01:17The Russian Military Historical Society public organisation with the assistance of the city government unveiled a monument to former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in Moscow on Monday.
The organisation's press service reported that the chairman of Russia’s Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinski, director of the Russian Centre for Strategic Cooperation with Africa and the Middle East Valentin Ignatyev, as well as the author of the monument Mikhail Baskakov attended the unveiling ceremony.
Anti-apartheid political leader Nelson Mandela fought from an early age to defend the rights of the indigenous people of the Republic of South Africa who were subjected to racial discrimination. He was repeatedly detained by the police for his political activities. In 1964, he was sentenced to death, subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. Mandela was released 27 years later, and in 1994 the activist became South Africa's first black president.
Madiba remembered - Moscow unveils monument to South African icon Nelson Mandela
The Russian Military Historical Society public organisation with the assistance of the city government unveiled a monument to former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in Moscow on Monday.
The organisation's press service reported that the chairman of Russia’s Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinski, director of the Russian Centre for Strategic Cooperation with Africa and the Middle East Valentin Ignatyev, as well as the author of the monument Mikhail Baskakov attended the unveiling ceremony.
Anti-apartheid political leader Nelson Mandela fought from an early age to defend the rights of the indigenous people of the Republic of South Africa who were subjected to racial discrimination. He was repeatedly detained by the police for his political activities. In 1964, he was sentenced to death, subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. Mandela was released 27 years later, and in 1994 the activist became South Africa's first black president.
The Russian Military Historical Society public organisation with the assistance of the city government unveiled a monument to former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in Moscow on Monday.
The organisation's press service reported that the chairman of Russia’s Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinski, director of the Russian Centre for Strategic Cooperation with Africa and the Middle East Valentin Ignatyev, as well as the author of the monument Mikhail Baskakov attended the unveiling ceremony.
Anti-apartheid political leader Nelson Mandela fought from an early age to defend the rights of the indigenous people of the Republic of South Africa who were subjected to racial discrimination. He was repeatedly detained by the police for his political activities. In 1964, he was sentenced to death, subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. Mandela was released 27 years later, and in 1994 the activist became South Africa's first black president.