A commemorative ceremony of laying wreaths and fresh flowers at the memorial dedicated to the feat of the Cossacks of the 4th Squadron of the 37th Armavir Cavalry Regiment of the 50th Kuban Cavalry Division took place on May 11, 2024 at the 97th kilometer of the Volokolamsk highway near the village of Fedyukovo, Moscow region.
The event was attended by: Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council for Cossacks Yuri Chaika, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Chairman of the Synodal Committee for Interaction with the Cossacks Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssky, ataman of the All-Russian Cossack Society Kazachy General Vitaly Kuznetsov, ataman of the Tersk Military Cossack Society Vladimir Savchenko, representatives of the Kuban and Central Cossack troops and Cossack youth.
The participants honored the memory of the fallen Cossack heroes with a minute of silence and laid wreaths and flowers at the monument.
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On November 19, 1941, during the defense of Moscow, near the village of Fedyukovo, about 40 Cossack cavalrymen of the 4th squadron of the 37th Armavir Cavalry Regiment, without artillery and tanks, held the enemy's offensive for a day. The Cossacks fulfilled their combat mission at the cost of their lives: they restrained the powerful onslaught of the enemy, destroying 28 tanks and up to a company of infantry.