In memory of the tragic events in South Ossetia

Representatives of state authorities and government, and citizens gathered to honor the memory of those who died in South Ossetia during the August 2008 war in Tiraspol, at the chapel of St. George the Victorious at the Memorial of Glory. A memorial service and flower laying took place. The commemorative event was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Galina Antyufeeva.

Tskhinval hosted festive events dedicated to the Year of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in South Ossetia a month before the start of the tragedy. They were attended by a delegation of Pridnestrovie headed by President Igor Smirnov. Thematic exhibitions and round tables were held, creative teams performed.

It was noted at a commemorative event in Tiraspol that after a period of numerous provocations on the night of August 7-8, 2008, with the support of artillery, columns of Georgian tanks and assault detachments advanced towards Tskhinvali, the so-called "restoration of constitutional order in the South Ossetian conflict zone" began. Buildings and part of the residential areas of the capital of South Ossetia - Tskhinvali were destroyed, civilians were killed as a result of the hostilities. The Russian Federation came to the rescue. The Georgian aggressors were pushed out of South Ossetia by Russian peacekeepers. The armed conflict, which lasted 5 days, claimed the lives of thousands of civilians, militias, soldiers and peacekeepers. The memory of the victims of aggression was honored with a minute of silence.

Pridnestrovie provided humanitarian assistance to restore the destroyed Tskhinval and a number of villages. Volunteer rescue teams were sent from our republic. South Ossetia celebrated the Day of Recognition of Independence on August 26. The city was still in ruins. Burnt tanks stood on the streets, there was cinder everywhere, eyewitnesses of those events recall.

Flowers in memory of the dead were laid by the deputies of the Youth Parliament, students of the Pridnestrovian State University. A center for the study of peacekeeping operations has been operating at the main university of the republic since July 1 at the Institute of Public Administration, Law, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Participants of the mourning event lit candles in the chapel of St. George the Victorious in memory of the August tragedy of 2008.