“Dialogue with Nature” Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Russia 2021
A group of people viewing the mounted photographs
[© Seikyo Shimbun]

On June 16, “Dialogue with Nature,” an exhibition of President Daisaku Ikeda’s photography, opened at Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Universal Scientific Library in Russia, commemorating the 800th anniversary of the city’s founding and the 160th anniversary of the library’s establishment. The opening ceremony was held online and featured on a local TV channel. Olga Guseva, director of the Department of International Relations of the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, expressed her delight at being able to host the exhibition, and a message from President Ikeda was shared. The exhibition, which will run until July 16 in Nizhny Novgorod, has recently been held in Penza, Rostov, Tula and Ryazan, and is scheduled to tour other Russian cities during the next several months.