Photo: Ministry of Defence of Russia
Ministry of Defence has ascertained the name of another Russian sailor buried in the USA, TASS informs.
Through research, it was found out that the grave of Stepan Bily is located in the historical Greenwood Cemetery. Seaman was a crew member of Alexander Nevsky frigate. He died on September 26, 1863 and was buried in Brooklyn.
As Russkiy Mir informed, Ministry of Defence representatives on organizing and maintenance military memorial work in the United States found out earlier that graves of six sailors are located at one of New York cemeteries. Their names were figured out as well. Five of them were crew members of Alexander Nevsky, Peresvet and Oslyabya battleships. These ships were in the squadron that Russian authorities sent to the US coast during the years of Civil War of North and South.
Sixth sailor was a crew member of Svetlana frigate. He arrived to the USA in the beginning of 1870’s at the invitation of the US President.
There are no tombstones on sailors’ graves yet. Russian army promised to install them in 2019.
It should be recalled that Timofey Chuparinov and Nikolai Pavlov are buried in Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Broomall, Pennsylvania. They were crew members of Varyag cruiser and Retvizan battleship. The dates of burial are 1900 and 1901; at that time, these battleships were under construction on Philadelphia shipyards.
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