Victory Day in cities and districts

Dnestrovsk

The Immortal Regiment began in Dnestrovsk on May 9 first in the republic. At 8.15, residents of the satellite city of Tiraspol marched in a slender column along the main street of Dnestrovsk with portraits of their relatives and friends, ancestors who, at the cost of their lives, won peace for all of us. Then a memorial rally took place, the MGRES telegram channel reports.

The parliamentarian came to the solemn and memorial events with his youngest son Viktor. They laid a basket of flowers at the monument to fallen soldiers and officers of the Red Army together with the leadership of the city of Dnestrovsk and the Moldavian GRES.

Bendery

The celebrations began on Liberation Square in Bendery, where thousands of citizens gathered with portraits of their relatives – participants in the Great Patriotic War. Detachments of young patriots from different schools of the city unfurled the Victory Banner. Then the column of the "Immortal Regiment" headed to Heroes' Square. Descendants of the victors, citizens, the younger generation, city leadership, Supreme Council deputy Sergei Pisarenko and city council deputies marched in one formation.

Bendery residents were shown videos with the memories of veterans of the Great Patriotic War on the renovated Heroes' Square, the website of the state administration reports. The memory of those who died on the battlefields, concentration camp prisoners, blockade survivors, partisans and all those who gave their lives for Victory during the Great Patriotic War was honored with a minute of silence.

The sacred place of memory for Bendery residents for the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory – the Glory Memorial on Heroes' Square, was opened after a large-scale restoration. Design and electrical installation work was carried out, architectural lighting was created, the entrance group, guns and the stele itself were reconstructed, which became taller. Granite slabs with panels depicting the key stages of the liberation of the city of Bendery were also updated, landscaping and landscaping work was carried out. The fence was reconstructed and the pavement was replaced at the memorial, as well as along Suvorov and Tomary Kruchok streets.

Fresh flowers were laid at the foot of the slabs with the names of the liberating soldiers, the Eternal Flame and the stele at the Memorial.

Rybnitsa

The commemorative events dedicated to the Great Victory Day began in Rybnitsa with the laying of flowers at the memorial sign of Major General K.N. Tsvetkov, commander of the 41st Guards Order of Suvorov Korsun-Danube Rifle Division, which on March 30, 1944, liberated Rybnitsa from the Nazi invaders. The Victory Banner was raised on the central square of Rybnitsa, and then the residents of Rybnitsa marched in a column with portraits of their ancestors to the Glory Memorial. Grateful descendants of Soviet citizens who went through the war laid flowers at the Eternal Flame. Deputies of the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic for the Rybnitsa districts Vadim Kravchuk, Andrey Safonov, Yakov Galak, Valentin Matveychuk, Vasily Kunitsky took part in the events. Deputy for District No. 14 "Metallurgical" Vadim Kravchuk addressed his voters. The parliamentarian congratulated Rybnitsa residents on the holiday of the Great Victory of the Soviet people over fascism

Grigoriopol

A solemn rally dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory was held Early in the morning on the Square of Defenders of Pridnestrovie in Grigoriopol. Representatives of labor collectives, public organizations, students, military personnel, residents and guests of the Grigoriopol district took part in it. The "Immortal Regiment" also joined the event, becoming a living part of the memorial ceremony. The participants in the procession proudly carried portraits of their relatives – those who fought on the front lines, forged victory in the rear, survived the horrors of war in childhood. A ceremony of raising the Banner of Victory and the state flag of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic took place in memory of the feat of the Soviet people. To the sounds of the anthem, the square froze in a minute of solemn silence, the website of the state administration of the Grigoriopol district reports. A special moment of the ceremony was the presentation of the jubilee medal "80 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" to Darya Ivanovna Starykh, the only participant in the military operations remaining in the district. A column of Grigoriopol residents with portraits of their fathers and grandfathers walked along the streets of the city. Then, a ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths took place at the Memorial Complex "Grieving Mother". It became a tribute to the memory of all who fought and died during the war, died from wounds already in peacetime, who shed blood on the Pridnestrovian land, cleared the fields and restored life after the Victory. Deputy of the Supreme Council for District No. 7 Oleg Leontyev took part in the memorial and solemn events. 

Dubossary

A solemn ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War took place in the morning in the Victory Square in the center of Dubossary. The highlight of the program was the number "Victory Ball" – more than 200 schoolchildren performed a waltz on the square. In a solemn atmosphere, more than 20 young Dubossary residents received a passport of a citizen of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, writes the official website of the Dubossary district.

Residents of Dubossary, joining the column of the "Immortal Regiment", proceeded to the Memorial of Military Glory accompanied by music – the composition "Do not forget Victory Day" was performed by the municipal brass band after the end of the ceremony. In front, the young army members carried portraits of the Heroes of the Soviet Union, and behind them – residents of Dubossary, in their hands, portraits of their relatives and friends – the heroes of the war. Deputy of the Supreme Council for District No. 11 Boris German took part in all the events.

Slobodzeya

Hundreds of people took part in the "Immortal Regiment" procession in Slobodzeya. Children and adults laid flowers at the Eternal Flame and memorial plaques of the Glory Memorial in the pouring rain, the Slobodzeya District Telegram channel reports. A ceremonial rally was held in the city center. "Living Memory of Past Years" theatrical performance began after it in the large hall of the district House of Culture.

Deputy of the Supreme Council Pavel Shinkaryuk took part in the events.

Deputies from rural districts took part in the Victory Day celebrations with their constituents in the villages.

Kamenka

Ceremonial events took place in Kamenka. A rally, flower laying, "Immortal Regiment", the "St. George's Ribbon" mass event and songs from the war years in memory of the feat of Soviet soldiers and officers.