PassionForRussian.com » Embassy http://passionforrussian.com Sharing my adventures in Russian language learning Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:23:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 I Went to Russia Yesterday http://passionforrussian.com/2009/11/18/i-went-to-russia-yesterday/ http://passionforrussian.com/2009/11/18/i-went-to-russia-yesterday/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15:20 +0000 Karyn Dubravetz http://passionforrussian.com/?p=245 Yesterday, I was lucky enough to attend an event at the Russian Embassy. It was a conference to examine Russian-U.S. relations. It also commemorated the centennial of Andrei Gromyko, who was a Soviet diplomat during the cold war.

Now I am not quite as passionate about Russian history and politics as I am the language, but I was thrilled to finally get in that embassy! I must say, considering how “fortress-like” it is from the outside, I was surprised at how beautiful it was on the inside! Here are my photos from the day…

We were welcomed by Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak.


Ambassador Kislyak

 
Andrei Gromyko’s son spoke. His name is also Andrei Gromyko.

Andrei Gromyko

Remarks were given by Henry Kissinger.


Henry Kissinger

A couple pics from inside the embassy!


Russian National Symbols


A Hall in the Russian Embassy

Bonus pic: A rose from the embassy rose garden.


Embassy Rose

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