The war broke into the city ...

April 1, like June 19, will forever remain in the memory of the residents of Bendery. On April morning in 1992, two armored personnel carriers of the Moldovan OPON entered the city treacherously. Of these, the nationalists opened fire to patrol car of the Pridnestrovian traffic militia and shot passing bus with workers of cotton spinning factory. Igor Grek, Anatoly Petrov died, Grigory Yechin died later. Pridnestrovian guardsmen, whose cantonment buildings were located a few blocks from the armed incident as well as the people militia of the repair plant came to the aid of the state traffic inspectors that morning. But they were attacked by Moldavian armored vehicles. In a straight line of fire was guardsman Viktor Taranov, as well as the militiamen Alexander Barbakar and Sergei Babuek. They all died. 14 people were injured. Later, the former st. Sovkhoznaya street was renamed to Captain Yechin Street, a chapel was installed at the scene of the shooting of the militiamen.

Sacred memory annually leads citizens and Pridnestrovians to the place of those tragic events. This year, the President Vadim Krasnoselsky, Chairman of the Supreme Council Alexander Korshunov, parliamentarians Oleg Petrik, Anton Onufienko, Sergey Pisarenko, Oleg Belyakov, Yury Kucherenko, Yury Kravchuk, Ruslan Gareyev and government representatives took part in the memorial meeting with residents of Bendery and relatives of the victims.

The Archbishop of Tiraspol and Dubossary Sawa served the lity for the dead.

The first mourning speech was made by the head of the local Department of Internal Affairs Dmitry Kargapolov.

Each year, the deputy of the Supreme Council from Bendery Anton Onufienko considers it a duty to come to this place.

At the end of the commemorative meeting, the internal affairs officers traditionally marched in a solemn march.

In continuation of the commemorative events, the leadership of the republic laid flowers to the memorial plaque where the first Head of the Bendery militia department lived as well as the first ombudsman Vasily Kalko.