With an interesting exhibition will begin the celebrations on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the Liberation of Burgas from the Ottoman Empire

An impressive exhibition with reproductions of original paintings by famous Russian artists will be opened in Burgas on February 1, Thursday, at 18.00 at the Burgas Art Gallery "Petko Zadgorski". The exhibition is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation in 1877-1878 and is the first event of the rich program,with which will be marked the Lberation of Burgas.

See the other events in the program:

1 February /Thursday/

18:00

Burgas Art Gallery "Petko Zadgorski"

An exhibition of reproductions of paintings by Russian authors, reflecting episodes of the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation (1877-1878)

February 6 /Tuesday/

10:00

Historical exposition of RHM-Burgas

"In the name of our precious Fatherland"

Exhibition from the Regional Museum of History - Sliven.

11:00, "Atanas Sirekov" Square

Ritual of raising the national flag of the Republic of Bulgaria and the flags of the European Union and Burgas Municipality.

Thanksgiving prayer for the prosperity of free Burgas

11:30

Monument of Russian Liberators

Solemn ritual of military honors

and laying wreaths and flowers

Memory plate of gen. Lermontov (15 "Lermontov" Str.)

Monument of the Russian Nursery (Sea park)

Laying of wreaths and flowers

17:00, Home of the National`s Army (48 "Hristo Botev" Str.)

"Lermontov`s liberators"

Exhibition of weapons participated in the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation (1877 - 1878)

18:00, Home of the writer, 1 "Volla" Str

"140 Years of sacred liberty" - a poetic-musical performance on the occasion of the Liberation of Burgas

18:00, Cultural center of "NHK"

"... You, oh, Freedom - over my memory watch!"

Concert with the participation of FA "Atanas Manchev", Children Choir "Milka Stoeva" and the actors - Nevena Nikolova and Zlatko Angelov