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| Posted by: captainconcorde November 05, 2011 09:04 pm |
| I recently visited the WW2 war cemeteries just outside Sinaia in Romania. I noticed that some of the Russian soldiers were recorded on their headstones as having died in 1947. What could be the reason for this? |
| Posted by: ANDREAS November 05, 2011 09:18 pm |
| Just a guess... Thay stationed in Romania as a occupation force until 1958 (thay were virtually an occupation force!) so maybe they die during their military duty here, probably from injuries received in WW2? |
| Posted by: Mircea87 November 05, 2011 09:19 pm |
| The Red Army remained in Romania until 1958, I don't think they transported corpses to Russia, they just buried them here. |
| Posted by: Petre November 06, 2011 07:18 am |
| Also in the Red Army area of the Constantsa Central Cemetery, all those military people have died over 1945, peacetime. |
| Posted by: captainconcorde November 06, 2011 08:52 pm |
| Thanks guys. My knowledge of Romanian history is pretty thin. As I am now visiting regularly I hope to improve it. It certainly is a beautiful and interesting country. |
| Posted by: yugit November 06, 2011 09:38 pm |
| Most of the personnel buried at Sinaia, Galati , Constanza were not all WWII casualties in Rumania, some were even brought from Hungaria while the fights were still ragging overthere...and rest were killed during the many accidents and incidents of the post war Soviets in Rumania . Inbetween them many airmen and ground stuff killed on air and ground accidents, disputes with local population and own forces, alchool related accidents and even suicides related to a wide variety of reasons. If you underestand Russian, OBD Memorillia has all the details of most the Soviets buried in Rumania. Till 1946 Sinaia served as intermediate grave for Allied airmen in addition to Ploesti, Campina and Bucharest Al |