Monument to 416th Azerbaijani division to be opened in Taganrog

A monument to the 416th and 130th Azerbaijani divisions will be unveiled in Russian city of Taganrog on May 9 after major repairs.

The event will bring together chairman of Azerbaijan State Committee on Work with Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov, MPs, head of Azerbaijan`s Russian Community Mikhail Zabelin, Azerbaijani Kazakhs community, war veterans of Afghanistan and Karabakh, members of Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia. The monument was erected in Taganrog in 1980 at the initiative of national leader Heydar Aliyev.


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