14 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army found in the Tver region
14 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army were found by members of the Belskaya search expedition in the Tver region According to the search team “Vityaz”, the main search this time was conducted on the battlefields of the 6th Volunteer Rifle Corps of the Siberians, 279 rifle division and other units that took part first in the breakthrough of the German defense, and later in the deblockade of the 1st mechanized corps fighting in the encirclement
14 soldiers and commanders of the Red Army were found by members of the Belsk search expedition in the Tver region
According to the Vityaz search team, the main search this time was conducted on the battlefields of the 6th Volunteer Rifle Corps of the Siberians, 279 rifle division and other units that took part first in the breakthrough of the German defense, and later in the deblockade of the 1st mechanized corps fighting in the encirclement.
We are talking about a small area of terrain, where in the period from July to September 1942, fierce battles of “local significance” unfolded.
The remains of ten Soviet servicemen were found here, among them an unknown lieutenant and a political officer, awarded the medal “For Labor Distinction”.
In the final autumn stage of the Belskaya search expedition was attended by volunteers from Moscow and the Moscow region, Tver and Tver region, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Kaluga region, Ryazan region.
