Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov, together with Alvina Borisova, who survived the siege, laid flowers at the Eternal Fire at the monument to the Siberian Warriors near Istra. This was reported by the press service of the head of the district.
“We are with you in a symbolic place. Here, on the 42nd kilometer of the Volokolamsk Highway, heavy fighting took place in the winter of 1941. Colonel Afanasy Beloborodov’s 78th Siberian Rifle Division defended this line. Our fighters were then able not only to stop the German troops, but also to go on the offensive. The governor said that in 2001 a monument to the “Siberian Warriors” appeared on this site.
It was recorded that Alvina Borisova was born in 1940 in Leningrad. She spent all 872 days in the besieged city. Now the veteran lives in the city of Pushkin. with the wife of her granddaughter Ivan, who is currently serving in the special military operations zone. His wife, Maria, also attended the spawning ceremony.
Gazi emphasized that Victory Day is the biggest holiday in the life of Russians. “I met on May 9, 1945 in Leningrad. It was the first day I saw the sun, because before that we lived by closing the windows with boards. The windows were shattered by the impact of the explosion. Thanks to my mother’s efforts, we managed to survive, she shared the last bread with me,” he said.
Borisova emphasized that she flies to Leningrad every year to visit the graves of her mother and siblings. She also noted that she was alone with her sister, who lives in the Ivanovo region today. The veteran has three grandchildren.
After the laying ceremony, the governor met with the staff of the Lenino-Snegirevsky Museum, which was opened on the initiative of the local people on May 9, 1967 in an old school building. Among the exhibits are military equipment and personal items found on battlefields.
Recall that in the memorial complex “Siberian Warriors” the memory of 2 armies, 26 divisions, 6 rifle brigades, formations and 19 Siberian soldiers who were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the battle of Moscow is immortalized. The grand opening of the monument took place on December 5, 2001, the 60th anniversary of the start of the counteroffensive.