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Putin has called for a visit to the hero of the day Shilov and gave him a mantel clock

MOSCOW, October 6. /Itar- Tass /.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the People's Artist of the USSR Alexander Shilov 70th birthday. The head of state has called in today to Gallery Shilov to meet personally with the hero of the day .

Shilov held for Putin's tour of the exhibition halls . President drew special attention to the exhibition " They Fought for Their Motherland" , which collected 43 portraits of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War - military pilots , intelligence officers, gunners , nurses . The artist told the head of the state stories of these people, many of whom are no longer alive .

"A very bright person" , - said Putin .

The head of state has visited several rooms of the Gallery , and then drank a cup of tea in the company's birthday . Putin gave Shilov birthday mantel clock Moscow factory "Flight - Chronos ".

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"- It is a pity that today is not a classic in the hundreds of millions, in a fashion anti-art.

The most expensive in the world of the painting "The Scream" by Munch - is the work of three year old boy. "

Alexander Shilov

People's Artist of the USSR

Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts