In the Dubrovno region, the remains of 28 Red Army soldiers who died during the liberation of the region have been reburied

28 soldiers of the Red Army who died during the liberation of the Dubrovno district during the Great Patriotic War have today found their final resting place in this land.

The remains of 9 unknown soldiers were reburied at the mass grave in the village of Petriki, 19 – near the village of Krasnaya Sloboda.

The "Roads of Victory" motor rally gathered at these significant sites the leadership of the Dubrovno District Executive Committee, representatives of the Vitebsk Regional Historical and Patriotic Search Club "Plamya" (Flame), representatives of enterprises, organizations, institutions, services and departments of the region, public associations, local residents, and youth.

– While some people, alien to the concept of patriotism, are trying to raze to the ground the monuments of the Great Patriotic War and distort history, our people, the country, and the Dubrovno region, in particular, sacredly cherish the memory and pass on the legacy of the victors to the new generation, – said the chairman of the district executive committee Anatoly Lukashev during the mourning rally at the mass graves. – For 79 years, people from Dubrovno and relatives of the fallen have been coming to these sacred places to pay tribute to the fallen heroes-liberators.

In May 2023, the Public Association "Vitebsk Regional Historical and Patriotic Search Club "Plamya", together with the specialized search unit of military unit 28443 of the 52nd Separate Specialized Search Battalion, found and exhumed the remains of 9 Red Army soldiers near the village of Sudilovichi and 19 soldiers near the village of Guraki.

"Vitebskiye Vesti"