Slovenia-Russia Friendship Praised at Traditional Russian Chapel Ceremony

Kranjska Gora, 28 July - High-level Russian and Slovenian officials praised excellent ties between the countries and called for even stronger cooperation as they addressed a gathering of some 1,000 people who converged on the Russian Chapel on Sunday to commemorate Russian POWs who died in an avalanche while building the Vršič mountain pass during WWI.

Kranjska Gora Memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora Memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora Memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya, the head of Russian Orthodox Church Education Committee, addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya, the head of Russian Orthodox Church Education Committee, addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya, the head of Russian Orthodox Church Education Committee, addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya, the head of Russian Orthodox Church Education Committee, addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya, the head of Russian Orthodox Church Education Committee, addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Archbishop Yevgeny of Vereya, the head of Russian Orthodox Church Education Committee, addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora President Borut Pahor attends the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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President Borut Pahor attends the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora Vice-President of Russian Federation Council Yuri Vorobyev addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Vice-President of Russian Federation Council Yuri Vorobyev addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora FM Karl Erjavec speaks at the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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FM Karl Erjavec speaks at the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora FM Karl Erjavec speaks at the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
FM Karl Erjavec speaks at the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Kranjska Gora
PM Alenka Bratušek addresses the memorial ceremony at the Russian Chapel.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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