PLAQUE

Description: PLAQUE IS A BRONZE COLOR, WITH AN ENGRAVED PICTURE OF A MAN, A WOMAN, AND A HORSE. AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THERE IS A NUMBER "20", AS WELL AS SOME RUSSIAN LETTERS. THE PLAQUE IS HOLLOW WITH NO MARKINGS ON THE BACK. PLAQUE RESTS ON A WOODEN STAND THAT IS LIGHT IN COLORATION.

History: GIFT FROM TIMASHEVSK RUSSIA. LETHBRIDGE AND TIMASHEVSK HAVE A CLOSE, AND UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WHICH BEGAN AFTER WORLD WAR TWO. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE CITIZENS OF LETHBRIDGE BECAME AWARE OF THE SEVERE SUFFERING FROM COLD, HUNGER, ETC. THAT PLAGUED THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY (AS WELL AS ALL OF THE USSR) AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR. IN AN EFFORT TO HELP, THE CITIZENS OF LETHBRIDGE HELPED RAISE OVER $5000 (A SIZEABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEN) TO SEND OVER IN A RELIEF EFFORT. NEARING THE END OF THE COLD WAR, MAYOR CARPENTER AND CITY HALL DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO RE-ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS WITH THIS CITY. DELEGATIONS TO AND FROM TIMASHEVSK STARTED EVEN BEFORE THE END OF COMMUNISM IN THE LATE 80'S EARLY 90'S. A COAT DRIVE WAS HELD TO ONCE AGAIN HELP THE PEOPLE OF THIS RUSSIAN COMMUNITY COPE WITH THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RUSSIAN WINTER. THIS GIFT, IS A RESULT OF THESE REKINDLED LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES.