The Soviet people gave millions of lives for the great victory, and South Ossetia was close to the fraternal people during the Great Patriotic War, Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov said at the gala reception of the Embassy on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Portraits of the Great Patriotic War veterans were carried on Thursday on the main square of the capital of South Ossetia.
Following the traditional Victory Parade, a mass procession took place in honor of Victory Day - the “Immortal Regiment”.
The procession was led by President of the Republic Alan Gagloev, Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev and Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov.
The head of state carried a portrait of his grandfather’s brother Mate Gagloev, who went missing during the Great Patriotic War.
South Ossetian Foreign Minister Akhsar Dzhioev and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov congratulated each other on the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Foreign Ministry press service reports.
“The sacred holiday of the Great Victory has enormous unifying power for many peoples and generations. This is a day of enduring glory, military and civil valor, the fortitude of the multinational Soviet people, who stood shoulder to shoulder in the difficult struggle against fascism,” Akhsar Dzhioev’s congratulation message says.
Contrary to expectations, Nazism, defeated during the Second World War, did not disappear; it only lay hidden for many decades. In some countries, the direct heirs of former SS men, punishers, policemen and ideological followers of Nazi ideas managed to instill their ideas in a certain part of society. This was stated in the speech of South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev at the Victory Parade in Tskhinval.
On all fronts of the Great Patriotic War, the Ossetian warriors showed vivid examples of heroism, military art and readiness not to spare either themselves or the enemy for the sake of victory, South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev said, speaking on Thursday at the military parade in Tskhinval on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Victory in WWII.