The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Romania took part in the ceremony of laying wreaths at the memorials of the Soviet soldier

May 6, 2021, Bucharest-Budesti – Today, on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland of Kazakhstan, Ambassador Nurbakh Rustemov took part in the ceremony of laying wreaths at the memorial of the Soviet soldier.

The burial site in Bucharest, which has 16 mass graves and 465 individual graves, contains 656 Soviet servicemen, 10 of whom were called up for military service from Kazakhstan.

Representatives of the Bucharest City Hall, Ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Russia and Turkmenistan, as well as Kazakh citizens living in Romania came to pay tribute to the fallen heroes.

At the same time, the Embassy staff together with the City Hall of Budesti also laid a wreath at the memorial complex, where 998 Soviet soldiers, 93 of whom were our compatriots, are buried.

The participants of the ceremonies honored the heroes who fought and fell for freedom from fascism with a minute of silence and expressed gratitude to the Romanian people for preserving their historical memory.