In the Ternopil region in Zaleschiki celebrated 75 anniversary of the tragedy on the railway bridge
the Memory of innocent victims the victims of the Communist regime was honored by the residents of Ternopil. 7 July marks 75 years since the terrible tragedy that occurred on a railway bridge in zalishchyky. It was here in 1941, Soviet soldiers blew up and dropped into the waters of the Dniester two railway carriage, overflowing with political prisoners. The participants honored the memory of victims minute of silence and laying flowers to the monument. The memorable event was attended by first Deputy Chairman of regional state administration Roman Krasnyuk, Deputy Chairman of regional Council Vasily Lopusnik, first Deputy head of Chernivtsi regional Rada Inna Makovetskaya, the Chairman of the Zastavnivsky district Council Sergei Kapsky, the Chairman of the Zastavnivsky society "Prosvita" Svetlana Maslovskaya, Deputy head of the Chernivtsi regional organization "Prosvita", honored artist of Ukraine Ivan Derdo, folk group "Vasylykha" S. Kostryzhivka Zastavnivsky district, heads of institutions and organizations of the city, representatives of political and public organizations of the region. about the terrible events of July 1941, recalls a lone stone cross on the steep slopes of the Dniester, near the railway bridge at zalishchyky. The inscription: “This cross is the memory of the prisoners killed in the summer of 1941 by the NKVD, dropped along with the carriages into the waters of the Dniester”. Each year, the residents come to him to send a memorial to honor the memory of the victims. On this memorable day in zalishchyky attracts visitors from across Western Ukraine – Lviv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi regions. In Soviet times claimed that the bridge was blown up by German saboteurs, but in fact the Germans occupied the territory on July 14, and the tragedy occurred Ortona 5-7 July (exact not given). What the retreating NKVD blew up the cars with political prisoners on the bridge linking Bukovina with Galicia. Researcher of the tragedy that happened in zalischyky is a former Director of Slobodskoy high school, historian Anton Mogiluk. In one of his works he quotes the eyewitness memories of the tragedy of F. S. Babaluku: "back then I Lived in the village Zveniachyn. On the morning of 7 July 41-go has appeared on the sugar, because it worked. Soviet soldiers mined the main production facilities. About the job and the speech was not, so I decided to go home. On the railway there were four wagons with barred Windows. The train across the bridge was passed, and the cars with people standing. I have climbed the hill and everything was clearly visible. Finally the locomotive picked up cars with people, followed by another 6-7 cars. The whole echelon was moved to the bridge. Security, officers, the driver left the train and headed in the direction Zalishchyky station. The driver was somewhat indignant because the officer pushed him in the chest, brandished a revolver. And after about 10 minutes a terrible explosion lifted the cars over the bridge. The next moment they soared into the water. On top of them fell down a chimney. At this point, the water seemed to be boiling, hot for boilers and steam heated to a high temperature. Those that were at the top of the water, just cooked alive. The sight was terrible. It happened on 7 July 1941. somewhere in the 15 hour. The rest of the coaches fell into the river, because of the explosion of the clutch exploded and they fell back on Costrisk the station..." This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
