In memory of the Hero of the Soviet Union Jumash Asanaliev. A requiem meeting was held in Minsk

A requiem meeting was held in Minsk near the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Jumash Asanaliev. This is reported by the portal minsknews.by.

Words of gratitude and congratulations to the veterans were voiced by the head of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of the city Gennady Lyubotynsky, the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Belarus Ermek Ibraimov, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Igor Nazaruk. Students of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts presented creative performances.

The meeting ended with a minute of silence and a wreath-laying ceremony with the participation of a guard of honor.

Hero of the Soviet Union Jumash Asanaliev was born on May 10, 1923 in the village of Otuz-Uul, now the Ak-Suu district of the Kyrgyz SSR. Machine gunner of the 199th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 67th Guards Rifle Division of the 6th Guards Army of the 1st Baltic Front.

On June 24, 1944, he was one of the first to cross the Western Dvina River with a machine gun near the village of Labeyki (Vitebsk region). In battle, he replaced the wounded commander. Having taken up a firing position, Asanaliev's crew repelled enemy attacks.

On June 25, after an enemy mine exploded, only Jumash Asanaliev was able to continue the battle. When there was only one grenade left, he blew himself and the Nazis with it. The soldier was buried in the village of Uzrechye, Vitebsk region. In Minsk, a street was named after him and a monument was erected.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 22, 1944, corporal Jumash Asanaliev was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for courage, bravery and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders.