Monuments dedicated to the heroes and events of the Stalingrad battle. Monument-ensemble to the defenders of Stalingrad (1967)

Monument of Glory of Generations

The Monument to the Glory of Generations is installed on the central square of Volgograd - the Square of the Fallen Fighters, with which the heroic pages of history are connected.

In the days of the great battle on the Volga, the square became the scene of fierce battles. On January 31, 1943, the Nazis threw a white flag of surrender over her, and Field Marshal Paulus, who had surrendered, came out of the basement of a dilapidated department store - his last headquarters.

The Square of the Fallen Fighters witnessed a solemn rally dedicated to the defeat of the fascist hordes near Stalingrad. There, next to the mass grave of the workers, the defenders of the city, who died in the battles of 1942-1943, were also buried.

In 1957, a single granite monument was erected on the mass graves - an obelisk and a tombstone.

On Mamayev Kurgan

Mamaev Kurgan - the height dominating the city. During the Battle of Stalingrad, it was the site of the most fierce battles, a key position in the defense of the city.

The defenders of Stalingrad well understood the significance of the mound and figuratively called it the main height of Russia. There they took an oath: “Not a step back!”, “There is no land for us beyond the Volga!”, “Stand to the death!” For almost 140 days and nights, lead showers raged over the Mamaev Kurgan, the Nazis frantically rushed to this height, but could not capture it completely. The mound turned black, as if charred, from the cruel fire, the earth on it during the fighting was densely mixed with iron fragments and blood. The top of the mound changed hands many times, and its northeastern slopes were firmly held by Soviet soldiers throughout the entire period of hostilities.

Residents of the city brought Mamaev Kurgan back to life. Mines, unexploded shells and bombs were taken out of its wounded land, squares and parks were laid out on it, grass was covered with a green carpet. A grandiose sculptural ensemble was erected on Mamayev Kurgan, which immortalized the feat of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad.

In front of the stairs to the mound - the introductory composition "Memory of Generations". It depicts people of different ages carrying a wreath to the grave of fallen heroes. An alley of pyramidal poplars leads to the first square of the ensemble. In the center of the square, a 12-meter-high figure of a Russian warrior-hero, surrounded by a pool, seems to grow out of a rock. At the foot of the sculpture there are inscriptions: “Not a step back!”, “Stand to the death!”

The ruined walls adjoining the square give the impression of the streets of a ruined city. Figures and faces of the defenders of the city appear on the walls, relief scenes telling about front-line life and the exploits of soldiers. The walls are painted with excerpts from military orders, protocols of party and Komsomol meetings, and oaths of soldiers.

The next terrace of the ensemble is Heroes' Square. In the center of it is a huge water parterre. Six sculptural compositions are reflected in the calm surface of the water, telling about the exploits of warriors, episodes of the battle.

The other side of the water parterre is bordered by a 112-meter wall, made in the form of an unfolded and greatly elongated banner. On the wall are the words: “The iron wind hit them in the face, and they all went forward, and again a feeling of superstitious fear seized the enemy: did people go on the attack, were they mortal ?!”

Granite steps lead from the Heroes' Square to the Hall of Military Glory. The entrance, decorated with gray concrete slabs, resembles a dugout. The round building of the hall with a light suspended ceiling is made in the style of the ancient Greek pantheon. On the high walls lined with golden smalt, 34 symbolic red banners hang down. The names of 7201 fallen in the Battle of Stalingrad are inscribed on them. Above the banners is a wide ribbon with the inscription: "Yes, we were mere mortals, and few of us survived, but we all fulfilled our patriotic duty to the sacred Motherland."

In the center of the hall is a marble hand with a flaming torch of the sacred Eternal Flame.

A spiral ramp leads from the Hall of Military Glory to the Square of Sorrow, the main sculptural composition of which is the figure of a woman-mother. In deep sorrow she bent over the fallen warrior. The boundless grief of the mother is strengthened by weeping willows growing above the pond in front of the sculpture.

A mound rises from the Square of Sorrow. During the construction of the monument, the remains of the dead soldiers were transferred there from the mass graves located on the territory of the city.

On 34 granite symbolic slabs, located along a serpentine path along the slope of the mound, the names of the most distinguished participants in the great battle, who died defending the city and died after the war, are carved.

The monument-ensemble is crowned by a 52-meter sculpture of the Motherland, who raised her punishing sword in anger. Motherland calls her sons to fight against enemies.

A talented team of sculptors, architects, and engineers worked on the ensemble under the leadership of the Hero of Socialist Labor E. Vuchetich.

The entire monument-ensemble is made of concrete. Its construction was carried out from January 1961 to May 1967. The monument was unveiled on October 15, 1967.

M. Aleshchenko, V. Matrosov, L. Maistrenko, A. Melnik, V. Morunov, A. Novikov,

A. Tyurenkov; head of the engineering group N. Nikitin; military consultant Marshal of the Soviet Union

V. Chuikov.

Panorama Museum

On the steep bank of the Volga, at the site of the fierce battles for Stalingrad, a memorial ensemble was created - the panorama museum "Battle of Stalingrad". The panoramic part of the complex "The defeat of the Nazi troops near Stalingrad" was opened on July 8, 1982. This is a monumental work of art about the Great Patriotic War.

The museum complex includes 7 exposition, 4 diorama and triumphal halls. The canvases depict the brightest pages in the history of the great battle on the Volga. The vestibule of the panorama leads to the artistic canvas, the ceiling of which is decorated with heraldry - signs of the branches of the troops participating in the battle. They are made of smalt and placed along the curly ribbon of the medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad". In the center of the hall is the Order of Victory.

The climax of the events depicted in the panorama is the breakthrough of the enemy defense by the troops of the 21st Army of General I. Chistyakov from the west and the forces of the 62nd Army of General V. Chuikov from the east in order to dismember the enemy grouping. The panorama conveys the grand scale of the Battle of Stalingrad. The canvas depicts the combat operations of the troops that took part in the encirclement and defeat of the Nazi formations. The artists managed to create a generalized image of the battle and reflect the most striking and characteristic episodes of the heroic battle. Events are shown both on the battlefield and in the immediate rear of the units: reserves are drawn up, shells are brought up, and assistance is provided to the wounded.

The canvas reproduces not only individual episodes of the battle and the heroic deeds of the soldiers, but also the strategic plan for the final blow of the Soviet troops near Stalingrad. The dimensions of the panorama, one of the largest in the world of artistic practice, made it possible to freely place, without distorting the historical truth, the entire overall picture of the battle, spread over a large area.

The observation deck of the panorama is conditionally located on the top of the Mamaev Kurgan. The main theme of the panorama is the greatness of the feat of the Soviet people. All artistic means are subject to the embodiment of this idea.

P. Zhigimont, P. Maltsev,

G. Marchenko, M. Samsonov, F. Usypenko.

The project of the unique complex was developed by a group of architects and engineers led by architect V. Maslyaev.

"Connection of Fronts"

In the course of fierce defensive battles on the outskirts of Stalingrad, Soviet troops stopped the enemy on a front more than 800 km long. The main forces of the Nazi troops were involved in heavy bloody battles in the interfluve of the Don and Volga.

The Headquarters of the Supreme High Command developed a plan to encircle the Stalingrad enemy grouping under the code name "Uranus". The troops of the Southwestern and Stalingrad fronts were to link up in the Kalach-Soviet region and surround units and formations of the enemy's 6th field and 4th tank armies.

On November 19 and 20, 1942, the troops of the Southwestern, Don and Stalingrad fronts, after powerful artillery preparation, launched a decisive offensive. As a result of bold actions, the 26th tank corps of General A. Rodin crossed the Don and on November 23 took Kalach with a fight.

On the same day, units of the 4th tank corps of General A. Kravchenko of the Southwestern Front and the 4th mechanized corps of General V. Volsky of the Stalingrad Front joined in the Soviet area. There were 22 enemy divisions and more than 160 separate units in the ring.

In commemoration of this event, in 1953, in the Kalachevsky district, at the gateway No. 13 of the Volga-Don shipping canal, the monument "Connection of Fronts" was erected. The multi-figure 16-meter composition reflects the meeting of the soldiers of the two fronts. On the pedestal there are two memorial plaques with the texts:

“On November 23, 1942, in the Kalach region, the Soviet troops of the Southwestern and Stalingrad fronts, in cooperation with the troops of the Don Front, completed the operational encirclement of the enemy, which led to the subsequent defeat of the 330,000-strong group of Nazi troops that broke through to the Volga.”

“Our descendants will never forget the greatness of spirit and the fabulous fortress of Russian soldiers off the banks of the Don and Volga. In the battles to encircle the Nazi troops, the 19th, 45th, 69th, 157th, 102nd tank, 14th motorized rifle and 36th mechanized brigades distinguished themselves.

On October 15, 1967, the monument-ensemble "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" was solemnly opened in Volgograd.

The decision to build a memorial ensemble dedicated to the feat of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943) was made back in January 1958. Construction began in May 1959 and was completed by October 1967.

The project was developed by a team of sculptors and architects led by Vuchetich E. V. Architects: Belopolsky Ya. B., Demin V. A., Lysov F. M. Sculptors: Aleshenko M. S., Matrosov V. E., Maistrenko L. M., Melnik A. N., Marunov V. A., Novikov N. S., Tyurenkov A. A. Head of the engineering group Nikitin N. V.

Marshal V.I. Chuikov, the commander of the army that defended Mamaev Kurgan, became the chief military consultant of the project.

The total area of ​​the architectural and sculptural complex on Mamaev Kurgan is 26 hectares.

The symbolic ruins of Stalingrad, the Square of those who stood to death, the Heroes' Square, the Hall of Military Glory, the Square of Sorrow and other sculptural objects have a great power of emotional impact. Along the serpentine leading to the top of the hill, the remains of 34 thousand 505 soldiers - the defenders of Stalingrad - were reburied.

The logical center of the memorial is the Motherland sculpture. The work of the sculptor Vuchetich and the engineer Nikitin is a multi-meter figure of a woman who swiftly stepped forward with a raised sword. The statue is an allegorical image of the Motherland, calling its sons to fight the enemy. The total height of the monument is 85 m. The height of the female figure is 52 m, the length of the arm is 20 m, the length of the sword is 33 m. The weight of the sculpture is 8 thousand tons, and the sword is 14 tons.

In 2008, Mamaev Kurgan was included in the "7 Wonders of Russia".

Monument-ensemble to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad. Volgograd. Mamayev Kurgan: Set of 10 postcards / Photo by A. Shagin. - M.: Soviet Russia, 1967. - 1 region. (10 separate l.).

Included:
Monument "Stand to the death!"
Heroes Square
Heroes Square
Monument "Sorrow" and a view of the main monument
introductory composition
main monument
General view of the "Wall-ruins"
Detail "Walls-ruins"
Monument "Sorrow"
Detail "Walls-ruins"

When we talk about the monuments of Volgograd, first of all, of course, we remember Mamaev Kurgan. This is truly a holy place for all Russians. After all, it was here in the distant 1943 that terrible bloody battles unfolded, which changed the entire course of the Great Patriotic War. The battle for Volgograd (during the war years - Stalingrad) was destined to become one of the most significant and most difficult pages in the history of the war. It lasted 200 long days, 135 of them on Mamaev Kurgan.

In memory of those terrible and heroic events, a huge memorial complex, impressive in its scale, dedicated to the heroes who died in the Battle of Stalingrad, was erected on this site.

Monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad"

This majestic memorial ensemble, the construction of which was begun under the guidance of the famous architect E. V. Vuchetich back in the 50s of the last century, today is the largest military monument in the world and at the same time the largest mass grave in the world in which Russian soldiers are buried . According to historians, more than 35 thousand people who died during the Battle of Stalingrad are buried here. Many of them were reburied here after the war.

In 2008, Mamaev Kurgan itself and the memorial ensemble erected on it were recognized as one of the wonders of Russia. Undoubtedly, the sculptural compositions that are located here are worthy of a separate description.

High relief "Memory of generations"

So, on the Entrance Square there is a high relief "Memory of Generations". This multi-figure sculpture on a stone wall depicts a funeral procession in honor of fallen heroes. There is also a memorial stele in honor of 12 hero cities.

Sculptural composition "Stand to death"

The next sculptural composition that opens up to our eyes is called “Stand to Death”. It was with this motto that the Soviet soldiers went to the decisive battle. The monument is located on the square of the same name, in the center of the round pool and is a symbol of the most difficult stages of the battle. The central figure of the composition is a sculpture of a Soviet warrior, a warrior-hero, carved from a huge monolithic boulder, who stood up to defend his native city.

ruin walls

A granite staircase goes up from the “Stand to the death” square, and along it are the so-called “Ruin ​​Walls”. This unusual memorial, 46 meters long and 18 meters high, is a kind of heroic chronicle of the Battle of Stalingrad. The voicing of this place with information bureau reports and songs of the war years makes a special impression.

And behind the Ruined Walls we see the Heroes' Square.

Sculptures "Heroes' Square"

On the "Heroes' Square", in the center of which there is a rectangular pool, we see six sculptural compositions of Stalingrad heroes, each of which is a symbol of courage and heroism.

"Hall of Military Glory"

Behind the "Heroes' Square" is the "Hall of Military Glory", in the center of which rises a 5-meter sculpture in the form of a hand holding a torch with fire. And around it are high pylons with images of soldiers of all branches of the Soviet troops.

Sculpture "Mother's Sorrow"

The next sculpture of the memorial complex is a sculpture of a mother, located on the "Sorrow Square". It contains all the pain of mothers who lost their sons in the war.

Monument "Motherland is calling!"

And, finally, the central sculpture of the entire composition, which rises in the center of Mamaev Kurgan and is a symbol of the entire memorial complex, is the sculpture “The Motherland is Calling!”.

A truly impressive monument that symbolizes the call of the Motherland to its sons and is one of the largest in the world. Its total height is 85 meters, and this reinforced concrete sculpture weighs 8,000 tons.

A visit to this place makes an indelible impression and gives hope that the feat of Volgograd will forever remain in the memory of posterity.

Dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War and other monuments of Volgograd.

Monument to Mikhail Panikakha

So, in May 1975, in the Krasnooktyabrsky district of Volgograd, a monument was erected to the hero of the Battle of Stalingrad Mikhail Panikakha - Hero of the Soviet Union, who, sacrificing his own life, stopped the Nazi offensive and helped the 193rd division defend its positions. The brave Ukrainian soldier Mikhail Panikakha rushed to the tank with a bottle of combustible mixture. This tragic moment is captured in the monument erected in his honor in Volgograd.

Monument "Cossack Glory" in Volgograd

Volgograd residents also remember the glorious past of their predecessors - the Cossacks, who contributed to the defense of Russia and the preservation of its unity. This is confirmed by the opening of the monument to the Cossacks "Cossack Glory" in the Victory Park of Volgograd.

This sculptural composition consists of a figure of a Cossack sitting on a horse and a beautiful Cossack woman seeing him off with an icon in her hands.

Volgograd monument to Alexander Nevsky

There is also a monument in Volgograd to such a famous figure in Russian history as Alexander Nevsky. According to historians, he was one of the first to talk about the need to build a watch fortress on the Volga, which became Tsaritsyn - today's Volgograd. The seven-meter monument to Alexander Nevsky, created by sculptor Sergei Shcherbakov, was inaugurated in February 2007 at the Square of the Fallen Fighters.

Mamaev Kurgan is a hill on the right bank of the Volga, located almost in the center of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), and, at the same time, it is the main height of Russia, a sacred place for Russian people. It was here - on "Height 102" (as the mound was designated on military maps) - during the Great Patriotic War, during the Battle of Stalingrad, fierce battles took place, Soviet soldiers fought to the death. Rising above the central part of the city, it was an important link in the general defense system of the Stalingrad Front, since it allowed the one who controlled the top of the mound to control almost the entire city, the Volga region and the crossings across the Volga.

Since then, Mamaev Kurgan has become known to the whole world as the scene of some of the fiercest battles of the Second World War, and where its radical turn took place. It is here that today the monument-ensemble "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" is located - the largest and most majestic memorial complex dedicated to the victory of Soviet troops in the Great Patriotic War.

The battles for this height lasted 135 days out of 200 days of the Battle of Stalingrad, the slopes of the mound were plowed up with bombs, shells, and mines. And after the end of the fighting, they began to bury the dead from all over the city here - this is about 34.5 thousand people. At the same time, the idea of ​​building a monument in the city, in memory of the great battle and the defenders of the Motherland who died here, arose.

An all-Union competition for the design of the monument was announced immediately after the war, and all sorts of options were submitted for it. But by decision of Stalin, E. Vuchetich, who by that time had already created a memorial in Berlin, was appointed the author of the future memorial. Under his leadership, a team of sculptors, architects, and engineers worked on the project. By the way, the engineering group was led by Doctor of Technical Sciences N. Nikitin, the author of the calculation of the Ostankino TV tower. It was he who performed the most complex calculations of the stability of the construction of the monument "The Motherland Calls!". And the main military consultant of the project was Marshal of the Soviet Union V. Chuikov, commander of the 62nd Army during the war years, holding "Height 102".

In January 1958, the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to start the construction of the monument, and in May 1959 construction work began, which was carried out in an intensive mode. Despite this, the scale and complexity of the composition of the planned ensemble required several years for its implementation. Large earthworks were carried out, and it was also here that reinforced concrete was used for the first time in the practice of building monuments.

The grand opening of the cultural and historical monument-ensemble "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamaev Kurgan took place on October 15, 1967.

This complex on Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd is still a unique engineering structure and architectural and sculptural ensemble, united by a common concept, a common idea. Its total area is 26 hectares, and the length of the entire complex from the foot to the top of the hill is 1.5 km. Compositionally, it consists of architectural and spatial links, as if strung on a single axis. Following in one direction, one level is replaced by another, and as it rises, all new elements of the composition are revealed.

The main elements of the monument-ensemble are the introductory high-relief composition "Memory of Generations", the Alley of Pyramid Poplars, the Square "Fighting to Death", the ruin walls, the Heroes' Square, the retaining wall-relief, the Hall of Military Glory, the Square of Sorrow with the monument "Grieving Mother" , the monument "The Motherland Calls!", military memorial cemetery, memorial arboretum at the foot of the mound, the Church of All Saints.

The main figure and compositional center of the entire ensemble is the monument “The Motherland Calls!”, which is located on a huge bulk mound about 14 meters high, in which the remains of 34,505 soldiers - the defenders of Stalingrad are buried. 200 granite steps lead from the foot of the mound to its top - according to the number of days of the Battle of Stalingrad. The very sculpture "Motherland is calling!" impresses with its size and shape. She is a 52-meter figure of a woman (she towers over the city and is visible for tens of kilometers), in her right hand is a sword 33 meters long (weight 14 tons). The monument is made of reinforced concrete (5,500 tons of concrete and 2,400 tons of metal structures), and it was cast once, not allowing the concrete to harden, so as not to get seams. Inside there are 99 steel ropes that tighten the structure, a cable monitoring room and a ladder. The statue stands on a 2-meter-high slab (which lies on the main foundation), but is not fastened to the foundation in any way, but is held by gravity.

In 2008, the monument-ensemble, after merging with the Stalingrad Battle Panorama Museum, was included in the list of federal monuments and became known as the Battle of Stalingrad State Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve. In the same year, he became one of the wonders of our country, winning the final of the 7 Wonders of Russia competition.

Today, the historical and memorial complex "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" is the most visited monument in Russia - every year about three million people from Russia and other countries visit Mamaev Kurgan to see the unique creation of Soviet masters and honor the blessed memory of the heroic defenders of Stalingrad.

A memorial monument with the inscription: "In memory of the Romanian prisoners of war of the Second World War who died in Russia" was opened in the Krasnoarmeisky district by a delegation from Romania, together with officials from the administration of Volgograd and the administration of the Volgograd region.

The installation of the monument is connected with the initiative of Romania to perpetuate the memory of its soldiers and officers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad, V1.ru was told in the administration of the Volgograd region.

Back in 1995, Russia and Romania signed agreements on ensuring the safety and maintenance of Russian military graves abroad and foreign military graves in the Russian Federation, the administration said. - Within the framework of these agreements, in 1996, at the request of the War Memorials Association, the administration of Volgograd granted a site in the village of Sakko and Vanzetti in the Krasnoarmeisky district for unlimited use. It was handed over for the arrangement of the cemetery of foreign prisoners of war of the 1st department of the 108th Beketovsky camp. In 2005, an agreement was concluded between the governments of Russia and Romania that military personnel, including those who were taken prisoner, and people who died or died during the First and Second World Wars and in the post-war period, buried on the territory of the two countries, have the right to a worthy place of rest, the creation and care of which must be properly provided. On this basis, the Romanian side and the "War Memorials" expressed their desire to erect a commemorative sign in the period from May 10 to 15 this year.

Sergey Chikhirev, a representative of the Association of International Military Memorial Cooperation "War Memorials", told V1.ru that the installation of a memorial stone in the Krasnoarmeisky district is due to the fact that the remains of 35 Romanian prisoners of war are buried in the cemetery.

The installation initiative belongs to the consulate and the authorities of Romania, as well as organizations involved in the care of military graves. It's hard to pick just one. Rather, it was a general idea. The monument was made in advance and brought to Volgograd, - Sergey Chikhirev explained. - On behalf of Romania, the opening of the monument was attended by the ambassador together with his family, the consul from Rostov-on-Don, the embassy workers. Only about 10 people. Volgograd was represented by employees of the committee on international relations of the regional administration and the deputy head of the Krasnoarmeisky district. Everyone met at the cemetery, and the Romanians thanked the Volgograd authorities for the opportunity to erect the monument and constructive cooperation. The whole event took 20-30 minutes. The ambassador mentioned in his speech that there are about 300 graves and monuments to Soviet soldiers on the territory of Romania. They guarantee they will be taken care of.

Then the Romanians went to Astrakhan to open a small monument. In the near future, they plan to open a prefabricated cemetery in the city of Apsheronsk, Krasnodar Territory. They are going to perpetuate the memory of not only soldiers and prisoners of war, but also civilians who lived in southern Russia. In Romania, there is a special program that allocates funds for the installation of such monuments.

According to the representative of the "War Memorials", the opening of the monument at the combined Hungarian-German-Romanian cemetery is explained, first of all, by pragmatic reasons.

Mostly Germans are buried in the cemetery in the village of Sacco and Vanzetti. There are about 120 of them and 35 Romanians. There are fewer Hungarians. The installation of the monument there is connected with the fact that it would be easier to take care of the graves and the monument. The opening of the monument will help preserve the memory of prisoners and soldiers, so that contemporaries can see who is buried in this particular place. If Romanian soldiers are lying here, then it is logical to indicate this with a commemorative sign. Nothing more. The reason is simple - 35 Romanian prisoners of war are buried here. Therefore, the inscription on the stone speaks of this. Another monument has been standing for many years at the old cemetery in the city of Uryupinsk, Volgograd Region, where during the war years there was a hospital for prisoners of war.

"War memorials" have long been engaged in the search, exhumation and establishment of the fate of foreign soldiers who fought near Stalingrad in the Volgograd region.

In recent years, the remains of more than 1,000 Romanian soldiers have been discovered and reburied,” Sergei Chikhirev said. - They are buried at the Memorial Cemetery in Rossoshki. Two monuments were erected to the Romanians in Russia and one combined cemetery was opened in Rossoshki. There are about 300 monuments and two prefabricated cemeteries to Hungarian soldiers and prisoners of war in Russia. Our government takes care of them. As part of a parity partnership, the same Germans and Romanians support the proper burial of Soviet soldiers in their countries. Our organization provides funding and finds people who care for foreign burials.

The opening of the monument in the village of Sacco and Vanzetti was carried out quietly, without the involvement of television cameras and journalists. According to Sergei Chikhirev, this is due to the difficult political situation and difficult relations with the Volgograd authorities.

Our main goal was to open a monument, not to make a fuss. We did not have the task of giving it wide publicity. We wanted to do it quietly and calmly, so as not to cause a negative reaction in society. Although for many years of work, people are calm and understanding, unlike those who are trying to stir up a scandal in their own mercantile interests.

Maybe it has something to do with the scandal last year. Then, the deputy ambassador of Romania invited the governor of the Volgograd region to the reburial, where he used the wording “our heroes” in an official letter. People were outraged. From the outside, this may seem like blasphemy, but the Romanians have such a naming of their soldiers in the vocabulary of normal practice. In Romania, this is how they call all the dead soldiers, no matter what historical era they died in. Romanians treat their military personnel with respect. We warned the diplomats, but they did not listen to us. The result was a scandal. The whole story was blown up, and no one wanted to figure it out. But there are agreements between countries, the legal basis for interaction.

According to the representative of the "War Memorials", misunderstanding happens on the part of local administrations.