The remains of seven Soviet soldiers were reburied in Tarasovkatranslated

In the village of Tarasovka, Vetkovsky district, on November 11, 2026, the reburial of the remains of seven Red Army soldiers who died in November 1943 during the Gomel-Rechitsa offensive operation took place.

Before the ceremony, a funeral service for the fallen soldiers was held in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Vetka. The service was led by the rector of the parish, Archpriest Mikhail Borisyonok.

The remains of the fighters were discovered in July 2026 near the village of Rudnya-Sponitskaya. The search work was carried out by servicemen of the 52nd separate specialized search battalion together with representatives of the public organization “Never Forget.”

After the funeral service, a funeral meeting took place at the mass grave in Tarasovka. It was attended by the Chairman of the Vetkovsky District Council of Deputies Viktor Maseykov, representatives of the district administration and the interdistrict military commissariat, cadets of the Gomel Lyceum of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, heads of enterprises and organizations, and residents of the region.

Those gathered honored the memory of the victims with a minute of silence. The remains of the soldiers were buried with military honors - under a triple salvo. Participants in the ceremony laid flowers at the burial site.