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Monument to Arctic convoys unveiled in Iceland

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Monument to Arctic convoys unveiled in Iceland


02.11.2017

Frederick Donald Blake. Public Ownership//wikimedia.orgA monument to the Arctic convoy ships’ sailors was unveiled in Iceland, TASS informs.

President of Iceland Gudni Johannesson, Russian Ambassador to Iceland Anton Vasilyev, Governor of Archangelsk Region Igor Orov and local public figures were present at the gala ceremony of unveiling the monument titled The Hope for Peace.

The monument’s author is Vladimir Surovtsev. It is a reduced copy of the monument set in honor of 60th anniversary of World War II Victory at the military cemetery Fossvogur in Reykjavik. It was set in Hvalfjordur – the place where allies were equipping convoy ships with weapons and machinery and sending them to Murmansk and Archangelsk.

The head of Iceland Gudni Johannesson has noted that the Arctic convoys made a considerable contribution into the Great Victory and became a symbol of courage and unity of peoples fighting against fascism. The politician paid tribute to bravery and decisiveness of people who risked their lives for the sake of the common good and called for keeping the memory of the convoy participants.

The allies sent around 1400 convoy ships to USSR with equipment and weapons during WWII. 1942 was the most difficult year for the ships, when German submarines sent several dozens of cargo and war ships to the bottom.

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