![Unveiling of monument to Mstislav Rostropovich, Moscow](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F107%2F82%2F1078299_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RXZnZW55aSBTYW1hcmluICMxMDc4Mjk5_116%3A95_sputnik-1078299-preview_70dd2b487b4e0fb8e4bff49a297e1519.jpg)
![Unveiling of monument to Mstislav Rostropovich, Moscow](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F107%2F82%2F1078299_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_RXZnZW55aSBTYW1hcmluICMxMDc4Mjk5_116%3A95_sputnik-1078299-preview_70dd2b487b4e0fb8e4bff49a297e1519.jpg)
March 29, 2012. Prime Minister and president-elect Vladimir Putin, foreground left, at the unveiling of a monument to musician Mstislav Rostropovich by sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov, Moscow. Foreground right: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Form left, background: opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR and art director of the Moscow Opera Center, Galina Vishnevskaya, and her daughter Olga.
- Categories: Politics, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 29.03.2012
- Date published: 29.03.2012
- Author: Evgenyi Samarin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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