novosti that the first such action in the Chinese capital was held several years ago. Then Russian activists agreed with the city government and placed 50 portraits of Great Patriotic War veterans in one of the parks. Later, the Russian Embassy in China also joined the action and the action gradually grew.

“In Russia, of course, we attach importance to this holiday, it is a day of pride, a day of remembrance. But it is precisely abroad that you especially appreciate this opportunity, spend this procession together, endure a minute Silence, respect the memory of the dead,” said Smolkova.

According to him, when there was no opportunity to hold the “Immortal Regiment” in Russia this year, the organizers of the action in Beijing felt the need to hold a special parade.

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At the same time, the Chinese participants of the action told RIA Novosti that every year there are more and more Chinese who want to join the procession.

“I attend this event every year. It seems to me that more and more people participate in this action every time. At the same time, people’s desire to participate in such events is increasing day by day. It is a very good event. One of the participants, Zhu Chenchen, told RIA Novosti: told:

The procession ended with a small concert – Russian and Chinese participants sang Soviet military songs. There was also a screening of the movie “Brest Fortress”.

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