Photo: Jerzy Tyts of Kursk organization at the opening of the monument / facebook.com / Stkursk
A monument installed at the burial site of Soviet prisoners of war opened after the completion of restoration work in the Polish village of Goryń (Masovian Voivodeship), EADaily reports.
The solemn ceremony took place this weekend with the participation of Polish veterans and Russian compatriots living in Poland. The mass grave, where seven hundred people are buried, is located in a civil cemetery. Earlier there was a two meters high monument carved out of stone at the burial site.
Over the past quarter century, the grave fell into the state of neglect, the tombstone fell into decay and began to come apart which meant a real threat of collapsing.
The Polish public organization Kursk took lead in the restoration of the monument. Its leader Jerzy Tyts expressed his gratitude to the St. Petersburg charitable foundation Kronstadt Naval Cathedral and the Russian Defense Ministry. Unfortunately, there was no information on the people buried in the mass grave and heir names could not be established.
Russkiy Mir reported the restoration of the monument to have taken place at the expense of the presidential grant and donations of Russians and Poles. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense also took part in it.
According to the organizers of the Immortal Names project, the restoration of the memorial to Soviet prisoners of war is a unique indicator that in today's difficult times when Western politicians and the media deliberately distort history and manipulate it, it is still possible to unite the society and authorities of the two countries for a good and important case.
Russkiy Mir
