Soviet soldiers were reburied in the Hungarian town of Kalocha

Budapest, October 12, 2021 - as part of the military memorial work, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Hungary Zhanibek Abdrashov took part in the ceremony of reburial of the remains of Soviet soldiers and the opening of a monument at the central cemetery in Kalocha.

The event, organized with the assistance of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kalocha-Kecskemet to cardinals Peter Erdo was attended by representatives of the Embassies of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the mayor of Kalocha, employees of the Representative Office of the Russian Ministry of Defense, representatives of the Hungarian Ministry of Defense.

It should be noted that during World War II, the remains of Soviet soldiers who died in the vicinity of Kaloch, Bach-Kishkun region, were buried in the territory adjacent to the Catholic Cathedral of the city on the Sentharomshag Square. Near the cathedral in late 1944 - early 1945, a Soviet military hospital was deployed, where wounded soldiers were treated. Here, on the square near the walls of the cathedral, soldiers who died of severe wounds were buried. In 1985, the military burial was thoroughly equipped and a monument was erected in its place. In total, according to the data, 214 Soviet soldiers were buried in Kaloch, among whom there are natives from Kazakhstan, the names of 211 soldiers were identified and the other three are still unknown.