Monuments to the holy passion-bearers - Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei - will be unveiled in Kalmykiatranslated

Monuments to the holy royal passion-bearers - Emperor Nicholas II and his son - Tsarevich Alexei - will be opened on October 18, 2026 in Gorodovikovsk, Republic of Kalmykia.

The solemn ceremony will take place on the site near the Church of the Holy Passion-Bearer Tsarevich Alexy, the organizers of this event told Thomas magazine.

The monuments were donated to the Elista and Kalmyk diocese by public figure Pavel Astakhov, and their installation, as noted, “is intended to preserve the memory of the historical ties of the Kalmyk land with the Russian Imperial House and the service of the Kalmyk Cossacks to the Fatherland.”

It is expected that the opening of the monuments will be attended by the head of the Republic of Kalmykia Batu Khasikov, Archbishop of Elista and Kalmyk Justinian, the donor of the monuments Pavel Astakhov, representatives of the religious communities of the republic, Cossacks, public organizations and city residents.

The right to remove covers from monuments will be given to cadets of the Cossack Cadet Corps named after Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov. The program includes the laying of flowers and the ceremonial passage of the Cossacks and cadets.

It is clarified that the place for installing the monuments was not chosen by chance, because Gorodovikovsk, formerly called Bashanta, keeps...