Zelenskyy honored the fallen on Marsove Pole cementry in Lviv

On Tuesday, December 17, during his visit to Lviv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of the fallen soldiers on the Marsove Pole cementry. The Head of State reminded that these people gave their lives for the independence of our country.

Zelenskyy wrote about this on his Telegram page.

Zelenskyy honored the memory of the fallen

"Lviv. The Marsove Pole cementry. Eternal honor and gratitude to the Ukrainian soldiers who gave their lives for our independence," Zelenskyy said.

Marsove Pole cementry in Lviv

The history of the Marsove Pole cementry in Lviv dates back to the last century. It was a burial place for soldiers of the Austrian army who died in the First World War. By 1927, there were almost 5,000 individual graves on the field.

In 1946-1947, the bodies were exhumed, and a cemetery for Soviet soldiers and NKVD officers was set up on the site. In the 1970s, a memorial was created at the site, and the victims of Soviet terror from the Zamarstynivka prison were reburied there.

The memorial received its modern look in 1974, designed by Andrii Shuliar, Vasyl Kamenshchyk, and Volodymyr Boiko. Now, Ukrainian soldiers who died due to Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine are buried here.

Earlier, we reported that in Lviv, as well as throughout Ukraine, a minute of silence is declared every day at 9:00 a.m. in honor of the fallen defenders. Residents of the city stop to honor their memory.

As a reminder, Ukraine has returned the bodies of 502 fallen servicemen to the government-controlled territory as a result of repatriation activities. The bodies will be identified as soon as possible.