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.
“South Ossetia is known for its military and labor exploits during the Great Patriotic War. More than 20 thousand residents of a small region were fighting on the fronts. Almost half (more than 11 thousand) of them did not return home. More than seven thousand soldiers are still to be missing,” the statement says.
34 Ossetians became heroes of the Soviet Union; eight of them were natives of South Ossetia. Among them are famous commanders - twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic, Army General Issa Pliev, Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Georgy Khetagurov, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General Khadzhi-Umar Mamsurov and many others. No nation has given the world as many heroes and generals in relation to its numbers as the Ossetians.
South Ossetia’s economic contribution to the approach of the Great Victory is no less important. Already on June 23, 1941, the authorities of South Ossetia, with the approval of the highest Soviet leadership, ordered the creation of a large military rear base of the USSR in this region. And at the end of June 1941, South Ossetia became one of the main rear bases of the Soviet army, as well as the economy of the entire country.
In addition, over 20 thousand Soviet citizens evacuated in 1941-1942 found shelter, treatment, food and work here from temporarily occupied areas and from the front line. At the same time, the Stalinir – Dzau – Buron – Dzaudzhikau (Vladikavkaz) highway, 180 km away, became the most important supply artery for Soviet troops in the North Caucasus.
