Russian Grave Site on February 10, Russian Ambassador to Greece A.M.Maslov, Defense Attache, Major General A.S.Prikhodko, and Embassy staff laid flowers at the graves of Consuls General of the Russian Empire, acting State Councilors M.K.Akimovich, A.S.Troyansky, and I.N.Hadji-Lazzaro at the Russian Naval necropolis of the municipal cemetery in Piraeus.. The memory of the last envoy of the Russian Empire to Greece, E.P. Demidov, and his wife were honored at their tombstones near the Holy Trinity Russian Church in Athens.
Representatives of the Honorary Consulate of Russia in Corfu and the Ionian Islands visited the burial place of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire, I.A. Kapodistrias (1816-1822), on the island of Corfu, where they laid a wreath on his tombstone.
On behalf of the Russian Consulate General in Thessaloniki, wreaths were laid at the graves of Consuls General of the Russian Empire N.F.Yakubovsky and A.A.Yakobson in the Russian-on-Mount St. Panteleimon Monastery. The ceremony was preceded by a requiem mass.
A quiz on the history of Russian diplomacy was held at the Embassy’s school.
A festive intellectual game tournament “What?” was also organized among the members of the staff of the diplomatic mission. Where? When?” on foreign policy and diplomatic topics.
