Work has begun on the restoration of the famous Be-6 seaplane monument, installed in 1968 on the Bolshoy Gryazny Island in the Kola Bay near Safonovo. Since the aircraft is completely dilapidated and rusted, the restoration will be carried out on the spot, for which a covered hangar-workshop has been built around the monument on the island.
Aviators of the Northern Fleet handed over to the relatives the remains of the pilot who died in the defense of the Kola West
In the garrison of the Northern Fleet in Safonovo, on the territory of the Air Force Museum of the Northern Fleet, a ceremony was held to hand over to the relatives the remains of pilot - Lieutenant Mikhail Galunov (born in 1910), who died in October 1941 during the defense of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War.
The I-153-M62 fighter with the remains of the pilot, his clothes and personal belongings were found by the search engines of the Northern Fleet. The remains of the pilot and the combat vehicle lay in the ground at a depth of 15 meters for almost 80 years.
A memorial sign with the emblem of the Northern Fleet was erected at the spot where the Soviet fighter was found.
Opening of the monument to the Shlisselburg landing in the Leningrad region
A memorial complex dedicated to the ski landing was opened in the Leningrad Region.
Here, in the area of the village of Sinyavino near the former village of Lipki, in November 1941, one of the first attempts to break the blockade of Leningrad was made. One of the episodes of this attempt was the landing of a Soviet tactical landing near Shlisselburg, which became known as the Shlisselburg landing.
The operation was carried out by soldiers of the Leningrad militia, marines skiers, hydrographers of the Baltic Fleet, members of the Military Council of the Leningrad Front.
Major Vasily Margelov, the future legendary commander of the Airborne Forces, at that time the commander of the 1st special separate ski regiment of coastal defense sailors of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, was among those who crossed Ladoga and stormed the German positions on skis with a throw of 20 km across the ice and stormed the German positions.
Almost the entire command staff of the regiment was killed during the breakthrough of the enemy's defenses, the commander of the regiment himself was wounded. In total, in that battle, out of more than 900 people who participated in the Shlisselburg landing, 202 fighters returned healthy, 47 wounded. 50 were missing.
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