On May 6, RANEPA St. Petersburg international students visited the meeting-lecture with representatives of religious denominations of St. Petersburg and the exhibition devoted to the contribution of Soviet soldiers to Europe liberation and recovery, as well as, went on an excursion to the State Museum of the History of Religion as a first day of the “You are in St. Petersburg” project initiated by St. Petersburg Government.

In the year of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II (Great Patriotic War), special attention within this initiative was paid to the role of various nations of the Soviet Union in the defense of Leningrad during the siege, their contribution to the liberation of the city and to the victory as a whole.

We would like to show our international students that St. Petersburg is not only a unique city founded by Peter the Great, the former capital of the Russian Empire, a center of culture, science, education and industry, but also a multinational, multi-denominational city. More than one hundred nationalities and representatives of different faiths has been living, working and creating here side by side.” –

Olga Nesterova, Deputy Director, RANEPA St. Petersburg