Norway honors memory of Red Army soldiers

Oslo, May 9 (Prensa Latina) A solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet soldiers who liberated Norway from the Nazi invaders took place today at the Vestre Gravlund cemetery in this capital.

May 9, 2023
10:24

Diplomatic delegations from the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Serbia took part in the meeting, noted the local television news.

At the end of the ceremony, the participants laid flowers at the monument to the Yugoslav guerrillas who died in Norway, located at the same cemetery. As many as 347 Red Army soldiers are buried in the Oslo Western Cemetery, created in 1947.

In October next year, Russia and Norway will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation to liberate the Kola Arctic and northern Norway from the Nazis.

Norway was occupied by Germany in the spring of 1940.

During World War II, 212 Soviet prison camps existed in the Nordic country, which held about 100,000 people.

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