Photo Medvedev for 51 million

At a charity auction photowork President Dmitry Medvedev has been sold for 51 million rubles. Black and white photography Head of State, which depicts Tobolsk Monastery, filmed from a helicopter appeared among lots only last night. Its initial price was the same as all the other works on display at the auction - 20 thousand rubles. A record amount for a photo posted Mikhail Zingarevich - Member of the Board of Directors of OJSC "Ilim Group". Thus, the Head of State broke the record of the auction: still the most expensive lot of the Christmas Fair was a picture of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's "Pattern". In 2009, she helped out 37 million rubles. In total, the auction was put up 29 lots: 28 paintings and one photo. With the hammer gone paintings governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko (13 mln.), Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov (500 thous.), Actress Ksenia Rappoport (1, 4 million.), A musician Ilya Lagutenko (500 ths.) And other famous people. The amount received from the sale of the works of famous politicians and actors, was 81.53 million rubles. All these funds will be directed to charity. From the works of the head of state can be found on his personal website.