Reflections of Russia

A woman enjoys the sunshine on a roadside bench in Uglich, a historical town in Yaroslavl, on Aug 9, 2012. [Photo by Li Ge/China Daily]

Mikhail Shvydkoi, special representative of the president of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation, Zhu Ling, publisher of China Daily, and Pavel Negoitsa, general director of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, wrote the preface for the album.

Shvydkoi said the international cultural cooperation project is an excellent way of consolidating and developing country-to-country relations and introducing interesting insights into people's daily lives to residents of other countries.

"Only when we know each other's lives and traditions can we really trust each other and resist any attempt to distort history," he said.