Post by Admin on May 12, 2014 16:18:03 GMT -5
Celebrating Russo-British Victory Day:
On board HMS Belfast in London.
Russo-British 65th Anniversary Victory Day celebration took place on board HMS Belfast in London on Sunday 9 May 2010 with over 200 people present. The ceremony was opened by the organizer, Chairman of Finance & Investment Markets Players Club, Eugene Kasevin, who delivered the message of greetings from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II to all participants of the celebration.
His Excellency Yury Fedotov, the Ambassador of Russian Federation in the UK on behalf of Russian government, awarded seventeen British veterans of Arctic Convoys the Russian medal of 65th Anniversary of Victory. Among honourable guests was the parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-terrorism Lord Alan West.
As a third-year tradition, the event included the Minute silence, Russian and British anthems from the Royal Signals Band, HMS Belfast 4-inch guns salute and “Up Spirits!” with Pusser’s Rum.
Three Russian veterans from Arkhangelsk – Yury Kopytov, Georgy Evtyukov and Nikolay Kireychev – joined their British allied friends on board HMS Belfast.
The link to the event is to an advert for Pusser’s Rum. On this occasion, seems appropriate to add here, Please decide for yourself, generally I attempt not to post ads, as said this to me seems: Nautical, historical etc. LINK
On board HMS Belfast in London.
Russo-British 65th Anniversary Victory Day celebration took place on board HMS Belfast in London on Sunday 9 May 2010 with over 200 people present. The ceremony was opened by the organizer, Chairman of Finance & Investment Markets Players Club, Eugene Kasevin, who delivered the message of greetings from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II to all participants of the celebration.
His Excellency Yury Fedotov, the Ambassador of Russian Federation in the UK on behalf of Russian government, awarded seventeen British veterans of Arctic Convoys the Russian medal of 65th Anniversary of Victory. Among honourable guests was the parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-terrorism Lord Alan West.
As a third-year tradition, the event included the Minute silence, Russian and British anthems from the Royal Signals Band, HMS Belfast 4-inch guns salute and “Up Spirits!” with Pusser’s Rum.
Three Russian veterans from Arkhangelsk – Yury Kopytov, Georgy Evtyukov and Nikolay Kireychev – joined their British allied friends on board HMS Belfast.
The link to the event is to an advert for Pusser’s Rum. On this occasion, seems appropriate to add here, Please decide for yourself, generally I attempt not to post ads, as said this to me seems: Nautical, historical etc. LINK