August 1, 2014. President Vladimir Putin, third left, foreground, at a ceremony to unveil a monument to WWI heroes on Poklonnaya Hill. From left: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. From right, foreground: Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky and Sergei Naryshkin, State Duma Speaker, chairman of the Russian Organizing Committee of the 100th anniversary of WWI and chairman of the Russian Historical Society.