Russian painter: I fell in love with Iran's cultural heritage

A young Russian artist, after seeing pictures and paintings of Iran's historical monuments, said that he had fallen in love with Iran's cultural heritage.

Maria Zenkova is one of 600 Iranian and Russian painters who have entered the Iranian festival. According to Pars Today, in this festival, Russian and Iranian artists have drawn pictures of each other's countries.

Zenkova, by drawing a picture of the late Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, has entered this festival. 

This Russian lady, on the sidelines of the exhibition of selected works of this festival at the Moscow Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts, about the reason for choosing the picture of the late Iranian president said to participants in the festival: "Ebrahim Raeisi is not only a political figure, but also a spiritual and religious figure in Iran, and to commemorate his services, I tried to create a magnificent image of him."

Zenkova referred to Martyr Raeisi as a very important figure. This Russian artist also stated that in many works of Russian artists in this exhibition, the national dress of Iranians has been depicted, saying: "By seeing the selected works of the exhibition, I realized that there is a lot of cultural heritage in Iran, which caught my attention and I told myself that Iran must be a very interesting country."

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