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i was spit on last time for posting a pic of an enfield oiler. but i tought i would give it another try since i seen the post about the german graveyard in kitchener were i am from too.
these are pics of new russian grave yards with soldiers that have been found in relic hunting. there is still so many out there. if we dident dig up our past to find items and relics these guys would never be home to rest.

if your going to leave a negative comment then dont even post here please.

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When you find one grave, the rest are easy to find with ground penetrating radar. Its nice to see them go home with proper respect, but its a real shame they could not be claimed by their loved ones or family that had never known what happened.
 
ahh wrong you are fiddler. allot of these guys are exactly as the fell 65 years ago. at least some of them can be identified. but yes so many that will never be knowen or even found for that matter.
if you want a pic of how some of them were found laying PM me. i dont wanna post the pics here. they are a little too graphic.

here is some of a pilot that was identified.






i dont wanna get into the enfield oiler. look it up if you wanna know..
 
Lots of graveyards in Siberia and Hitler had nothing to do with it.;) Gotta wonder, given Soviet infantry tactics, how many of those died needlessly.


Grizz
 
Official name of the Soviet Army was the RED Army.

Red = Army

Blue = Navy/Air Force???

At least these ones will have a monument. So terribly many were just bulldozed over and forgotten.

Thanks for posting.
 
IIRC the Soviet Air Force was called the RED Air Force. If you look at the photo of the pilot's funeral his casket is red.

Who knows why there are some red caskets and some blue ones (Soviet sailors DID fight as infantry, so it is possible that the blue ones represent the Soviet Navy)?
 
MC One Shot said:
What is the difference between the red and blue coffins? Elisted men vs Officers?
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Just speculation on my part but it might have something to do with religion. The priest giving the last rights at the blue coffins appears Orthodox. Not sure if the crosses on lids of the red coffins have the added bar but those might be Catholic. The colour coding might to be to keep things organized for each religion and placement in the graveyard.
 
fugawi said:
Just speculation on my part but it might have something to do with religion. The priest giving the last rights at the blue coffins appears Orthodox. Not sure if the crosses on lids of the red coffins have the added bar but those might be Catholic. The colour coding might to be to keep things organized for each religion and placement in the graveyard.
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Thinking Catholics were few and far between in the Soviet Union. Probably the Orthodox church is just a modern convention for the burial.

Grizz
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Thinking Catholics were few and far between in the Soviet Union. Probably the Orthodox church is just a modern convention for the burial.

Grizz
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There are and were Ukrainians Catholics. They have their own Metropolitan.

Now that there is no Soviet Union, Putin is using religion to promote nationalism. Just as in the Tsar's time... and even under Stalin: Holy Mother Russia.

Like I said though, its just speculation. It might even represent identifiable and unidentifiable bodies.
 
Sad truth even here in Canada there has always been military grave problems.
In Stoney Creek, the US grave site was dug up by archeologist 10 years ago. 24 skeletel remains, but only 4 skulls accounted for, odd. The US never did bury the dead that day 200 yrs ago, locals buried 61 total for both sides. Pierre Berton said locals found the 10 mile road to 40 Mile Creek littered with some corpses of the hasty retreating US Army. And later local farmers found many more remains 1880's-1950's. Today they figure 40-60 US and 32 Brit dead during that 1 hr battle, between 2300 US and 730 Brit/Canadian/Natives. Yet we don't know the where abouts of about 20.
I do know that as a kid my school sat on the flank of that battle field and we kids did find many musket balls there and in surrounding field/swamp from 1813. Perhaps there are some unmarked graves there too? The experts say--yes.
 
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