Pridnestrovians honored the memory of the heroic liberators

At the capital's Glory Memorial – a sacred place for every Pridnestrovian, thousands of grateful descendants of the victors paid tribute to the soldiers who defended freedom at the cost of their lives. The pouring rain did not stop people whose hearts are filled with gratitude to those who went through the fire of war and to those who brought victory closer in the rear. Pridnestrovians under umbrellas and in raincoats came to the Eternal Flame – a place where memory will never fade. The ceremony began with a minute of silence in memory of those who did not return from the battlefields and those who left us before the 80th anniversary of the Victory. In a single line with all Pridnestrovians in memory of their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers, eternally young soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army, the top officials of the state laid fresh flowers at the Eternal Flame and granite slabs - President of the PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the PMR Galina Antyufeeva, Chairman of the Government Alexander Rosenberg, deputies, heads of ministries and departments. Scarlet carnations were laid at the graves of the fallen heroes by Vladimir Gromov, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, a heavy machine gunner, awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree and the Order of the Patriotic War, a participant in two Moscow Victory Parades – 2015 and 2018. Svetlana Mizernyuk walked from the theater building to the Glory Memorial in the Immortal Regiment today. Her father Anton Sukhoryabov was a captain-commander of the 98th artillery regiment, liberated Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk, and crossed the Dnieper. His brother Vladimir was a pilot and commanded an air division. Both went to the front at the beginning of the war, and their paths diverged on the battlefield. The brothers met in 1943. However, this meeting turned out to be their last. Anton Sukhoryabov died in March 1944 in Krivoy Rog, and Vladimir went through the entire war, met victory in Germany, and continued his military career. He died in 1950 during the Korean War.

Svetlana Antonovna was born in the village of Nesterovtsy, Khmelnytsky region. The Germans captured this territory in the first months of the war. A cruel occupation regime was introduced for the population, and local Jews were driven into a ghetto. Remembering our heroes is our sacred duty, Svetlana Mizernyuk is convinced. They gave their lives for our future. It is our duty to pass on the memory of them and their immortal feat to the younger generations now.