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Soviet military burials and memorial activity

Map of Soviet military burials

To date, on the territory of the United Kingdom there are 18 graves of Soviet soldiers who died during the Second World War officially confirmed by the «Commonwealth War Graves Commission». Burials are located in the following cities: Aldershot (Aldershot in the Military Cemetery), Leeds (Leeds Harehills Cemetery), Tidworth (Tidworth Military Cemetery), Hartlepool (Hartlepool in the West, Road View Cemetery), Liverpool (Liverpool Kirkdale Cemetery and Liverpool Anfield Cemetery), Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury in the Dorset Cemetery area), Chester (Chester Balcony Cemetery), Huddersfield (Huddersfield Edgerton Cemetery), Harrogate (Harrogate in real estate: Rental of agricultural cemetery facilities) and the Jersey Island.

List of Soviet military burials

Aldershot Military Cemetery is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom. The care of the graves of those who died in the First and Second World War is carried out by the «Commonwealth Commission on War Graves» together with the cemetery administration. 690 soldiers who died during the First World War and 129 during the Second World War are buried in the cemetery. Among them is Vasily Lukyanov, a private of the Red Army.

A large number of military graves are located in Leeds, where the Yorkshire Medical and Rehabilitation Center was located during both World Wars. 

The ashes of soldiers and officers of the British Army who died in the First and Second World War are buried in the Harehills Cemetery. Most of the soldiers' graves are located in section «G». The total number of graves from the Second World War is 150, three of them belong to soldiers of the Allied armies. Roman Steklov, a Soviet serviceman, is buried in this cemetery.

The remains of British soldiers who died on the battlefields of both World wars are buried in the military cemetery in Tidworth. During the First World War, the cemetery was used for the burial of the deceased at the Tidworth and Fargo military hospitals. There are 417 graves of soldiers of the armies of Australia and New Zealand in the cemetery. 106 graves belong to the time of the Second World War. Most of them are located in sections «F» and «D». Three Soviet servicemen are buried in Tidworth (Alexander NOVOKRESCHENOV, Suleiman SULEIMANOV, Nikolai KHORASIK).

The cemetery contains 27 graves of British soldiers buried here during the First World War of 1914-1918. During the Second World War, 42 more soldiers of the Commonwealth Army, as well as the Allied armies were buried in the cemetery. Among them is Ivan Maslakov, a Red-navy man.


In addition to the 386 graves of Canadian and British soldiers buried at Kirkdale Cemetery during the First World War, 106 soldiers of Her Royal Majesty and nine servicemen from other countries of the world found their last shelter here. Most of the latter are Americans, Belgians and Germans. In January 1945, Private Garantia Shalva Satenovich was buried here.


455 soldiers and officers of the British Army who died on the fronts of the First World War and 459 who died in the Second World War are buried at the Enfield Cemetery in Liverpool. Two of them still remain unknown. Also, the ashes of 67 servicemen of other countries, mainly Danish and Norwegian sailors, rest in the cemetery. In section 20 of the Enfield Cemetery there is the grave of Soviet serviceman Nikolai KUSYK, who was buried here in November 1944.

The Shaftesbury City Cemetery contains 27 graves of Allied soldiers from the Second World War. In another 11 graves are buried foreign servicemen who were in British captivity after the opening of the second front in the summer of 1944. Most of them are Italian prisoners of war held in Shaftesbury camp. The cemetery also contains the ashes of Vladimir Dushin - private of the Red Army. V. Dushin died on February 6, 1945 in the Gais Marsh Military Hospital. In the course of our research, two versions appeared about V. Dushin's stay in an English hospital: he could have been one of the few Soviet prisoners of war who escaped from Germany via Gibraltar to England, or was released by British troops from one of the concentration camps and transported to the UK for treatment. In memory of V. Dushin and all Soviet citizens who died in World War II, a memorial plaque is installed on the wall of the hospital.

Two plots in Chester (Blacon) cemetery were given for the servicemen burials. The biggest plot ('A') was allotted to the Royal Air-Force servicemen burials, the smaller plot ('H') has the graves of servicemen of different forces and foreign citizens, mainly soldiers the Polish Army who died in Cheshire in hospitals nearby. The total number of the graves in Chester (Blacon) cemetery is 461, one is nameless, 97 of foreign citizens, 86 of them are of Polish soldiers and officers. In spring 1945 some of Soviet soldiers were buried here, their lots are unknown. 

On spring 1945 Soviet soldiers, who died in the military hospital in Cheshire, were buried here: Korsilava Konstantin, Kardava Shota, Gorin Nikolay, Lobshanidze Ameos.

At Huddersfield (Edgerton) cemetery there are 71 burials of the UK soldiers who were killed at the front-line of World War 2. 

24 of them are situated in the Military section (number 14). After the war due to the reorganization of a few local church cemeteried the remains of soldiers and officers killed in the both World wars were reburied at Huddersfield cemetery. Two graves belond to the Soviet soldiers, who were buried here in 1945. They were I.S. Egoryan (first and middle names are unknown) and Dulat Yusabov.

During World War II, Yorkshire was not only a rehabilitation center for the wounded, but also the largest center for RAF location. There were about 10 larger or smaller aircraft bases of the Royal Air Fleet in the area. Almost all of the burials in Harrogate (Stonefall) cemetery, a total of 988, belong to the pilots, three quarters of them to the citizens of Canada, many of them died of wounds in Harrogate hospital.

After the opening of the Second Front, a large number of the liberated from German camps were sent to Yorkshire. Many of them were in need of an immediate medical attention and rehabilitation. Unfortunately not everyone was rescued. In 1945, Soviet soldiers Kapalil Petr, Ustinov Ivan and Kolyshev S (first name is still unknown) were buried at this cemetery.

The memorial cross marks the common grave on the territory of the Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport. In this grave lie the bodies of Russian sailors from the squadron of Admiral Dmitry Sinyavin who died during their stay in Portsmouth in 1808-1809 (95 seamen).

Finnish seamen, who died from 1854 to 1857 are buried at the Lewes Cemetery. They were captured in the fortress of Bomarsund (Åland Islands) by an Anglo-French fleet during the Crimean War (27 persons). The memorial was erected by the order of Emperor Aleksandr II.

Soviet War Memorial in London

The Soviet War Memorial was erected in the park adjacent to the Imperial War Museum in1999. It is the only Memorial in London that commemorates the sacrifice lives by the Soviet soldiers. Annual remembrance ceremonies are held here on Victory Day and Remembrance Sunday. British and Russian veterans, local authorities, diplomats from the CIS and other countries, as well as public organisations and diaspora hold commemorative events here.

Commemorative blue plaque, Great Ousebourn

The memorial is located in Great Ousebourn, Yorkshire. The plaque was erected by the local authorities in cooperation with the Russian Embassy in 2012. It commemorates members of the Soviet official military mission who died in the incident near Great Ousebourn in 1942 – pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union S.A.Asyamov, Assistant to the Head of the Military Mission on Aviation issues G.P.Pugachev, Assistant Military Attache B.F.Shvetsov, Secretary to the Military Mission P.I.Baranov.

A commemorative stone on the territory of the Cenotaph memorial complex in Manchester

The memorial in Manchester was opened on September 3, 2020. The caption on the stone reads «In honored memory of the Soviet soldiers who gave their lives liberating Europe and in recognition of the brave people of the besieged Leningrad». The initiative to place a commemorative plaque as part of the Cenotaph memorial complex in Manchester was natured by Russian compatriots and was implemented with the support of the Russian Embassy in the UK, the Committee for external relations of Saint Petersburg, the educational center «Znanie» and financial participation of the Russian construction company «LSR Group». The opening of the memorial stone was timed to the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II and took place in the framework of the Year of Russia’s Military Glory.

The Monument to submariners in Dundee, Scotland

The Memorial was opened in 2009 and is situated next to the docks in Dundee which were used by submariners during the World War II. It was installed in memory of the crews of submariners who lost their lives in military campaigns. The names of submarines and each crew members are immortalized on the slabs of the memorial. The sailors of the Soviet submarine B-1 under the command of the Hero of the Soviet Union, captain of the second rank I.Fisanovich are among them. In 1944 in Dundee they carried out the reception of a submarine which was due to the Soviet Union as reparations after the surrender of Italy in 1943. After the transfer of submarine which was called B-1 and its appropriate preparation the Soviet crew left Dundee in the direction of the Northern fleet. By a tragic accident while following an agreed course to northern-east of Scottish coast, the submarine was sunk by a British bomber. Its pilot mistook her for a German submarine. The entire crew of fifty Soviet and one British sailors was killed.

The monument to the Arctic Convoys, cape Cove in Loch Ewe bay, north-west Scotland

The Monument was erected in 1999 with donations of British veterans of Arctic Convoys. During the World War II caravans of cargo ships which delivered weapons, ammunitions and food to the USSR were formed in Loch Ewe Bay. Hundreds of ships were located in the waters of the bay and thousands of military personnel were on its shores. The Museum of the Arctic Convoys was opened in 2014 in Loch Ewe Bay.

Monument to the participants of the Arctic Convoys, the village of Lyness, Hoy Island, Orkney Islands

Another monument to the participants of the Arctic Convoys is installed on the shore of Scapa Flow Bay. The memorial was opened in 2009 on the initiative of Russia and Great Britain. The location of the monument was not chosen by chance. During the World War II one of most important units of British Navy was based here and the warships, covering the cargo ships that were part of Arctic Convoys, left to the sea from this place.

Memorial plaque in memory of Soviet pilots, Errol Airfield, Scotland.

The monument is installed in 2015 at the Errol airfield (between the cities of Perth and Dundee) thanks to the efforts of compatriots, veterans of Russian civil aviation and Vnukovo airport. During the World War II the pilots of the 1st air transport division of the USSR civil transport fleet were based here. In Scotland they were accepting transport aircrafts «Albemarle» that the British government planned to supply to the Soviet Union and prepared to transfer these aircrafts to Vnukovo.

Monument to the cruiser Varyag in Landalfoot, Scotland

The monument was opened in 2007. The project of the monument belongs to three cadets of the St. Petersburg Nakhimov school. The Charitable Foundation for the support of the Navy conducted the fundraising for the installation of the memorial (about 650 thousand US dollars). The memorial is a three-meter bronze Orthodox cross which depicts the ship and St. Andrew’s flag. The ground from different parts of Russia connected with the fate of the legendary cruiser is collected in special capsules which are on a pedestal.

Monument to Soviet pilots, Fearnan, Perth, Scotland

The memorial was opened in May 2019 in honor of the Soviet pilots who died in a plane crash on May 29, 1943. The monument is situated in village of Fearnan. It is a memorial stone with the names of members of the deceased crew – commander, Hero of the Soviet Union A.Gruzdin, navigator A.Alekseev, radio operator V.Dryamin. As a symbol of eternal life and friendship it was planted next to the monument an alder tree – «fearnan» in ancient Celtic language.

Memorial to the Soviet pilots in Errol, Scotland

The official opening of the Memorial took place on 9th May 2021. On 11th November 2020 the Memorial was installed on the Day of commemoration of the heroes of war in the United Kingdom and was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Memorial is located near the city council building in the center of Errol. In 1943, in the midst of the Great Patriotic War, the UK government handed over to the Soviet Union, which was experiencing a critical shortage of transport aircrafts, a batch of twin-engine bombers «Albemarle». The country’s very best civil aviators of the Moscow Special Assignment Airgroup were sent to Errol Airbase to carry out a secret mission to transport them in the beginning of 1943, where they joined the special 305th unit of the Royal Air Forces, created for the appropriate training of Soviet crews.



Memorial activity

During 2021-2022, on the eve of the Victory Day, inspections of all Soviet military burials, located on the territory of the UK (in particular with active involvement of Russian compatriots organizations), were organized.

During 2021, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the UK Andrei Kelin participated in the laying of wreaths at Soviet military burials and memorials in London and Aldershot, as well as at British military monuments in Dundee and Loch Ewe (Scotland). furthermore
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">Furthermore, Russian Ambassador and the Embassy staff actively participated in events, including those organized by the British side in Liverpool, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the first Arctic convoy to the port of Arkhangelsk.

In May-June 2021, the Embassy held medal-giving ceremonies of the Ushakov Medals to British veterans, and also participated in memorial events dedicated to the official opening of the Memorial to the Soviet pilots in Errol. In October 2021, an exhibition "Stalingrad in the history of Great Britain" was organized in Coventry, the opening of which was attended by Russian Ambassador and employees of the foreign mission. The Embassy also contributed to the facilitating of the negotiations between the Great Patriotic War Museum and the British Imperial War Museum on the opening on the territory of the latter of the updated exposition, dedicated to the history of the Second World War (the opening took place on May 9, 2022). Traditionally supported the memorial activity of members of the "Russian Heritage" society, contributed to the informational filling of the website "Place of Memory".

Online meetings, concerts, gatherings and other public actions dedicated to the celebration of 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War were held widely in the UK in May 2022 with our active participation and informational support.

We would like to note that all located on the territory of the UK Soviet military burials and military monuments are well-maintained, regularly inspected by the Embassy staff, as well as representatives of organizations of Russian compatriots involved in the memorial work.

The Embassy has established close working relationship with the leadership of the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission", as well as the Arctic Convoy Museum in Scotland and the Arctic Convoy Veterans Association in Greenwich.