In South Ossetia will be held commemorative events dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the 2008 war.
As the news agency "Res" was informed by Presidential Adviser on the state and international protocol Jeanne Zasseeva, the events will start at 15:00 today with a press conference of the President of the Republic Leonid Tibilov.
"In the evening, August 7 at 22:00 will start the action" Let us remember ... everything. " At 22:30 at the burnt building of the Russian battalion of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces, who took the first blow of the aggressor, flowers will be laid, "- said the state adviser. Participants of the rally will also visit the "Museum of the burned souls" at the entrance to the capital of the Republic.
On the night of August 8, at 23:35 - the time when five years ago, Georgia launched a massive artillery bombardment of Tskhinval, on Theatre Square will start the action '' The Living Light of Memory...'', here will also be exhibited the photos, which depict the war "08.08. 08. Memory."
"Just at 23:35 August 7, 2008 Georgia started massive shelling of the sleeping Tskhinval. Five days in August 2008 divided the life of the people of South Ossetia into '' before'' and'' after'' the war. Residents of South Ossetia will commemorate the people who did not flinch in the face of death for independence and the future of the Republic, "- said Zasseeva.
August 8 is planned to hold a rally "The holy places of our memory ...", whose members will lay flowers and wreaths at the place of death of the defenders of Tskhinval. On this day in Tskhinval will be held a ceremony of laying the foundation of the memorial "Defenders of Ossetia." The actions will be concluded by showing films about the August war.
In the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be held prayer service will be held in Tskhinval in memory of the victims.
Ceremonies will also be held in the districts of the Republic, as well as at the Embassy of South Ossetia in Russia.
