A bronze bust of Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov

Bronze, 50cm., Rishnovets (Slovakia), 2012

In Slovakia, on September 1st, 2012, was inaugurated the bust of Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov. Sculptor Gregory Pototsky donated the bust for the opening of the Kutuzov museum, in Rishnovets. The bust also commemorates the 200th anniversary of Europe’s liberation from Napoleon’s occupation.  The mayor of the city, Carol Labosh, accomplished an impossible mission: he restored an abandoned old building to make place for the new Museum to Russian glory, dedicated to Field Marshal Kutuzov. In today’s Europe, it is a very bold step!

The opening ceremony of the museum and the unveiling of the memorial bust to Kutuzov was attended by the mayor of Rishnovets, Carol Labosh, the Russian Ambassador, P. Kuznetsov, the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus, V. Serpikov, and Nikolai Drozdov, MPs of the Slovak Republic. A short prayer by pastor Fedush Marian preceded the ceremony. The sculptural portrait of Mikhail Kutuzov was created with the donations of well-known public figure Joseph Dolnik