The funeral of the Great Victory adjuster Limanskaya took place in the Saratov region

In the village of Zvonarevka, Marksovsky district, Saratov region, the funeral of the world-famous Brandenburg Madonna Maria Filippovna Limanskaya took place. Images of the farewell ceremony published on November 27 "Izvestia".

The funeral ceremony took place in the local house of culture. To see off the veteran in the last way came a large number of people who brought flowers.

About the death of Maria Limanskaya at the age of 100 years reported on November 26, the Governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin.

Limanskaya's baptism of fire took place in the Rostov region near Bataysk. Under fire, she regulated the movement of troops at the crossing of the Don River. Moreover, she participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, the liberation of Simferopol, Belarus and Poland, and reached Berlin.

It was in Germany that the war correspondent Eugene Khaldey made the famous photo, in which a young girl at the Brandenburg Gate directs passing cars. This photo became a symbol of the indestructibility of the Soviet people.