October 18 at the Piskarevsky cemetery a veteran of World War II, a participant in the defense of Leningrad Grigory Yurkin lit the flame of the Eternal Flame.
The flame was extinguished while the granite framing of the memorial was being repaired, and the fire was transferred to a lamp that was kept at the foot of the monument. "Mother is Motherland."
Acting Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Govorunov, heads of state and municipal authorities, veterans, schoolchildren, cadets of military institutions, soldiers of the Western Military District attended the ceremony of lighting the Eternal Flame from the lamp.
Reference. For the first time the Eternal Flame at the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery broke out on the 15th anniversary of the Victory - May 9, 1960. P. Zaichenko, a participant in the defense of Leningrad, lit a torch from the Eternal Flame from the Field of Mars. Accompanied by an escort of honor, the fire was delivered to Piskaryovskoye Cemetery, which was officially opened as a memorial complex.