President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, head of the KChR Rashid Temrezov and President of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhaniya laid flowers at the Eternal Flame on the Alley of Heroes in Cherkessk and the memorial to the soldiers who went to the Great Patriotic War, the official website of the head of the KChR reports.
In his telegram channel, Rashid Temrezov has noted that thanks to the dedication and courageous feat of Soviet soldiers, including our fellow countrymen, today we can celebrate the centennial anniversary of Karachay-Cherkessia. “We live in a free country, in our native land; we boldly look ahead and believe in the best!” - the head of the republic wrote on the Day of celebration of the 100th anniversary of Karachay-Cherkessia.
In total, over 46 thousand people were called up to the front from Karachay-Cherkessia during the Great Patriotic War, among them about 800 women. Almost half of them - 23,584 people - did not return home.
