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“Heirs and continuers of the feat of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War”: fighters of the Orthodox search detachment “Eaglet” summed up the results of participation in the Memory Watchtranslated

September 8, 2026 · 1 min read

In the church in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Seven Keys of the city of Yekaterinburg, the results of the participation of the Orthodox search team “Eaglet” in the XXVIII Interregional Educational and Training Memory Watch in the territory of the Elninsky municipal district of the Smolensk region were summed up.

Created in 2012 at the Church of the Mother of God of Vladimir, the search team “Eaglet” broke a record: in its composition, 58 fighters went to the Memory Watch-2026, including from the Bishop’s Ascension Metochion in the city of Yekaterinburg, the church in the name of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine in the city of Pervouralsk, and even the city of Moscow.

The eaglets settled in “their” old place in the village of Volkovo-Egorye, where a camping bivouac had already been built two years ago.

— Before the trip, we were a little upset that we would have to stand in an old place that seemed to be well-trodden far and wide, but, as life showed, our fears were in vain. It was here that two years ago, soldiers of the “Eaglet” detachment discovered the remains of three Red Army soldiers with medallions and one restored name. The search was not without a successful search: right on the path at the entrance to our bivouac, the search engines “picked up” the remains of two fighters. And we, not far from this place, found “ours”...

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Тетяна Лисенко
It is good that "Orlyata" again went to the same place in Volkovo-Yehorye. Two years ago, three were raised there with medallions, and now two more right next to the bivouac. I wonder who exactly you called "yours" this time?
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Andreea Stoica
It's good that they returned to Volkowo-Egorje, that old place brought them fruits again. Two bones right at the entrance to the bivouac and one more "theirs" close by - as if the earth was waiting for them. I'm also curious who was "theirs" this time, tell us too, Tatiana.
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