President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev laid flowers and wreaths at the monument to the 13 Communards at the Zguder cemetery.
South Ossetia on Thursday is remembering the victims of the 1920 genocide.
The funeral ceremony was also attended by the Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev, Speaker of Parliament Alan Alborov, heads of the ministries and departments, deputies of the legislative body, the public of the Republic, and students.
In memory of the victims of the genocide of the Ossetian people, white balloons were launched into the sky.
June 20 in South Ossetia is the day of remembrance of the victims of the genocide carried out by Georgia since 1920. Thousands of Ossetians have become victims of inhuman crimes on ethnic grounds for more than 100 years, more than 100 thousand were forced to leave their homes, and many families still do not know the fate of their missing loved ones.
