Ceremony at Russian Chapel to Commemorate Russian POWs

Ljubljana/Kranjska Gora, 15 July - This year's events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI will start on 25 July and last throughout the last week of July. Like every year, the venue of the main ceremony bringing together Slovenians and Russians will be the Russian Chapel beneath Vrsic.

Ljubljana Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI. Pictured: Tomaz Sark of the Slovenia-Russia Association. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI.
Pictured: Tomaz Sark of the Slovenia-Russia Association.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI. Pictured: organiser Igor Furlan. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI.
Pictured: organiser Igor Furlan.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI. Pictured: president of the Slovenia-Russia Association, Sasa Gerzina. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI.
Pictured: president of the Slovenia-Russia Association, Sasa Gerzina.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI. Pictured: Polona Lovsin, responsible for the cultural projects. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI.
Pictured: Polona Lovsin, responsible for the cultural projects.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI. Pictured: Sergei Ivanov of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Press conference of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana, the municipality of Kranjska Gora and the Russia-Slovenia Association presenting the events honouring the memory of Russian prisoners of war who died while building the Vrsic mountain pass in WWI.
Pictured: Sergei Ivanov of the Russian embassy in Ljubljana.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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