24/2/21

The memory of Russian soldiers of the White North-Western Army was honored in Narva


On February 24, Estonia celebrates Independence Day, recalling the 1918-1920 war that Estonia waged against the communist RSFSR. For many, both in Estonia and abroad, the role of the Russian North-Western Army of General N.N. Yudenich in that war is unknown.


That is why, with the blessing of Vladyka Lazar, Bishop of Narva and Chuddin, February 24 of this year. In Narva, at the memorial to the North-Westerners at the Russian military cemetery in the Sivertsi region, a memorial service was served for the White soldiers who fell in battles and died from typhus in late 1919 - early 1920. (The memorial was restored with private donations, in 2006-7, 6 granite slabs with the names of 722 soldiers of the NWA were installed at the expense of the Muscovite Alexander Makarov. In total, from 3500 to 5000 soldiers and officers of the army of General N.N. Yudenich are buried there).

Link to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AE1BJ-Zfsw