Russian Prime Minister lays a wreath at the "People's Memory" memorial in Ashgabat

Today, within the framework of his first official visit to Turkmenistan, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial complex "People's Memory" in Ashgabat.

The Russian Prime Minister was accompanied in the ceremony by Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Ashgabat's hakim Rakhima Gandymova. During the visit to the complex, the Russian Prime Minister bowed towards each composition, then approached the monument "Eternal Glory" and the guard of honor presented a wreath. Then there was a minute of silence.

The composition "Eternal Glory" is the central one and represents an eternal flame around which five octagonal steles are located.

The memorial complex "People's Memory" was opened in Ashgabat on October 6, 2014 - the Day of Remembrance in Turkmenistan for the victims of the earthquake. The complex consists of three architectural compositions: "Eternal Glory" (dedicated to the fallen during the Great Patriotic War), "Spiritual Worship" (dedicated to the victims of the Ashgabat earthquake on October 6, 1948) and "Sons of the Fatherland" (dedicated to the memory of the defenders of the Geok-Tepe fortress during its storming on January 12, 1881).