‘UNKNOWN SOLDIER’
Russian Tomb For 20m.
(IV.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) MOSCOW, May 9.
Russia’s “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,** built in honour of the 20 million Russians who died during the Second World War, was unveiled at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow yesterday. The Communist Party leader, Mr Leonid Brezhnev, lit an eternal flame in the centre of a five-pointed star on the granite tomb which bore the inscription “Thy Name is Unknown, Thy Exploit is Immortal.” Beneath lay the grave of an unknown victim of the war. Full military honours were given during the simple unveiling ceremony held on the eve of Russia’s Victory Day which marks the 22nd anniversary of the end of the war. Guns boomed out a salute to the dead and hundreds of wreaths lay round the memorial, the first such monument in the Soviet Union.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 7
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