Go to the media bankThe restored Saur-Mogila memorial in the DPR. File photoDONETSK, Sep 9The recently deceased militia commander Olga Kachura, known by the call sign «Korsa», who was posthumously awarded the title «Hero of Russia», is depicted on one of the bas-reliefs of the memorial of the Saur-Mogila complex, said Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Olga Kachura stood at the origins of the creation People's Militia of the DPR in 2014. She commanded a division of the MLRS BM-21 «Grad» in Gorlovka. She also fought in Ilovaisk, Debaltsevo, Uglegorsk, Marinovka, Avdeevka. She died on August 3 as a result of shelling. On August 3, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, awarded Kachura the title of Hero of the DPR (posthumously), the next day, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded her the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. «Each face on the obelisk has a photographic resemblance. These are real heroes. And at the very last moment, when a tragedy happened and the legendary Korsa died, it was already unclear whether it was possible to make it in time? But the sculptors managed to do it. They stopped work and managed to make sure that Korsa is also on the obelisk. Just like all the heroes, not only the DPR, but also the LPR And our entire large country,» Kiriyenko said. He emphasized that the complex that emerged in Saur-Mogila reflects the real connection between generations. «What has arisen here today at Saur-Mogila is such a living connection of generations. Because the authors revived the historical memorial, which is dedicated to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, the heroic page of the liberation of Donbass,» Kiriyenko said. In addition to Kiriyenko, the ceremony was attended by the heads DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik. The solemn ceremony of lighting the eternal flame at the restored Saur-Mogila memorial complex took place on Thursday. for the first time since 2014 lit on Saur-Mogila in the DPR
