In Crimea, the memory of the inhabitants of the village of Laki, who died at the hands of the Nazis, was honored

CrimeaPRESS reports:

On the 81st anniversary of the destruction of the village of Laki by the Nazi invaders, flowers were laid at the memorial sign at the site of the burning of civilians — victims of fascist terror.

The ceremony was attended by Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov, representatives of the deputy corps, the administration of the Bakhchisarai district, the public, schoolchildren, the clergy, headed by Bishop Kalinnik of Bakhchisarai, vicar of the Simferopol diocese.

Laki is a Greek village in the Crimea, founded in the 6th century. n. e. After the establishment of Soviet power on the peninsula, by a decree of the Krymrevkom of January 8, 1921, the volost system was abolished and the village became part of the Kokkozsky district of the Yalta district. According to the list of settlements of the Crimean ASSR according to the All-Union census on December 17, 1926, in the village of Laki, the center of the Lakinsky village council of the Bakhchisarai district, there were 68 households (of which 42 were peasants), the population was 260 people. In national terms, the following were taken into account: 240 Greeks, 17 Russians, 1 Ukrainian, 2 Armenians, there was a Greek school.

During the Nazi occupation, the invaders burned the village for helping the partisan detachments. The Nazis locked up local residents in burning houses or shot them, and the survivors were driven to work. In total, 72 houses were burned, 47 people died.

A special tragedy lies in the fact that after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the village of Laki was never restored.

For us, this is a sacred place. We cherish the memory of those who gave their lives for their Motherland, those who fell victim to the occupiers and were brutally destroyed by them. We will carry this memory through generations— said the head of the Crimean parliament.

Laki is a place of a deep Crimean wound.

Photo: VKontakte page of V.Konstantinov.