Exhibition "Stalingrad in British History" opened in Coventry

The exhibition "Stalingrad in British History" donated to the city by the Russian House in London was opened in Coventry. Rare documents from the archives of Russia and Great Britain, photographs and eyewitness recollections tell about the humanitarian aid of the inhabitants of Coventry to the Soviet city during the Second World War.

Having learned about the heroic fate of Stalingrad, a massive nationwide movement was organized in Coventry to collect donations for the destroyed city on the Volga. "From a city torn to pieces by the main enemy of world civilization, our hearts are drawn to you, those who die and suffer much more than ours", - it was with this message sent by the British in 1941 that the friendship between Coventry and Stalingrad began.

“Preserving this memory is especially important in order to resist attempts to falsify history. As long as we remember our history, the horrors of the war and its consequences, there is still hope that we will be able to avoid similar tragedies in the future”, - said Russian Ambassador to Great Britain Andrei Kelin at the exhibition opening.

Since 2012 the Center of Remote Access to Information Resources of the Presidential Library has been opened at the Russian House in London. The guests of the center have a unique opportunity to learn about the electronic collections Memory of the Great Victory and World War II in archival documents (a collection of digitized archival documents, film and photo materials). They include various materials such as official and archival files, photographs and newsreels, wartime newspapers, books, propaganda publications, collections of articles, biographies, testimonies of combatants and home front workers, their personal documents and much more.

Based on the materials of https://www.rwp.agency/news/538/ portal.