Wreaths laid to monument to Russian soldiers in Swiss Alps

LUZERN, Switzerland, June 21 (Itar-Tass) - The delegates of the World
Congress of Russian Press, which is taking place in Switzerland, on
Saturday laid wreaths to the monument to Russian soldiers who died during
Alexander Suvorov's march across the Swiss Alps in the late 18th century.
During a military campaign in the Swiss Alps in 1799 the Russian army
led by military leader Alexander Suvorov crossed the Swiss Alps. They gave
a battle to the French troops that had occupied Switzerland.
"The memory of Suvorov's campaign is still kept in Switzerland. The
Swiss study its history in schools," Ferdinand Muhaim, the former mayor of
Andermatt, told Itar-Tass. He said that Suvorov's unprecedented march
across the Alps contributed to the emergence of a new state in Europe -
the Swiss confederation.
Taking part in the ceremony were Vitaly Ignatenko, the president of
the World Association of Russian Press, and Farit Mukhametshin, the head
of the Federal Agency for the affairs of the CIS, compatriots residing
abroad and international humanitarian cooperation.