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Bronze memorial cross to legendary Varyag erected in Scotland

Moscow, August 31, Interfax - A bronze bas-relief cross with as a memorial to Russian cruiser Varyag has been erected on the seashore at a small town of Lendelfoot, Scotland.

The legendary ship sank in 1920 100 meters off that place when it was towed for remelting.

The monument is designed by sculptor Vladimir Suvorovtsev and his son from Zhukovsky near Moscow. The memorial will be opened officially on September 8.

It will be the first monument to Russian military glory to be erected in the United Kingdom.

A year ago, a memorial plate was placed there. Now there will a whole memorial compound at the place.

Varyag was launched in Philadelphia and transferred to the Russian Fleet. It was based in Port Arthur in the beginning of the Russian-Japanese War. On January 26, 1904, it was blocked up by the enemy’s squadron at the port of Chemulpo. The Varyag crew could surrender, scuttle the ship and go to the bottom but they preferred to fight fifteen ships at long odds - a feat for which even Japanese military called them ‘real samurais’, the Vesti TV news recalled.

Immediately after the war the Japanese lifted Varyag up, repaired it and send it sailing under the red-white flag. Later the Soviet authorities redeemed and sent it to Great Britain for repairs.

Cruiser Varyag found its last haven 100 meters off the Scottish cost. The British authorities took it from Russia for her debts and planned to forward it Germany for cutting into pieces.

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