Yuri Melentiev, Minister of Culture for the Russian Federation (right) and Edward Solovyov, representative of Society Rodina at the unveiling of the sculpture of Russian novelist Lev Tolstoy in Castlegar. The sculpture, paid for by the Soviet Peace Committee and Society Rodina, was in tribute to the Russian novelist who used the proceeds from the sale of his novel Resurrection to finance the Doukhobors emigration to Canada in 1899, allowing them to escape persecution for their pacifist views.
