Friendship sealed by the great victory: a stela in honor of soldiers from Uzbekistan was opened on Sinivinsky Hill Today, November 6, a memorial stela was unveiled "in honor of the brave sons of the Uzbek people who showed bravery under the walls of Leningrad (1941-1944)" on the territory of the memorial complex of Sinivinsky Hill in the Kirovsky District. The event was initiated by the St. Petersburg public organization "The Center for the Support and Development of Uzbek Culture" with the support of the Committee for Foreign Relations of the Leningrad Region. Sinivinsky Heights is one of the most tragic and heroic places in the Battle of Leningrad. Here during the Great Patriotic War there were heavy battles, and in September 1941 the siege ring was closed. On this land, the operation to break it out began in January 1943. More than 350 thousand Soviet soldiers died in battles on the territory of the current region. The stela commemorated Uzbek-born soldiers who fought on the Sinivinsky Plateau, the Nevsky Pig, the head of the Orninbaum Bridge, and the Volkhov Front. In the battle for Leningrad, people of dozens of nationalities stood shoulder to shoulder - from Siberia, the North Pole, the Far East, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in St. Petersburg, the Uzbek diaspora of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the House of Friendship of the Leningrad Region, as well as the head of the administration of the Kirov Municipal District Sergey Alkhaninov. The welcoming speech of Governor Alexander Drozdenko was read by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Leningrad Region Alexander Samchukov. The head of the region noted that the region has developed a tradition of commemorating the memory of soldiers who came to defend Leningrad from different parts of the country. "They shared one trench, breadcrumbs and ammunition with their fellow soldiers, and demonstrated extraordinary courage, perseverance and self-sacrifice.

Friendship sealed by the great victory: a stela in honor of soldiers from Uzbekistan was opened on Sinivinsky Hill Today, November 6, a memorial stela was unveiled "in honor of the brave sons of the Uzbek people who showed bravery under the walls of Leningrad (1941-1944)" on the territory of the memorial complex of Sinivinsky Hill in the Kirovsky District. The event was initiated by the St. Petersburg public organization "The Center for the Support and Development of Uzbek Culture" with the support of the Committee for Foreign Relations of the Leningrad Region. Sinivinsky Heights is one of the most tragic and heroic places in the Battle of Leningrad. Here during the Great Patriotic War there were heavy battles, and in September 1941 the siege ring was closed. On this land, the operation to break it out began in January 1943. More than 350 thousand Soviet soldiers died in battles on the territory of the current region. The stela commemorated Uzbek-born soldiers who fought on the Sinivinsky Plateau, the Nevsky Pig, the head of the Orninbaum Bridge, and the Volkhov Front. In the battle for Leningrad, people of dozens of nationalities stood shoulder to shoulder - from Siberia, the North Pole, the Far East, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in St. Petersburg, the Uzbek diaspora of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, the House of Friendship of the Leningrad Region, as well as the head of the administration of the Kirov Municipal District Sergey Alkhaninov. The welcoming speech of Governor Alexander Drozdenko was read by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Leningrad Region Alexander Samchukov. The head of the region noted that the region has developed a tradition of commemorating the memory of soldiers who came to defend Leningrad from different parts of the country. "They shared one trench, breadcrumbs and ammunition with their fellow soldiers, and demonstrated extraordinary courage, perseverance and self-sacrifice.