Putin pays tribute to Soviet pilots buried on American land; Alaska Yatra remembers wwii relationships – clock. world News
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his honor for laying lumps and flowers on the graves of Soviet pilots buried in Alaska after his historic meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump.On Saturday, he visited the Fort Richardson National Cemetery near Encourage, where a dedicated section honors the Soviet Airmen who was killed in Alaska during World War II.Fox Live News reported that the white headstone, which is indigested with the name and rank of each pilot, misses those who lost their lives in the Soviet Union under the lend-lease program.During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union fought against Nazi Germany as colleagues. Under the Lend-Leise program, the US supplied the Soviet Union with around 8,000 aircraft and other war materials.Some Soviet pilots lost their lives during training or during transit due to accidents or harsh weather conditions. Initially buried in Fairbanks and Nom, his remains were re -designed by order of the US administration of the Alaska National Cemetery at Fort Richardson in 1946.For decades, Soviet pilots resting places remained unspecified in the official Russian records.In 1990, a delegation of the Soviet committee of war giants confirmed the history of the site. In 2011, the then Russian President Dimitri Medvedev honored the grave director, Virginia Walker, for his role in preserving and ensuring their maintenance. The site remains in an ancient position, in which each headstone is inscribed in English and Russian.The meeting of Trump and Putin in Alaska has an important geo -political meaning. The region was part of the Russian land until 1867, when it was bought by the United States for $ 7.2 million, which was then rejected as a “stupidity of the service”.The summit hosting the summit military base, the combined base ElMendorf -Rechardson, is a center for us for Arctic Defense. Today, Alaska has been separated from Russia only a few miles across the Bering Strait, making it a natural point for discussing regional security, arctic resources and shipping routes.
