Remains of soldiers and plane wreckage found in Kolpino

The remains of 16 Red Army soldiers and the wreckage of a Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft from the Great Patriotic War were found in Kolpino. They were found by the participants of the search operation "Leningrad Front".

The head of the expedition and the head of the regional Search movement of Russia in St. Petersburg, Kristina Soboleva, told TASS that the wreckage of the plane is in very poor condition. Near Luga, he engaged in battle with the Junkers, reached Kolpino and sat down there. The specialists still managed to read the license plate details and establish the identity of the pilot.

During the work of the expedition, the remains of 16 Red Army soldiers were raised. Soldiers' medallions were found on five of them. Experts were able to read one of the medallions. The relatives of the Red Army soldier are now being sought.

78.ru He clarifies that during the Great Patriotic War, the front line of Leningrad's defense was located in Kolpino. The battles of the Leningrad Battle unfolded in the Leningrad region, in the Estonian SSR, in the south of the Karelo-Finnish SSR, in the west of the Kaliningrad Region and on the territory of the Baltic Sea.

Earlier it was reported that in 2024, search engines conducted 380 expeditions on the territory of the battles of the Great Patriotic War. As part of the Battle for Moscow project, activists conducted ten expeditions and organized 50 "Lessons of Courage" in cultural and educational institutions and museum exhibitions. The remains of 207 Red Army soldiers were found and buried in the Moscow region, and the names of eight defenders of the Motherland were identified. In total, search teams from the Moscow Region found 388 remains of soldiers on the territory of Russia and the allied states, determined the fate of 19 people, found relatives of 10 fighters, and buried the remains of 376 heroes.

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