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Mass Grave Soviet Soldiers Povorotne

This mass grave contains an unknown number of Soviet soldiers who fell during the siege of Sevastopol (1941 - 1945). The inscription on the memorial stone reads:

"704 (115) COASTAL BATTERY
95, 345, 368 INFANTRY DIVISIONS
40 CAVALRY DIVISION
79 SEPARATE INFANTY BRIGADE
287 REGIMENT, 25 INFANTRY DIVISION
2 PEREKOP REGIMENT
25 TANK BATTALION
3 BATTALIONS AND MORTAR BATTERIES
8,7 NAVAL INFANTRY BRIGADE
FALLEN IN BATTLES
AGAINST THE GERMAN FASCIST
INVADERS
IN 1941-1942."

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