Memorial ceremony at the Piskarevskoye Cemetery

IPA CIS delegation laid wreaths to the Mourning Nation monument

The IPA CIS delegation led by Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council Alexey Sergeev included the representatives of the IPA CIS Member Parliaments and Secretariat staff members. They took part in the memorial ceremony on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery is a national shrine to the immense labor and effort of the people of Leningrad and the entire country who fought against Fascism.

Every year people come to lay wreaths and flowers to mark special dates in the national and city’s history: on 22 June, the first day of the War, on 8 September, the first day of the Leningrad Siege, on 27 January, when the Siege was lifted, and on 8 May – the last day of the War.