Exhibition timed to the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan opens at the National Library of Russia

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On 20 March 2012, an exhibition entitled “I am the only Russian here…” (from history of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Japan)” opened at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg.

The exhibition is timed to the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan and presents documents and other materials on the life and work of St. Nicholas, as well as materials about Japan, notes and memoirs of Russian and foreign authors published at the turn of the 19^th century about Japanese traditions and customs.

General Consul of Japan in St. Petersburg, Mr. Ichiro Kavabata, addressed the guests of library at the opening ceremony, press service of the National Library of Russia reports.

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Exhibition timed to the centenary of the demise of St. Nicholas of Japan opens at the National Library of Russia

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