The Victory Day celebration began on the hill Saur-Grave in the Donbass
Several thousand people gathered on the hill Saur-Grave in the Donetsk region for the celebration of Victory Day, said the self-proclaimed government of the Donetsk national Republic.
on top of the mound there is the Eternal flame. At the base of the mound is a scene where a concert for veterans. Around the memorial complex has an outdoor kitchen, told RIA "Novosti" authorized authorities DsRNA celebration arrived first face of the self - proclaimed Republic is the head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko, the speaker and Deputy speaker of Parliament Andrey Purgin and Denis Pushilin. Remember, a monument to the memory of the great Patriotic war on the hill Saur-Grave collapsed as a result of artillery shelling and fighting between security forces and militias in the last month of summer last year. The Saur-Grave mound is the highest point of Donbass (277 meters). It is located about 100 kilometers East of Donetsk. During the great Patriotic barrow became the object of bloody battles between the Soviet and Nazi armies. The losses on both sides of the tens of thousand. After the war, on top of the mound was built a monument, which opened in 1967, besides the money he collected the Komsomol neighboring cities through the weekend. During the current events in Eastern Ukraine mound again strategic importance.
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