Polish War Cemetery Olmazor II
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Polish War Cemetery Olmazor II

ID: WOJ-000071-W (UZ-0019)

Polish War Cemetery Olmazor II

In January/February 1942, the redeployment of the Polish Armed Forces in the USSR (General Anders' Army) from the Soviet Russian republic to the Central Asian republics took place. An Army Training Centre was located in Vrevskaya (now Olmazor). The Centre included, among others, an EOD Training Centre, a cadet school, a school for juniors and a chemical company. A co-educational general school was also established. The military and civilians who died here from exhaustion and disease, and who came to the places where Polish units were formed following the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the so-called "amnesty for Polish citizens", announced on 12.08.1941, were buried in at least two cemeteries. One of them, whose modern name is the Polish War Cemetery Olmazor II, was located in the Orthodox cemetery, near the railway station. Unfortunately, most of the graves were built over with new burials after the war. Only isolated Catholic crosses remain. The Tashkent organisation "Polonia" erected a tall metal cross surrounded by a low metal fence, thus carving out a small area of about 30 m2. The Council for the Protection of Remembrance of Struggle and Martyrdom, as part of the work carried out at the Olmazor II cemetery in 2001, renovated the fence and erected a monument in front of it. It is - characteristic of all rebuilt cemeteries on the road of the Anders Army - a milepost topped with an eagle bas-relief. On either side of the obelisk, plaques with a set of 46 names are embedded at its feet. This list is dominated by the juniors - boys aged 12-17 who died in the garrison hospital in February/April 1942. The inscription on the monument is in Polish and Uzbek: "TU SPOCZYWAJĄ POLACY / 46 SOLDIERS / OF THE POLISH ARMY / IN THE EAST/ GEN. WŁ. ANDERS / AND CIVILIANS / FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR / PRISONERS / OF SOVIET GULAGS / WHO DIED IN 1942 / ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR HOMELAND/ HONOUR THEIR MEMORY". At the entrance to the cemetery there are information plates with inscriptions in Polish and Uzbek, which were replaced by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2017 with bilingual information that reads: "POLISH / WAR CEMETERY / OLMAZOR I / UNDER THE CARE / OF THE / MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE / NATIONAL / HERITAGE / RECONSTRUCTED IN 2001 / THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MEMORY / OF FIGHTS AND MARTYRDOM". The last renovation of the cemetery was carried out by the OPWiM Council in 2016. After the liquidation of the OPWiM Council, the care of the cemetery is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The Ministry of Culture is also conducting research work to establish a census of civilians buried in cemeteries in Central Asia.
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25.06.2022
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