Over the past 80 years, 41 police officers of the Murmansk region have died: in Murmash honored the memory of the dead employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

In the village of Murmashi of the Kola district, commemorative events were held on the Day of Remembrance of Internal Affairs Officers who fell in the line of duty. This date is remembered on November 8, two days before the day of the employee of the internal affairs bodies. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Murmansk region.

Since the post-war period, 41 Murmansk police officers have died while performing official tasks. A separate page of this story is the fate of 21 policemen from the Murmansk region who died during the restoration of constitutional order in the North Caucasus.

The event began with a memorial service in the church of St. Theodora of Tsaregrad at the city cemetery. The service was conducted by Archpriest Vladimir, rector of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon and member of the Public Council at the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The event ended with the laying of flowers on the Avenue of Glory of the city cemetery. The ceremony was attended by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Murmansk region, police major-general Alexei Veselovskiy, representatives of the Federal Service for the Murmansk region and MLO of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in transport, veterans of the service, as well as relatives and relatives of the victims.