August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, visiting the Bestuzhev State Russian Drama Theater. The theater's Director Pyotr Stepanov is on the left in the second row.24.08.2009#435620
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, center in the foreground, visiting the Bestuzhev State Russian Drama Theater. The theater's Director Pyotr Stepanov is on the right, Buryatian President Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn in on the left.24.08.2009#435619
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, center in the second row, visiting the Bestuzhev State Russian Drama Theater. The theater's Director Pyotr Stepanov is on the left in the second row.24.08.2009#435618
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Ulan-Ude residents on the city's central square.24.08.2009#435602
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Ulan-Ude residents on the city's central square.24.08.2009#435601
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Ulan-Ude residents on the city's central square.24.08.2009#435600
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with Ulan-Ude residents on the city's central square.24.08.2009#435599
Monks in the Ivolginsky Datsan, a major Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435509
Monks in the Ivolginsky Datsan, a major Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435508
Monks in the Ivolginsky Datsan, a major Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435507
A monk in the Ivolginsky Datsan, a major Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435506
President Dmitry Medvedev chairing a meeting on Siberia's social and economic development on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435484
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, chairing a meeting on Siberia's social and economic development on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435483
President Dmitry Medvedev chairing a meeting on Siberia's social and economic development on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435482
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev talking with President of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435481
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435460
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the left: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435441
President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435440
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the left: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435439
President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435438
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the right: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435437
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, talking with workers of the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435436
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, talking with workers of the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435435
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, talking with workers of the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435434
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the right: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435433
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the right: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435432
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the right: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435431
August 24, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ulan Ude Aircraft Plant which produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. Left: test pilot Taigib Tolboyev.24.08.2009#435430
President Dmitry Medvedev, center, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the left: plant general director Leonid Belykh. On the right: President of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn.24.08.2009#435429
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435428
President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters.24.08.2009#435426
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ulan Ude aircraft plant on August 24, 2009. The plant produces the popular Mi-8 and Mi-171 helicopters. On the left: plant general director Leonid Belykh.24.08.2009#435425
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, inspecting the main temple of the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) on August 24, 2009. On the left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435362
President Dmitry Medvedev, left, inspecting the main temple of the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) on August 24, 2009. On the right: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435361
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. On the left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435360
President Dmitry Medvedev, background center, talking with Russia's Buddhist lamas while visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435358
President Dmitry Medvedev, center right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. Center left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435357
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. Second from right: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435329
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. On the left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435328
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. Second from right: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435326
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. On the left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435325
President Dmitry Medvedev, center, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. Second from left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435324
President Dmitry Medvedev, center, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435323
A photo opportunity for monks and President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) on August 24, 2009.24.08.2009#435322
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. On the left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435321
President Dmitry Medvedev, right, visiting the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga on August 24, 2009. On the left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435320
A monk of the Ivolginsky Datsan, the biggest Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435310
Palace of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, the 12th Pandito Hambo Lama, in the Ivolginsky Datsan.24.08.2009#435309
Monks of the Ivolginsky Datsan, the biggest Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435308
A monk of the Ivolginsky Datsan, the biggest Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435306
Monks of the Ivolginsky Datsan, the biggest Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435305
Monks of the Ivolginsky Datsan, the biggest Buddhist monastery located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435304
Monks at Sockshin-gugan, the main temple at Ivolginsky Datsan, the largest Buddhist monastery.24.08.2009#435303
Sockshin-gugan, the main temple at Ivolginsky Datsan, the largest Buddhist monastery in the village of Verkkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435302
Palace of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, the 12th Pandito Hambo Lama, in the Ivolginsky Datsan.24.08.2009#435301
Palace of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, the 12th Pandito Hambo Lama, in the Ivolginsky Datsan.24.08.2009#435300
President Dmitry Medvedev, center right, visiting Pandido Khambo Lama XII Dashi Dorzho ItigIlov's palace in the Ivolginsky datsan (Buddhist monastery) in the village of Verkhnaya Ivolga. Center left: head of Russian Buddhists Pandido Khambo Lama Damba Ayushev.24.08.2009#435299
Palace of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, the 12th Pandito Hambo Lama, in the Ivolginsky Datsan.24.08.2009#435298
Sockshin-gugan, the main temple at Ivolginsky Datsan, the largest Buddhist monastery in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga.24.08.2009#435297
