by New Worker correspondent
SECOND
World War veterans, representatives of the embassies of Russia and the former
Soviet states, local dignitaries and communists gathered at the Soviet War
Memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park last Sunday for an act of
remembrance for the estimated 27 million Soviet citizens who died in the war
against Nazism.
There
were speeches from the Soviet Memorial Trust Fund, the Mayor of Southwark,
Councillor Abdul Mohammed and the Russian Ambassador, Alexander Yakonenko.
This
was followed by wreath laying – including flowers from the New Communist Party.
The
event was enhanced by the Second Guards Rifle Division re-enactors, who came to
pay their respects to the heroes of the defence of Moscow who inspired them and
who gave a powerful visual reminder of those heroes by wearing authentic Red
Army uniforms and marching in the ceremonial style of the Red Army.
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