A memorial ceremony devoted to the 67th anniversary of
victory in the Second World War took place at Piskaryovskoye
Cemetery, St.Petersburg. Representatives from the city government,
veterans and siege survivors organisations, delegations from
other countries and cities, representatives of diplomatic
corps, different confessions, youth public organisations and
thousands of St.Petersburg residents came to the cemetery
to pay tribute to those who died in the 872
days long siege of Leningrad.
According to Grigory Yavlinsky, Chair of the YABLOKO faction
in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, who participated in
the ceremony, The city has been feeling the pain from the
wounds from the Leningrad siege even decades past the events.
Yavlinsky together with other deputies of the faction and
YABLOKOs activists laid wreaths and flowers to the monument
to the victims of the siege.
The Piskaryovskoye Cemetery contains 126 collective graves
with burials of 420,000 civilians who died during artillery
bombardments, bombings and from hunger and 70,000 military
who defended the city.
See also:
YABLOKO paid
tribute to the memory of soldiers of the Second World War.
Press Release, May 8, 2012.
YABLOKO
commemorated heroes and victims of the Second World War. Press
Release, May 9, 2011.
YABLOKO
laid wreath and flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Press Release, May 8, 2011.
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