Ulaanbaatar
Unveiling ceremony of statue for Konstantin Rokossovsky attended
Society
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ On the occasion of the 125th birthday of Marshal of the
Soviet Union, Marshal of Poland Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky which
fell on December 21, an equestrian statue and ‘Hero of the Motherland’ museum built
in his memory were unveiled in Ulan-Ude, Russia.
Mongolian delegation led by Secretary General of the United Military Association of Mongolia, lieutenant general Ts.Togoo attended the opening ceremony.
Mr. Ts.Togoo
said, “Konstantin Rokossovsky made enormous contribution to the formation of
the People's Revolutionary Army of Mongolia while he was working as a drill
instructor in Ulaanbaatar in 1926-1928”
Mongolia
awarded him the Order of Sukhbaatar, Order of the Red Banner of Combat Valor,
and Friendship medal.
