The culmination was the laying of wreaths at the monument to the Red Army on Slavin Hill in the center of Bratislava.
In an interview with TASS, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Slovakia Vladislav Kulikov said that on Saturday the citizens of the republic and Russian compatriots living there honored the memory of the Red Army soldiers fighting for the liberation of Slovakia from Nazism.
“In Slovakia, events were held to honor the memory of Soviet soldiers-liberators,” he emphasized. – They took place under the conditions of the country’s emergency regime due to coronavirus and were individual in nature, since strict social restrictions must be strictly observed. The culmination was the laying of wreaths at the monument to the Red Army on Slavin Hill in the center of Bratislava. The ambassadors of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan to Slovakia, Russian compatriots, and the Slovak public came to bow to the heroes there. Earlier, the laying on Slavin was carried out by representatives of the highest Slovak leadership. ”
In addition, on May 9, a large-scale action in memory of the Red Army was organized in Slovakia, organized by a public figure and former Ambassador of the Republic to Russia Augustin Chisar. It has become absolutely unprecedented in the current pandemic.
“The coronavirus cannot stop the Slovaks from expressing the most sincere gratitude to the Red Army men who saved their homeland from the Nazis. On Victory Day, 40 graves of Soviet soldiers who fell during the liberation of the country from the Nazis will lay wreaths with the inscription: “Remember. Your great-grandchildren. ” A variety of people take part in the passing assignment – from public activists to mayors of cities, ”Tassar told TASS.