A monument to the Peoples Artist of RSFSR, singer Valentina Tolkunova (1946-2010) has been unveiled in Belorechensky District of the Krasnodar Region.
Tolkunovas relatives, representatives of the RF Ministry of Culture, the head of administration of Belorechensky District, honoured singer Joseph Kobzon and about one and a half thousand admirers of Valentina Tolkunova attended the unveiling ceremony.
The bronze monument has been financed by local businessmen at the initiative of the head of Belorechensky District Ivan Imgrunt.
Valentina Tolkunovas mother, brother, and son took off the veil from the monument. During the ceremony Tolkunovas show was demonstrated on a specially established screen.
Source: ria.ru
Author: Vera Ivanova