Exhibition in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Russian Red Cross will be shown in European capitals with the participation of Rossotrudnichestvo

Exhibition “One and a half century of charity in Russia. 150th anniversary of the Russian Red Cross” was opened in Wien. This exhibition was inaugurated at the UN Geneva office last year. With the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Rossotrudnichestvo, it will be demonstrated in a number of European capitals historically connected with the House of Romanov.

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Special attention was paid to the contribution of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, older sister of Alexandra, the last Russian Empress, to the establishment of the Russian Red Cross.

After the murder in 1905, of her husband, the governor of the Moscow Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich,  Elizabeth Feodorovna asumed the leadership of the Moscow branch of the Russian Red Cross.  She also provided assistance to more than 150 charitable organizations all over the country.

Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, stated that this exhibition "allows all of us to learn about compassion and good deeds that change the life of those who are in need, and it makes the world better".