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The remains of dead soldiers were buried in the Zhlobin regiontranslated

October 24, 2026 · 1 min read

In the village of Saltanovka and the agricultural towns of Pirevichi and Malevichi, Zhlobin region, burial ceremonies took place for the remains of Red Army soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. During the ceremonies, funeral litias were performed.

In Saltanovka, the remains of 46 Red Army soldiers who died in August 1941 at the Dnieper line were buried. They were discovered in September 2026 near the villages of Novaya Sloboda and Sukhoi Ostrov during the international “Memory Watch”. The search work was carried out by members of the Zvezda club, the Dnieper Frontier detachment and military personnel of the 52nd separate specialized search battalion of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.

It was possible to establish the names of ten victims - natives of Kalmykia, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, Penza, Saratov, Orenburg and Odessa regions. The names of the remaining 36 warriors are still unknown. Work to establish them continues.

The ceremony was attended by representatives of authorities, search organizations of Belarus and Russia, and relatives of the victims. The head of the Zhlobin region, Sergei Yarets, noted the need to preserve historical truth and pass on the memory of the war to future generations.

In Pirevichi...

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