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

The exhibition is timed to coincide with 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 by Russian and foreign authors published at the turn of the 19th century about Japanese traditions and customs.

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

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