The delegation was headed by Rose Guerin – Chairman of the Committee of the France – USSR Association in the Hauts-de-Seine department; the land on the territory of the Mont-Valerien Fortress (Forteresse du Mont-Valerien) was taken at 4:00 pm on May 28, 1972.
Earth from Mont-Valerien hill in a box.
France ,
МЗСБ КП 11777/1
4,8 х 16 х 10,5 cm
earth, metal, fabric, sealing wax, stamping, bending, weaving, print
Earth from Mont-Valerien hill in a box. A gift from the Resistance movement and war veterans of France in connection with the 30th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad
department of Hauts-de-Seine
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Tapestry depicting the entrance to the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square in Beijing
China ,
November 1955
Tapestry depicting the entrance to the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square in Beijing
A present from the delegation of agricultural workers of the PRC who visited Stalingrad in November 1955. Tiananmen is named after the gate of the Forbidden city, namely the ‘Gate of Heavenly Peace’. It is a large red traditional Chinese building with upturned eaves on roof corners and five arched passages. The portrait of Mao Zedong is hung on the central part of the gate. The placard on the left of the portrait reads in hieroglyphs: [translation] “Long Live the People's Republic of China”, while the right one reads: “Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples”. On October 1, 1949, at the Gates of Heavenly Peace, Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People's Republic of China. The left and the right sides of the canvas are covered with hieroglyphs.
