Carnations. Archival photoMEXICO, May 10. Two wreath-laying ceremonies at the memorials of Georgy Zhukov and sniper Vasily Zaitsev in Managua were held on May 9 as part of events to mark the 77th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.» for many years, since 2013. On the territory of the plant for the disposal of ammunition of the Nicaraguan army, there is a memorial to Vasily Zaitsev (a Soviet sniper — ed.), And in the location of the Mechanized Brigade — Marshal Vasily Zhukov, «Arseniy Varshavsky, third secretary of the Russian Embassy in Managua, told RIA Novosti .The wreath-laying ceremonies from the Russian side were attended by the Russian ambassador to Nicaragua Alexander Khokholikov and the senior group of Russian military specialists in Nicaragua, Lieutenant General Yuri Yarovitsky. On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Nicaragua, the commander of a mechanized brigade, Brigadier General Carlos Duarte, accompanied by the Chief of the Logistics Command, Colonel Salvador Lara, spoke. On the evening of May 9, the Immortal Regiment action is also planned in Managua. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo earlier sent President Vladimir Putin congratulations and the Russian people on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and expressed deep respect for the Soviet «victorious and immortal heroes». Turkmen representatives of several embassies laid flowers at the memorial
