Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (second left) observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012. Left: Aleksei Levykin, State History Museum Director. Right: Duma Vice-Speaker Alexander Zhukov.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (second left) observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012. Left: Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky. Right: Aleksei Levykin, State History Museum Director.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (second right) observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012. Right: Vice-Prime Minister Olga Golodets.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (second left) observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012. Left: Sergei Ivanov, the presidential staff chief. Right: Vice-Prime Minister Olga Golodets. Third right: Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky. Third left: Aleksei Levykin, State History Museum Director.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (foreground) observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012. Background: Duma Vice-Speaker Alexander Zhukov.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev observing newly-opened 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev leaving his message in the Guests of Honor Book after the ceremony of opening the 1812 Patriotic War Museum exhibits, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of opening the 1812 Patriotic War Museum housed in the State History Museum building, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of opening the 1812 Patriotic War Museum housed in the State History Museum building, September 4, 2012.

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (second right) seen outside the 1812 Patriotic War Museum, housed in the State History Museum, before its opening ceremony, September 4, 2012.

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