Bratislava officials along with foreign delegations from Italy, Hungary, Russia and the Czech Republic combined with the general public commemorated fallen soldiers from the First World War at the Petržalka - Kopčany Military Cemetery on Tuesday, reported TASR. The event was organised for the eleventh time by the Association for the Beautification of Petržalka. A total of 331 soldiers of various nationalities are buried at this WWI cemetery, created in 1916 next to a military hospital for heavily wounded Austro-Hungarian soldiers. The cemetery contains the graves of 122 Czechs and Slovaks, 53 Hungarians, 43 Romanians, 51 Yugoslavians, 16 Austrians, 15 Russians, 11 Poles, 11 Italians, three Germans and six soldiers of unknown identity.
Gavin Shoebridge, Photo: TASR
