Small memorial event held at Russian Chapel

Kranjska Gora, 30 July - Members of the Slovenia-Russia Association gathered at the Russian Chapel below Vršič mountain pass on Sunday to remember Russian prisoners of war who died in an avalanche while building the 1611 metre pass during the First World War. The event was also meant as a call for peace.

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A small memorial event held at the Russian Chapel below Vršič mountain pass to remember Russian prisoners of war who were killed in an avalanche in 1916 while building the pass.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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