Soviet History Makes Chinese and Russians Closer
Фотобанк — Legion-media.ru
The two nations had long history of friendship.
Only for the first six months of the current year more than 500 thousand Chinese have visited Saint Petersburg. The number of tourists in Moscow Twice exceeds this number. Thus, one may wonder what lies under the obsessive interest of the Chinese toward Russia. Turns out, the reasons are way grounded.
The mutual history of Russia and China approaches, since not one generation grew up on Soviet culture. Victoria Bargaceva, the head of Guides association of Chinese language in Saint Petersburg says that especially the older generation of tourists strives for Soviet historical monuments.
“ For instance, an old man who learned Russian in the 60s, comes and brings with him his school notebook of the Russian language. It’s important for him to touch that symbolism. Actually they had more than warm memories about Soviet-Chinese friendship. The trip to Ladoga is very demanded, because the story of the blockade makes a great impression on them.