In Irkutsk Region, a plan has been drawn up for the 70th anniversary of Victory. Memorials will be restored, monuments and veterans graves repaired, and new memorial signs created, including in Smolensk.

Also, Sergey Dubrovin noted that proposals for the plan for preparing and holding festive events in the Irkutsk Region dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War have been formulated. Preparations for the anniversary will be carried out in several areas; in particular, construction and restoration work is planned on the “Wall of Memory” at the Eternal Flame of Glory memorial, repairs to the facade of the veterans’ hospital building and the planting of trees in the institution’s park, as well as the repair and restoration of monuments, memorial signs, and the graves of deceased veterans of the Great Patriotic War. In addition, as the deputy governor reported, a project will be developed for a memorial sign—a monument to the fallen Irkutsk soldiers of the 46th Rifle Division, which will be installed in Smolensk.
– Search teams from the Angara region have been working near Smolensk for more than ten years, recovering the remains of our fellow countrymen who died for us. We, in turn, are obliged to perpetuate their memory, – the Governor noted.
Sergey Dubrovin also said that the event plan is expected to include the development of a project and the installation of a memorial sign, “To the Siberians Who Died in Fascist Dungeons.” Also in the anniversary year, it is planned to publish a gift edition of selected works by Irkutsk writers, “Siberia Stood Near Moscow,” a book of memoirs by child prisoners of fascist concentration camps, “People of the World, Stand Up for a Minute...” and “Children of the War,” and a set of postcards, “Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia - Residents of the Irkutsk Region.” In the municipalities of the Irkutsk Region, the “Victory” train will run along the line of the East Siberian Railway. Regional theaters will prepare plays about the Great Patriotic War for the anniversary, with tours across the region to be organized.
Also at the meeting of the organizing committee, the plan of festive events in the Irkutsk Region dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was considered in detail. Festive events will take place in the Angara region from May 4 to May 9; on May 4 and 6, receptions by the Governor of the Irkutsk Region will be held for veterans in Bratsk and Irkutsk. On May 9, a ceremonial march of units of the Russian Ministry of Defense and other federal law enforcement agencies stationed in Irkutsk will take place in the capital of the Angara region.
Based on materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region