🚂#OTD August 4th, Russia and several other countries honour the workers of the steel thoroughfares.
Railway Workers' Day celebrates those whose labour ensures uninterrupted connections between cities and countries.
To commemorate this holiday, we invite you to visit two amazing museums:

🇷🇺Russian Railway Museum (St. Petersburg):
• Inaugurated in 2017, commemorating 180 years of Russian railways
• Seamlessly blends a historic locomotive depot building with a modern complex
• Houses a collection of rare and legendary locomotives and carriages
• Offers educational programs and themed film screenings

🇮🇳National Rail Museum (New Delhi):
• Established in 1977
• Proudly features a reconstructed monorail from the Patiala State (1907)
• Showcases the world's oldest operational steam locomotive, the "Fairy Queen"
• Exhibits an impressive array of bus models, diesel and steam engines

👨‍🏫Interesting fact: The total operational length of railway tracks in Russia is 122,000 km. In India, this figure stands at 63,000 km.

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77th anniversary of Russia-India relations is marked in Kolkata

On August 20, Russian House in Kolkata held an inauguration of the exhibition, celebrating the Independence Day of India and the 77th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and India. The exhibition presents photographs and copies of rare diplomatic documents.

H.E. Maxim Kozlov, Consul General of Russia in Kolkata and Bhanudeb Datta, President of ISCUF (Indian Society for Cultural Cooperation and Friendship, West Bengal) inaugurated the exhibition and addressed the audience.

Consul General spoke on the historical course of mutual understanding between the two countries. Maxim Kozlov mentioned about the significant contributions played by the visits of Afanasi Nikitin in the 15th century and Gerasim Lebedev in the 18th century from Russia to India and Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to Russia in 20th century. He also analysed stages of mutually beneficial cooperation in socio-economic sector.

Songs in Russian and Bengali languages were performed at the event, presented by Russian language students and a cultural ensemble "Sonar Tari".

The exhibition is open to public until August 23.
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77-ю годовщину российско-индийских отношений отпраздновали в Калькутте

20 августа в Русском доме в Калькутте состоялось открытие выставки, посвященной Дню независимости Индии и 77-й годовщине установления дипломатических отношений между Россией и Индией. На выставке представлены фотографии и копии редких дипломатических документов.

Максим Викторович Козлов, генеральный консул России в Калькутте, и Бханудеб Датта, президент ISCUF (Индийское общество культурного сотрудничества и дружбы, Западная Бенгалия) торжественно открыли выставку.

Генеральный консул в своей речи отметил уникальность истории установления взаимоотношений между двумя странами. Он подчеркнул значительный вклад визитов Афанасия Никитина в XV веке и Герасима Лебедева в XVIII веке из России в Индию, а также визита Рабиндраната Тагора в Россию в XX веке. Были проанализированы этапы взаимовыгодного сотрудничества в социально-экономическом секторе.

На мероприятии прозвучали песни на русском и бенгальском языках, представленные студентами-русистами и культурным ансамблем «Шонар Тари»

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