Photo Exhibition on Russian Ambassador

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A unique photo exhibition has opened at the Russian Cultural Centre here, on Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin’s 40-year-long relationship with India. The exhibition, titled ‘Drugh Indii’ (Friend of India), features more than 30 interesting photographs from the very first years of Kadakin’s career in India, to the present. He first arrived in India in 1971 and up to 1978 served in the capacities of probationer, attache and third secretary of the Embassy of the USSR in India, New Delhi. From 1978 to 1983, he served in the capacities of second and first secretaries and later as counsellor of the Secretariat of the First Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs of the USSR. From 1993 to 1997, he was Ambassador to Nepal. Kadakin was appointed Ambassador to India in 1999, a post which he held up to 2004. Following a stint as Ambassador to Sweden, he was back as Ambassador to India from November 2009 onwards. During his long Indian stay, Kadakin also became fluent in Hindi and Urdu!  The exhibition, which began on Wednesday, will come to an end on Saturday. The exhibition hours are from 10 am to 5 pm