Memory of Russian volunteers - participants of the second Anglo-Boer war honoured in Midrand

Memory of Russian volunteers who had participated in the second Anglo-Boer war (1899-1902) was honoured on May 31, 2024, in Midrand, as part of the event to commemorate the anniversary of the Treaty of Vereeniging.

The ceremony was attended by Russia’s Ambassador to South Africa Ilya Rogachev.

The event was initiated by Afrikaans Cultural Council for the Klipriver area. Head of the parish father Daniil (Lugovoy) served a lity followed by the participants’ laying wreaths to the chapel of Saint Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, in memory of fallen Russian volunteers.