Rally in memory of those killed in Chechnya held in Adygea

On January 2, Adygea marks the Memory Day of soldiers, who perished in local conflicts, within which a mourning rally was held at the memorial near the Maikop garrison.

22 years ago more than 100 soldiers, sergeants and officers of the 131^st Maikop Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade perished in the warfare in Chechnya, the "Argumenty i Facty-Adygea" reports.

In the course of the 1994-1995 New Year's storming of Grozny, the city was captured by Russian troops. The losses of the parties during the storm amounted to more than eight thousand people; and according to various estimates, the death toll of civilians in Grozny ranged from 5 to 25 thousand people. The above 131^st Brigade and the 81^st (Samara) Motorized Infantry Regiment, which were advancing from the north-westerly direction under the command of General K. Pulikovsky were almost completely defeated. More than a hundred soldiers were captured.

The mourning rally in Adygea was attended by veterans of the 131^st Motorized Rifle Brigade, relatives and friends of the casualties, representatives of municipal and republic's authorities, Cossacks, the clergy, the "Yuga.ru" reports.

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