The Soviet people gave millions of lives for the great victory, and South Ossetia was close to the fraternal people during the Great Patriotic War, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov said at the gala reception of the Embassy on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Portraits of the Great Patriotic War veterans were carried on Thursday on the main square of the capital of South Ossetia.
Following the traditional Victory Parade, a mass procession took place in honor of Victory Day - the “Immortal Regiment”.
The procession was led by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev and Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov.
The head of state carried a portrait of his grandfather’s brother Mate Gagloev, who went missing during the Great Patriotic War.
South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov congratulated each other on the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Foreign Ministry press service reports.
“The sacred holiday of the Great Victory has enormous unifying power for many peoples and generations. This is a day of enduring glory, military and civil valor, the fortitude of the multinational Soviet people, who stood shoulder to shoulder in the difficult struggle against fascism,” Akhsar Dzhioev’s congratulation message says.
Contrary to expectations, Nazism, defeated during the Second World War, did not disappear; it only lay hidden for many decades. In some countries, the direct heirs of former SS men, punishers, policemen and ideological followers of Nazi ideas managed to instill their ideas in a certain part of society. This was stated in the speech of South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev at the Victory Parade in Tskhinval.
On all fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Ossetian warriors showed vivid examples of heroism, military art and readiness not to spare either themselves or the enemy for the sake of victory, South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev said, speaking on Thursday at the military parade in Tskhinval on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Victory in WWII.
On Tuesday the delegation of South Ossetia took part in the funeral ceremony of farewell to Doctor of History Vladimir Kuznetsov, the press service of the Republic’s Parliament reports.
“The farewell ceremony for the Soviet and Russian historian and archaeologist in Vladikavkaz was attended by Chairman of the Parliament of South Ossetia Alan Alborov, rector of the South Ossetian State University Vadim Tedeev and the head of the South Ossetian consulate in Vladikavkaz Maurice Sanakoev,” the statement of the press service reads.
The Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia laid a wreath on behalf of the people of the Republic at the foot of the Motherland monument at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg.
The event took place on Wednesday, on the eve of the celebration of the 79th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War.
As noted by the press service of the diplomatic organization, the column of representatives of diplomatic missions was traditionally led by the delegation of the South Ossetian Embassy in Russia.
A minute of silence was observed in memory of the victims.
At the Tskhinval school No. 3, the opening ceremony of a memorial plaque was held in honor of the evacuation hospital No. 1960, deployed on the territory of the educational institution during the Great Patriotic War, has taken place. Here, soldiers who were wounded on the battlefields received medical care.
The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev, Speaker of Parliament Alan Alborov, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, heads of the ministries and departments.
In the capital of South Ossetia, the official opening of a monument to the Soviet-Russian illegal intelligence officer, a native of South Ossetia, Vladimir Iosifovich Lokhov, has taken place.
The bust was installed near the Parliament building of the Republic. The opening ceremony was attended by the leadership of the Republic led by President Alan Gagloev, Lokhov’s son and daughter Igor and Alla, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, representatives of ministries and departments, as well as the public.
On the eve of the celebration of the 79th anniversary of the Victory in Tskhinval, a solemn ceremony was held to lay a Garland of Glory and Memory at the Obelisk of the fallen during the Great Patriotic War.
The event was attended by the leadership of the Republic led by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, Russian Ambassador to the Republic of South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, ex-President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov, representatives of ministries and departments, as well as the public.