Memorial Russian War Veterans Pinosava

This memorial is standing on the Avala mountain and is dedicated to the members of the Soviet military delegation died in an airplane crash on this mountain on October 19, 1964. The delegation was flying to Belgrade to attend the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Belgrade (October 20, 1944). The delegation consisted of the following persons:

- Sergei Biriuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union and the national hero of Yugoslavia
- Vladimir Zhdanov, Lieutenant-Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union and the national hero of Yugoslavia
- Nikolai Mirnov, Major General
- Nikolai Škodunovič, General lajtant
- Ivan Kravtsov, Lieutenant General
- Leonid Bočarov, Major General
- Šeluljko Timofeevič, Colonel

All members died in the crash.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons