China searches constantly for Soviet, Russia unnamed war graves.

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HARBIN (north-eastern province Heilongjiang, China), May 4 (Itar-Tass)
-- China searches constantly for still unnamed graves of Soviet and
Russian warriors, Russian Ambassador to China Sergei Razov said at the
fourth conference of Russian compatriots living China that opened here on
Tuesday.
"Several unnamed graves of Soviet warriors have been found recently in
the Jilin Province," he noted. "We intend to continue this work on a
constant and planned basis," the Russian ambassador pointed out.
According to available statistical reports, but far from full and
constantly replenished reports, more than 4,500 Russian and Soviet
warriors are buried at 75 war memorial sites in China. A new list of
Russian war graves in China is under compilation and is planned to be
published in 2011, the Russian ambassador said.
China and Russia concluded an agreement that set the principles and
the procedure of refurbishing, repairing and care for Soviet war memorials
situated in China in 2007, Sergei Razov recalled. "China makes allocations
for keeping the tombs in a proper state and spends the massive funds for
patriotic education."
Speaking on the restoration of Soviet war memorials, Razov noted that
despite the crisis the funding grows every year. Some 284,000 dollars were
allocated for the repairs of the war memorials in 2009, the Russian
ambassador said. Some 14 monuments and tombs of Soviet warriors have been
restored in cooperation with the local authorities. Some 380,000 dollars
were allocated for these purposes this year, the Russian ambassador noted.
Russia and China reached mutual understanding on the restoration of the
war graves in the area of the former Port Arthur in the period of the
Russian-Japanese war and the Second World War. The restoration works will
be completed this summer.
Russian diplomats together with the local authorities will lay wreaths
to the Memorial of Soviet Warriors in Harbin on Tuesday.
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