Ilovaisk. The big courage of a small town

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This summer in Novorossia is a lot of tragic anniversaries. Over the past days, several requiems have been held in several cities of the DPR - Snow, Zugres, Kirovsky, Makeyevka, as well as in Khryaschevaty, located in the LPR. If now the residents have somehow become accustomed to the war, adapted to the new living conditions (although it is impossible to adapt to them completely), learned to hide in shelters in the event of shelling - then a year ago it was all new. Therefore, each shelling by the “dill” led to a large number of victims.

18 August rally requiem was held in Ilovaysk. This city stands alone - it can be safely called not a victim, but a war hero. Here was the famous Ilovaisky cauldron, here the army of the Kiev regime was seriously defeated.



In memory of those who defended Ilovaysk at the cost of their own lives, as well as civilians killed by the junta junta, a memorial sign was installed at the entrance to the city. In the future, it is planned to put a larger memorial here. One of the projects is to install a monument-tank here. But so far there is a modest stone with a sign. People came here with flowers.



Not far from the stone there is a metal cross and a grave where four defenders of the city are buried. The call signs are written on the cross with a marker.

Ilovaisk. The big courage of a small town


Relatives, friends and just not indifferent citizens brought flowers there.







Sergei Kondrykinsky, head of the Young Republic social movement, tells:

- This event is aimed primarily at recalling the events that took place here a year ago. People survived the real tragedy. Many houses, state institutions, kindergartens, schools were destroyed. God forbid someone to experience what people here experienced. We honor the feat of the militia soldiers - our soldiers, who valiantly and honorably managed to liberate the city and set in motion a peaceful life for the inhabitants of Ilovaisk. And, in principle, not only for them, but for all residents of the NPT. Many citizens died here, many buildings suffered. Ilovaisk was one of the hottest spots in this war.

Now the city has a branch of our public organization - "Young Republic". The guys are engaged in the restoration of the destroyed, provide assistance to veterans and families of the dead militia. Repeatedly, our people helped rebuild homes. For example, in the same house lived uncle and nephew. Nephew died. And my uncle is now helping to rebuild a ruined house. Already throughout the year flows a peaceful life. People have already been able to recover a lot, although economically it is very difficult for them. I believe that thanks to the common efforts, everything will be fine with us.



... The rally begins with a minute of silence and a memorial service.







Sergey Mukovnin, the head of the administration of Ilovaisk, thanked the audience for not having forgotten the dead a year ago at this place. “I would like such occasions for meetings to be less and less, but the Ukrainian junta does not leave the Republic alone. We are a peace-loving working people, but if we have to fight, we will fight, ”he said.

Deputy of the People’s Council of the DPR, Yulia Sulim, thanked the residents of the city for their resilience. “I want, as a mother woman, to turn to the women of Ukraine. You do not know where your husbands, your sons are going? They are going to kill our children, our fathers, our old people. Stop, Ukraine! ”She said.



Speakers recalled how ordinary people came here to stop the advancement of the punitive army, hindered those who tried to tear down the monument to Lenin. As the 7 people at this checkpoint, they were held back by superior enemy forces, which is why the punishers called this place damned.



Then the people laid flowers on the sorrowful stone.



A courageous woman who barely restrains tears from grief that has come down on her, treats everyone with candy: “Remember my husband, Igor Lichman.” Please talk about it. She recalls: as soon as the war began in Slavyansk, Igor immediately declared: "If war comes to us, I will go to defend my city." And went. And August 19 died at the checkpoint in Fedorovka - between Ilovaisk and Zugres. He left his mother, sister, niece. Together with Igor died another guy. “I couldn’t come to him right away, I came the next day - 20 of August. They lay in a trench together. A dove was sitting on the body of my husband - as if it were his soul, ”says the widow of the fallen hero.

Around the place where the monument is erected are dilapidated buildings that belong to enterprises associated with the railway.





Asphalt dug funnels.



One of the destroyed buildings was overgrown with wild grapes.





But still - the city is gradually being restored, the houses are being renovated.

Ilovaysku won the high price, but this small city (its population before the war was about 16 thousand people) not only survived itself, but also laid the foundation for breaking the situation in favor of Novorossia. The authorities of the DPR are considering granting Ilovaisku the title of the city-hero.



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  1. +11
    20 August 2015 07: 29
    Ilovaisk won a high price.. It’s hard to look at the photos and comment ... Thank you!
  2. 0
    20 August 2015 08: 00
    Something to the people is not very much ....
    1. 0
      20 August 2015 17: 23
      Well, and why will there be a lot in a small town?
    2. +2
      20 August 2015 17: 34
      So in Ilovaisk now there are very few inhabitants.
    3. +1
      20 August 2015 17: 34
      So in Ilovaisk now there are very few inhabitants.
  3. +8
    20 August 2015 08: 54
    Dove - the soul of the deceased warrior, the defender of Ilovaisk, flew in when his mother was able to come, pick up the body of her son. Very symbolic! We must remember all the heroes of the war with the punishers of the Donbass! Do not forget to help the surviving, relatives of the dead heroes of Ilovaisk and all other cities.
    1. +1
      20 August 2015 17: 24
      There is a speech about my wife, yes, anyway ...
  4. +9
    20 August 2015 09: 07
    Great Honor and Glory to the Warriors who, not in word but in deed, stand for the Russian Land.
  5. +6
    20 August 2015 10: 54
    All the same, the tears of native deceased defenders of their land will pour out of kahlam.
  6. +7
    20 August 2015 11: 01
    Eternal memory, to those who fell for protecting their people and their land !!!
    Eternal shame on the invaders and occupiers.
  7. +5
    20 August 2015 12: 08
    How many cities in the Donbass we learned during this time! Nothing can be forgotten, the urgent need for accurate recording of what happened, works of art, films and songs! Hero cities with courageous people - we will remember you FOREVER!
  8. +5
    20 August 2015 12: 57
    T.V.A.R.i! am What do they do with people fool which ATO fool , this is simply the extermination of those who disagree with the occupational pro-American regime! hi
    1. +1
      20 August 2015 13: 33
      So it is ..... just received his sight? sad
      1. +2
        20 August 2015 13: 42
        I-no, it’s just shit boiling when I look at what’s going on. am ! And what is happening, for a long time I had to admonish some colleagues ... for work who thought that everything was filmed for production and there is no war in Ukraine (social networks and Madhouse 2 are doing their vile thing)! I can’t say anything else, I can’t when necessary, everyone will say!
        1. wk
          -1
          20 August 2015 16: 52
          Quote: kot28.ru
          T.V.A.R.i!

          You write the phone of the military registration and enlistment office in Torez or Donetsk to write .... not in word but in deed!
          1. 0
            20 August 2015 22: 50
            write in a personal.
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          3. 0
            21 August 2015 00: 17
            Vacation is coming to an end, here you can’t leave the city without a report, and so Abkhazia is shining soldier
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  9. +5
    20 August 2015 16: 14
    I was in Ilovaysk a year ago, I was in Ilovaysk three days ago! Tears! The most beautiful girls in the world live in Ilovaisk! There are all the beauties! Guys who want a beautiful wife, come not regret it !!
  10. wk
    -7
    20 August 2015 16: 37
    with all the pathos of the heroism of the defenders of Ilovaisk, one should not forget that the victory at Ilovaisk was ensured by cross-border fire from the territory of the Russian Federation, and behind this short-term invasion of the "vacationers" of the "northern wind" with tanks and artillery ..... everything else is lyrics!
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    2. +1
      20 August 2015 17: 31
      Take away, nezalezhnik! From whose voice do you sing? am Evidence on the table! Or do you want to surpass the State Department?
      1. +1
        20 August 2015 17: 47
        Then, how do you differ from this train? laughing
        1. wk
          -5
          20 August 2015 17: 54
          Quote: siberalt
          Take away, nezalezhnik! From whose voice do you sing? Evidence on the table! Or do you want to surpass the State Department?

          ... I’ll tell you such a clever thing: don’t look at Kiselyov and Brilyov .... I don’t sing, but my point of view has come from talking with people who are fighting in the trenches and not in front of the monitor .... in YouTube there is a detailed interview of Strelkov about Ilovaisk ... as an educational program for the Patriarch’s URN whose brains from Kiselyov’s boil.
          1. 0
            20 August 2015 18: 04
            And once again, proof in the studio! YouTube - for Psaki and Karasevs! And sell your "point of view" to Tafft.
            1. wk
              -3
              20 August 2015 18: 08
              Quote: siberalt
              YouTube for Psaki!

              You will see the face of retired psaki when you turn your back on the TV with Kiselyov to look in the mirror!
          2. 0
            20 August 2015 19: 13
            There are things that should not be talked about. Because - the war. Because - you can harm. And Ilovaisk fought and survived SAM. It was. And everything else-talk in favor of the poor gosdepovtsev.
            1. +2
              20 August 2015 19: 18
              sort of and so on, but conversations in favor of the poor State Department-I think it wrong.
              not only do I, for example, have close people (active military men) on business trips, you can just imagine (if a person knows at least something about the war and understands a little), which means to militate on a certain region and wage a full-scale war.
              1. 0
                20 August 2015 20: 40
                Here gosdepovtsy and went bankrupt in service, and now the poor)
                Well, in general - they are poor in spirit.
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    3. +2
      20 August 2015 18: 55
      Glory to our soldiers!
      No need to depict ignorance of the true triumphs of this victory.
  11. +1
    20 August 2015 23: 01
    If it were my will, I would recommend that the government of the DPR and LPR grant all cities the title of Hero City ...
    And about the fact that who is there to whom and what helped, about all sorts of winds and vacationers I’ll simply say: it's good to fight among themselves. Everyone has the right to an opinion ... Only when expressing your opinion, would you be kind enough to confirm your information. if you can’t confirm then it's just verbiage. And on this resource everyone has the right to express their opinion if this does not contradict the laws of the Russian Federation. Do not judge strictly. This is just my opinion. It may be erroneous.
  12. +1
    21 August 2015 04: 35
    Hero city of Ilovaisk, your defenders forever inscribed your names in the history of the struggle against ukrofashism of the 21st century, their eternal memory soldier

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