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Visit to Malakhov Kurgan

While on a working trip to Crimea, Vladimir Putin visited the Malakhov Kurgan Memorial Complex.

August 19, 2015
15:30
Sevastopol
Malakhov Kurgan Memorial Complex. Monument at the site where Vice Admiral Vladimir Kornilov (1806–1854), who commanded the defence of Sevastopol during the 1854–1855 Crimean War, was fatally wounded.
Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Crimean Federal District Oleg Belaventsev, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, and Governor of Sevastopol Sergei Menyailo lay flowers at the Eternal Flame.
Visiting Malakhov Kurgan. At the Malakhov Defence Tower museum.
Vladimir Putin leaves a message in the distinguished visitors’ book: “Malakhov Kurgan is part of our country’s heroic history. It is Russia’s pride and glory. Thank you for looking after this wonderful piece of our historic memory.”
During a visit to the Malakhov Kurgan Memorial Complex.
During a visit to the Malakhov Kurgan Memorial Complex. Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Crimean Federal District Oleg Belaventsev, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Governor of Sevastopol Sergei Menyailo, and Irina Ostrovskaya, staff member of the Malakhov Defence Tower museum.
During a visit to the Malakhov Kurgan Memorial Complex. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Governor of Sevastopol Sergei Menyailo, and Irina Ostrovskaya, staff member of the Malakhov Defence Tower museum.

Malakhov Kurgan is one of the symbols of Sevastopol and of Russia’s military glory. It was twice the site of fierce battles to defend Sevastopol, first in 1854–1855, during the Crimean War, and then in 1941–1942, during the Great Patriotic War.

The President, together with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , laid flowers at the Eternal Flame, honouring the memory of those who gave their lives defending the city.

Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev visited the museum at the Malakhov Kurgan Tower, one of the few defensive fortifications still intact after the Crimean War. The museum’s exposition features documents, photographs, weapons and military uniforms from the Crimean War period and everyday objects used in the Russian army.

The President wrote in the distinguished visitors’ book: “Malakhov Kurgan is part of our country’s heroic history. It is Russia’s pride and glory. Thank you for looking after this wonderful piece of our historic memory.”

See also

Trip to Crimean Federal District
August 17 − 19, 2015

Geography

  • Sevastopol
  • Republic of Crimea

Topics

  • Regions

Persons

  • Medvedev Dmitry

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Publication date: August 19, 2015, 15:30

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/50153

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