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| Norway erects monument to fallen Soviet pilots |
| 2021-10-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [NewsFront] On October 7, six Soviet pilots who died on June 17, 1944 in a crash off the local shores of the Katalina amphibious aircraft, a grand opening of the monument took place in Norway. It is reported that the ceremony was attended by the Minister of Defense of Norway Frank Bakke-Jensen, representatives of local authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture of Norway, the Norwegian Armed Forces and Police, as well as the US Embassy in Norway. On the Russian side, the military attaché at the Russian Embassy in Norway, Alexander Kosarev, and the Consul General in Kirkenes, Nikolai Konygin, who noted the importance of preserving the common historical heritage, expressed gratitude. The monument was erected thanks to a Russian initiative in 2017. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Russia took an active part in its implementation, from the Norwegian side - the leadership of the Hasvik commune, the Military Burial Service of the Ministry of Culture of Norway. "The monument is a stone stele about 2.5 meters high with a bronze bas-relief, which lists the names of the victims and depicts the figures of pilots against the background of an amphibious aircraft," the embassy said. |
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