Ceremony dedicated to the 98th anniversary of the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

02 November, 2023

On November 2, at the invitation of the Commander of the Warsaw Garrison, Brig. Gen. Tomasz Dominikowski Ambassador Alexander Arzoumanian attended the ceremony dedicated to the 98th anniversary of the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The coffin with the remains for the monument symbolizing the struggle for the freedom of the motherland was chosen by a Polish Armenian, Jadwiga Zarugiewiczowa, as the mother of a martyr in the defense battles in Lviv, and transported to Warsaw in 1925․ Jadwiga Zarugiewiczowa is currently considered the symbolic mother of the Unknown Soldier.

The solemn ceremony, which is traditionally attended only by the ambassador of Armenia in Poland from the diplomatic corps, was attended by the Acting Chief of the General Staff of Poland, Lieutenant General Piotr Błazeusz, Acting General Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Marek Sokołowski, head of the Office for Veterans and Victims of Oppression, Jan Józef Kasprzyk, as well as the directors of the "Armenian Foundation" Marta and Maciej Bohosiewicz.

At the end of the event, the embassy laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the plaque dedicated to Jadwiga Zarugiewiczowa and her son Konstanty placed on the wall of the Warsaw Garrison Headquarters.

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