In the place of the present Public Garden of Glory, the first settlers of Henichesk built a wooden church in 1822, which the Anglo-French Navy destroyed in 1855 during the Crimean War.In 1870, at the request of the residents of Henichesk, instead of the wooden church, exactly where the Grieving Mother now stands, was built the white-stone Assumption Cathedral. Here, to this place, our ancestors came in sadness and in joy.The clergy, benefactors of the church, and honorary residents were buried near the walls of the cathedral in the church cemetery. Thus, the first Christian cemetery has appeared on the site of the Public Garden.
In the place of the present Public Garden of Glory, the first settlers of Henichesk built a wooden church in 1822, which the Anglo-French Navy destroyed in 1855 during the Crimean War.In 1870, at the request of the residents of Henichesk, instead of the wooden church, exactly where the Grieving Mother now stands, was built the white-stone Assumption Cathedral. Here, to this place, our ancestors came in sadness and in joy.The clergy, benefactors of the church, and honorary residents were buried near the walls of the cathedral in the church cemetery. Thus, the first Christian cemetery has appeared on the site of the Public Garden.
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In 1936, the Assumption Cathedral was looted and destroyed. The priests were repressed even earlier. Almost all of them died in the torture-chambers of the NKVD (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs).A witness of those terrible events told that when they were shooting the domes, people cried and prayed, and the churchwardenwent crazy and covered the walls of the templewith his own body.
Shortly afterward, the Second World War began, and the Germans, the Romanians, and then the Croats, the Croatian Maritime Legion, came to Henichesk. On the site of the destroyed temple, next to a small church cemetery, a new one,German-Croatian,has appeared.
After the end of the war, according to the Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 1571, which ordered the liquidation of enemy cemeteries in Soviet cities, the German tombstones in the center of Henicheskwere demolished. Only the crosses were destroyed, and the graves themselves remained in place.To this day, downtown, graves of German, Romanian, and Croatian soldiers buried in occupied Henichesk from 1942-1943 are hidden under trees, green grass, and footpaths.
On October 30, 1943, at 4:00 am, the combatants of the 993thRifle Regiment of the 4thUkrainian Front liberated Henicheskfrom the Nazi invaders. In 1965, a memorial stone was set in their honor in the Public Garden of Glory.
During the years of World War II, 1,300 residents of Henicheskfought with the enemy, 227 of them died in battles. By the 30thanniversary of the liberation of the city, namely October 30, 1973, in honor of the fellow countrymen,a sculptural ensemble was opened, consisting of the sculpture “Grieving Mother”, a stella, and an obelisk in the Public Garden of Glory.
In 1936, the Assumption Cathedral was looted and destroyed. The priests were repressed even earlier. Almost all of them died in the torture-chambers of the NKVD (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs).A witness of those terrible events told that when they were shooting the domes, people cried and prayed, and the churchwardenwent crazy and covered the walls of the templewith his own body.
Shortly afterward, the Second World War began, and the Germans, the Romanians, and then the Croats, the Croatian Maritime Legion, came to Henichesk. On the site of the destroyed temple, next to a small church cemetery, a new one,German-Croatian,has appeared.
After the end of the war, according to the Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 1571, which ordered the liquidation of enemy cemeteries in Soviet cities, the German tombstones in the center of Henicheskwere demolished. Only the crosses were destroyed, and the graves themselves remained in place.To this day, downtown, graves of German, Romanian, and Croatian soldiers buried in occupied Henichesk from 1942-1943 are hidden under trees, green grass, and footpaths.
On October 30, 1943, at 4:00 am, the combatants of the 993thRifle Regiment of the 4thUkrainian Front liberated Henicheskfrom the Nazi invaders. In 1965, a memorial stone was set in their honor in the Public Garden of Glory.
During the years of World War II, 1,300 residents of Henicheskfought with the enemy, 227 of them died in battles. By the 30thanniversary of the liberation of the city, namely October 30, 1973, in honor of the fellow countrymen,a sculptural ensemble was opened, consisting of the sculpture “Grieving Mother”, a stella, and an obelisk in the Public Garden of Glory.