George Vilinbakhov (First Deputy Director of the State
Hermitage Museum and State Herald) and his wife with Konstantin
Luzinjan-Riginashvili (managing partner for Russia and the Commonwealth
of Independent States, EY Law Europe) and Irina Nikitina (Director
of the cultural foundation ‘Musical Olympus’)
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The ancient music ensemble playing on authentic
instruments for guestsVladimir Svinjin (Chairman of the Board, ‘Ohta-Group’)
and his wife
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William Elliott (Consul General of Great Britain
in St. Petersburg), Valery Gavriljuk (President, ‘Termex’), Daria
Elliott, Irada Vovnenko
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Alan Corniber and Joel Lambert (directors of Hennessy
in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States)
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Major General Aleksandr Galkin discusses contemporary
art with Prince and Princess Dimitri Romanoff
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Valery Israljit (Board Chairman, ‘Ust-Luga Company’)
and Rair Simonian
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The Mariinsky Theatre ballet performing in the Hermitage
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Guests of the London Friends of the Hermitage
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Stella Kesaev, Mikhail Piotrovsky and Bill Viola
toasting a new venture
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Aleksandr Sokurov, the Honourable Mrs. Mary
Anna Martin and Hans Ulrich Maerki (former President of IBM,
Europe)
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Guest on the Jordan Staircase, on the right Elena
Akimova and Marina Sitnina, Vice-President, Gasprombank)
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Mary Kruger (Consul General of the United States
of America in St. Petersburg) and Vera Dementieva
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Guests watching fireworks from the Hermitage
windows at the end of the evening
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