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...June, when they will sound for the last time before returning to Moscow and being replaced with the new bells. Harvard’s new set was sanctified by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church at a lavish ceremony in Moscow in July. A Russian metals tycoon, Viktor Vekselberg, reportedly paid millions of dollars to bring the bells home and cast new ones for Harvard. —Staff writer Victoria B. Kabak can be reached at vkabak@fas.harvard.edu...
...Viktor Vekselberg, the oil and metals tycoon who reportedly paid several millions of dollars to bring the bells home and to replace them with new ones, said he hoped they would become a "great symbol of unity" between the United States and Russia...
...We’ll have a general symposium and conference, and invite many past Lowell bell-ringers. It will be an appropriate send-off,” said Eck. The bell exchange is being financed by a foundation for the arts established by Russian metals mogul Viktor Vekselberg, and will cost around $1 million. Lowell’s bells arrived at Harvard from Russia nearly 80 years ago. The 18 bronze giants are over 100 years old, with one dating back to the 17th century. The Harvard delegation, comprised of Associate Provost of Art and Culture Sean T. Buffington...
...from the Russian government and the St. Danilov monastery will respect both institutions’ histories. The original bells will be returned to Moscow, but identical replicas, forged using traditional techniques in Russia, will be sent to replace them in the Lowell’s bell tower. Viktor F. Vekselberg, a Russian metals mogul, also deserves praise for financing the deal. Thus, we applaud the multilateral efforts to protect the identity of Lowell House, while respecting that of the Russian people. In a way, seventy years later, Harvard is righting a wrong inflicted against both a faith and a people...
With an estimated net worth of $10 billion, Vekselberg is, according to Forbes magazine, the 44th-richest person in the world...