On the eve of this date in the Shimsk village of the Novgorod Region there took place the opening ceremony of the exhibition of paintings by a veteran of internal affairs, retired police lieutenant colonel Gennady Yatsenko. Exposition of 15 works by the artist is displayed in the concert hall of the Shimsk Children's Art School, and it can be visited by anyone.

The opening ceremony was attended by members of the Russian MIA Intermunicipal Division "Shimsk" headed by its chief Mikhail Butylin. Among honored guests of the event there were the Chairman of the Regional Council of Veterans of Internal Affairs and the Internal Troops Sergei Kondrushenko, Deputy Chief of the MIA of Russia's Inspection for the Novgorod Region Natalia Ryazanova and residents of the Shimsk district.

On the festive opening day of the art exhibition participants of the Poetry Club "Inspiration", created with the Regional Council of Veterans of the Internal Affairs and the Internal Troops, Maria Titova and Anatoly Klyuyev read their poems and fables for the guests. Teachers and students of the school of arts prepared creative works as a gift to the guests.

We should add that guests from Veliky Novgorod brought with them to Shimsk a gift - their poetry collections that were donated to the District Central Library.

We should note that the art exhibition was organized by Chairman of the Public Council with the MIA Interdistrict Division "Shimsk", who is also Chairman of the veteran organization of the MIA Interdistrict Division retired Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Nikolaev. Oleg Nikolayevich assumed the responsibility for the principal organizational issues of installing the exposition, preparing of its opening ceremony, inviting guests.

At the opening of the exhibition Oleg Nikolaev told the audience about the life of Gennady Yatsenko. Gennady inherited craving for beauty from his father and began painting during his school years, and then graduated from the Lvov art school. When he served in the army, he was engaged in decorating activities, worked as an artist-designer at a factory, but then suddenly changed his life - nearly thirty years of service he gave to service in internal affairs bodies. And, after retirement, he again took up the brush and for some years already he pleases art lovers with his works.

We think that new fans of his art will now appear in the Shimsk District.

Press-Service of MIA Administration for the Novgorod Region