St. Petersburg: The Cuban president, Miguel DÃaz-Canel Bermúdez, toured the rooms of the Fabergé Museum in this city, on the second day of his visit to Russia, Prensa Latina publishes.
Diaz-Canel toured the rooms where treasures of jewelry are treasured, including nine of the 69 Easter eggs made by Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé between 1885 and 1917, considered one of the best in the world.
Some 4,000 goldsmith works are exhibited in the Shuvadov Palace, in the center of this city and the museum's headquarters, which deserved the admiration of the Cuban ruler, which was recorded in the visitor's book.
The day before, shortly after his arrival in this northern Russian city, the president visited the Piskarevskoe Memorial Cemetery, where the remains of the Leningrad defenders rest.
In the visitor's book DÃaz-Canel Bermúdez highlighted the spirit of resistance of the Leningrad people and the participation in the Great Patriotic War of the young Cuban Aldo Vivó Laurent.
He stressed that inspired by this story, the Cuban and Russian people will continue to defend independence, sovereignty and the right to self-determination.
Another site visited was the Hermitage Museum, one of the most important on the planet.
The Cuban head of state makes a work visit to this country, after holding official contacts in Ireland, Belarus and Azerbaijan, where he participated in the celebration in Baku of the XVIII Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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