Neither old nor oblivion. June 22, Crimea remember and grieve...

On June 22 Russia commemorate the Day of memory and sorrow, remembering the sad page in the history of the country - the war, which claimed the lives of 27 million lives and affected almost every family.

73 years ago began the Great Patriotic War. At dawn on June 22, 1941 Nazi Germany without declaring war treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. But the Soviet people were able to stop a ruthless machine of the Wehrmacht and to win.

On this day veterans of the Great Patriotic War, workers of rear, partisans and underground fighters came to the Park named after Y. Gagarin in Crimean capital, so that at the tomb of the Unknown soldier to pay tribute to the survivors and to honor the memory of those who made a heroic and magnificent feat, died a heroic death, protecting the country from Nazi invaders.

In the event dedicated to the mournful date, also participated acting Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov, Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Konstantin Bakharev, Presidium members and deputies of Crimean Parliament, Deputy Plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation at the Crimean Federal district Nikolay Vodoresov, Chairman of the Republican Council of Veterans Organization, Alexander Sklyarov, government members, representatives of public, Simferopol residents, pupils and students.