A commemorative event dedicated to the 104th anniversary of the death of Lavr Kornilov took place on April 16. To honor the memory of the Cossacks who died during the Civil War, the Cossacks of the Yekaterinodar department of the Kuban army, the clergy, and members of the public arrived at the memorial complex at the entrance to the capital of the Kuban.
The vice-governor of the region and ataman of the Kuban Cossack army Alexander Vlasov, deputy chairman of the Krasnodar City Duma Gennady Ufimtsev, Metropolitan Grigory of Ekaterinodar and Kuban took part in the Kornilov commemorations.
A guard of honor was put up at the monument to Lavr Kornilov, a banner group and Cossacks of the Kuban Cossack army lined up on the site in front of the monument and the sculptural composition "Horses". A memorial service for the Cossacks who died during the Civil War was conducted by Metropolitan Gregory with the participation of the confessor of the Kuban army, rector of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, John Garmash. Those present honored the memory of Lavr Kornilov with a minute of silence. Wreaths and flowers were laid at the monument in his honor.
“The hard times of the civil war are a difficult time, difficult to assess historically. We hold traditional Kornilov commemorations so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past,” said Alexander Vlasov.
The monument to the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army Lavr Kornilov is located at the site of his death in 1918 during the storming of Yekaterinodar. Today, this territory is located within the city - on Kalinina Street. Lavr Kornilov died from wounds received in the explosion of a shell that hit the headquarters of the Volunteer Army on the banks of the Kuban River. Currently, reconstruction work is underway in the headquarters building.
