Remains of a Kazakh soldier brought back to homeland from Moldova

Nur-Sultan, May 8, 2021 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan officially handed over the remains and military awards of the Kazakh soldier, Ivan Cherednik, to the representatives of the Akimat and the Department of Defense of the North Kazakhstan region. The soldier died in a fierce battle with Nazi invaders in the Kokocheny farm (now Voinescu) on the territory of Moldova in 1944.

This February, near the village of Voinescu of Hîncești District, Moldovan searchers discovered a mass burial ground of Soviet soldiers, among whom they identified our fellow countryman, the commander of a machine-gun team, Junior Sergeant Ivan Cherednik.

The Ministry of Defense of Moldova and the Victory National Coordinating Committee held an official ceremony of paying final respects with the corresponding military honors at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Eternity Memorial Complex, Chișinău, accompanied by a guard of honor.

On the eve of Victory Day celebrations, the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Moldova, in cooperation with Maidan Zholy, the Pavlodar searching group, arranged the transfer of the soldier’s remains to his homeland.