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March 29, 2012. Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin at the unveiling of a monument to musician Mstislav Rostropovich by sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov, Moscow. Background: opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR and art director of the Moscow Opera Center, Galina Vishnevskaya, second right, and her daughters Olga, right, and Yelena, third right.
- Categories: Politics, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 29.03.2012
- Date published: 29.03.2012
- Author: Alexei Druzhinin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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