Montignies-sur-Sambre - Tombs of prisoners of war and partisans dead in Belgium during World War II
List of Soviet military graves in Belgium
- Arlon
- Awenne
- Balen
- Bruxelles, Etterbeek
- Bruxelles, Evere
- Bruxelles, Ixelles
- Champlon
- Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont
- Chimay
- Comblain-au-Pont
- Dotsenko Tree (Bois de Stepennes)
- Engreux
- Flawinne
- Fleurus (Vieux-Campinaire)
- Genk
- Gent
- Han-sur-Lesse
- Han-sur-Lesse
- Hannut
- Houthalen
- Hoves /Silly
- Jumet-Gohyssart
- Koersel
- Kortemark
- Lanklaar
- Leopoldsburg
- Les Villettes
- Leuven
- Linden
- Liège, Citadelle
- Liège, Cointe
- Liège, Robermont
- Liège, Saint-Walburge
- Marchienne-au-Pont
- Maurage
- Montignies-sur-Sambre
- Morlanwez
- Mussy-la-Ville
- Namur, Belgrad
- Nidrum
- Peissant
- Proven
- Quévy
- Rebecq
- Reninge
- Robertville (Orthodox cross)
- Sougné-Remouchamps
- Sprimont (Dotsenko Monument)
- Stal-Koersel
- Tessenderlo
- Trois Ponts
- Westvleteren
- Zolder
Montignies-sur-Sambre
The burial is located on the territory of a small town cemetery in the village of Montignies-sur-Sambre, 3 kilometers South-West of Charleroi, Hainaut province. 12 Soviet prisoners of war who died in the mines in the area of Charleroi in 1943–1944 are buried here.
The burial is represented by 12 gravestones with a height of about 50 cm, in grey color with embossed ornament, a red star in a medallion and dates 1940–1945. Each gravestone has names, dates of birth and death. There is a low metal fence along the perimeter of the site.
In the central part of the burial there is a flagpole, where on May 8 and 9 the national flag of the Russian Federation is hung out.
List of the buried
(all the prisoners of the concentration camp V IK)
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| Last and first name | Date and place of birth | Date of death |
| 1. | BAROWKA Jean | 07.02.1914, Pskov | 25.05.1944 |
| 2. | 02.01.1918, Omsk region, Gagarino | 07.04.1944 | |
| 3. | 12.08.1904, Krasnodar Territory, | 18.07.1943 | |
| 4. | 1903, Kursk region, Streletsk | 07.05.1943 | |
| 5. | 28.06.1906, village of Klimenkovo, | 28.03.1943 | |
| 6. | 10.01.1898 Azerbaijan SSR | 15.03.1943 | |
| 7. | 22.08.1915, Altai Territory, | 09.03.1943 | |
| 8. | 1914, Tambov region, | 20.02.1943 | |
| 9. | 23.11.1900, Orel region, | 19.02.1943 | |
| 10 | 19.11.1911, village of Tretyaki, | 04.02.1943 | |
| 11 | 26.03.1906, Altai region, | 16.01.1943 | |
| 12 | Kousatchov Timphee | 09.02.1901, village of Bolshie Gorki | 27.11.1942 |
Annual memorial ceremonies
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Dear visitors,
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that spelling of the names, surnames and places of birth of Soviet citizens buried in Belgium may be distorted due to the fact that they are quite often written only in Flemish and French in registration books and on monuments.
We thank the Brussels-Belgian Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, the organizations of Russian compatriots and Russian foreign institutions accredited in Belgium for providing photos and their efforts to preserve the memory of the heroism of the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Great Patriotic War.
The Embassy will be grateful for providing any information and photos of Soviet military graves of the Second World War in Belgium and the ceremonies held on them. Please send material to the email address of the Embassy amrusbel@skynet.be with the note «War Graves».