Statue to be Erected in the French Concession A geries of events Is being planned in Shanghai for' February next 10 honour Alexander Pushkin, great Russian poet, on the occasion of the centenary of ils death.
Not only progenitor of Russian poetry.—father, in general, of Russian of "the nineteenth and of the twentieth century, Pushkin is Jooked upon by the entire civilized world as. symbol of the best that has been given it by that rear iMterature, which shines with The centenary will be commemorated both in" Soviet Russia and abroad, and will assume an inter-tonal aspect in foreign countries, In Shanghai, preparations for the occasion have been carried on, these last few months, by a local Pushkin Committee, consisting, Lesides members of the Russian community, of British, French and Chinese admirers oot Russian literature, The French Municipal Council has given one of its squares for a statue of Pushkin to be erected: this, to be Dullt "after "a design by" Russian architects and sculptors, will be unveiled with ceremony on the day the centenary,—February Ly 108%—at the corner of Route Pichon and Route Ghist, giving lis name to the The Programme The programme will January' 29"and end on February 1, There will "be a meeting of the Alliance Frangaise, in French, when Mme, Riviere and Mme. Nilus will and, on the day of the cen another meeting, at which the speakers include Prof. Telberi Gri Russian), Me. R. 7. Peyton-Griffin English) and 'M. aAuxlon de Rutfe Gri French), One of the most attractive events will be a Pushkin solréo at the Lyceum Theatre on February when the best local artistes, to. the companiment of the Shanghat Municipal Orchestra, are to present Rachmaninof's opera "Aleko." writ. ten after Pustikin's poom—"The Gypsies." The second part of the soiree will be devoted to songs written by Russian composers to. Pushkin's words, airs from the "Pushkin oper-over twenty of his poems and dramas having inspired such Works; fand recitations of poems not only In heir original Russian, but in. their English, French and Chinese versions 'Special performances for school-children, and a play by the Russian sporting' society "Sokol are also. on the schedule of event 'A full programme of the colebration will be issued in the shape of a book in Russian, English, French and Chinese, and witl include the poet's biography, comments by. other out. standing Ttuesian writers, and over hundred illustrations and portvalts of Pushkin, his contemporaries and events,
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