110 years ago, the legendary cruiser "Variag", formerly part of the Arctic Ocean Fleet, arrived in Scotland for repairs. While the ship was in the Glasgow shipyards in November 1916, the sailors who served on the ship participated in the First World War XI. Daltsov and S. Mishchuk-Kmelnyuk, passed away. Already today their graves were discovered in the Western Necropolis Cemetery in this Scottish city thanks to the efforts of the participants in the online project "Russian Monuments". Its purpose is to search for Russian military graves abroad. The necessary documents were also provided by the Russian State Archives of the Navy (St. Petersburg).
The Russian Consul General in Edinburgh D.I. Moskalenko visited the western cemetery of the necropolis to honor the memory of the Russian sailors and laid flowers on their graves. According to the Orthodox custom, the rector of the parish of St. Kentigern, priest of the Diocese of Soroz of the Russian Orthodox Church, Neil Lyubchenko, together with the parish choir, performed a funeral service. The event was also attended by their compatriots living in Glasgow.