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Remains of Armenian soldiers killed in 1942 unearthed in Chechnya
Terek -2016 was held in Naurus region of Chechnya from March 23 to April 5. Searches were conducted during the event which unearthed the remains of some 70 Soviet soldiers and officers who participated in the fighting in the region in 1942 during World War II. Among them were also remains of Armenian soldiers. “Now we trying to find and inform the relatives of the deceased invite them to the funeral rites. The Chechen Republic is preparing for the burial of the soldiers but the exact date is not known yet,”Andrey Fetisov, who heads the excavation group in Naurus region, told Rusarminfo news portal. Below are the names of Armenian servicemen
- Harutyunyan Sargis, born in Nakhijevan in 1923
- Alikhanyan Hambardzum, born in Tbilisi in 1918
- Aspryan Sandro, born in Ijevan
- Hakobyan Yeghish, born in North Ossetia
- Alexanyan Shahnazar, born in the Armenian SSR
- Abrahamyan Mak, born in Yerevan
- Ghukasyan Spiridon, born in Georgia
- Galstyan Aghajan, born in Vagharshapat
- Ghuksyan Alexandr, born in Leninakan
- Karapetyan Yeghish, born in Yerevan
- Ghahramanyan Ghukas, born in Shamshadin
- Margaryan Aghabek, born in Martuni in 1911
- Muradyan Hrant, born in Yerevan
- Hovhannisyan Ali, born in Hoktemberyan
- Yesayan Gnuni, born in Stavropol Krai in 1923