Workshop features President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in Russia
The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association on May 12 held a workshop on President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary activities in Russia and at K9 relic site in Hanoi's outlying district of Ba Vi.
Nguyen Ai Quoc's passport for entry to Russia. (Photo: Internet)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi chapter of the Vietnam-RussiaFriendship Association on May 12 held a workshop on President Ho Chi Minh'srevolutionary activities in Russia and at K9 relic site in Hanoi's outlyingdistrict of Ba Vi.
The event was part of the celebrations of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19) and the 100th anniversary of his first coming to Russia (June 30).
Speaking at the event, Chairman of the chapter andSecretary of Long Bien district’s Party Committee Duong Hoai Nam said during theyears of searching for a path for national salvation and leading the Vietnamesepeople's struggle for national liberation and construction, Nguyen AiQuoc, later known as President Ho Chi Minh, set foot on nearly 60 countriesaround the world. Among them, the Soviet Union, the homeland of the OctoberRevolution, was the place where he spent the longest time. The Soviet Union helda significant position and influence in his revolutionary life.
Five years after the success of Vietnam's revolution in1945, the Soviet Union became one of the first countries in the world to recogniseand officially establi▨sh diplomatic relations with Vietnam on January 30, 1950.Since then꧒, relationship between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union, now the Russian Federation, has always been warm, reliable, overcoming challenges andfluctuations in each country and the world, Nam said.
President Ho Chi Minh with children in Moscow in 1954 (Photo: VNA)
At the event, delegates listened to speeches andanalyses about the late Vietnamese leader’s great contributions, activitiesduring his first visit to the Soviet Union and the following years, and theprocess of preserving his body at the K9 relic site.
Col. Nguyen Ngoc Huan, Vice Commander of the President HoChi Minh Mausoleum High Command, presented an overview of K9 relic site,the preservation of Uncle Ho's body during the war, and the significantcontributions of the State, Government and medical experts fro♏m the formerSoviet Union and present-day Russia to the development of the site./.
A roundtable was held in St. Petersburg on March 6, discussing the history of friendship between Russia and Vietnam through meetings of Soviet Union leader Iosif .V. Stalin and President Ho Chi Minh.
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Nguyen Ai Quoc's passport for entry to Russia. (Photo: Internet) 
President Ho Chi Minh with children in Moscow in 1954 (Photo: VNA) 
