Consolidated search party Amur region on May 9 will go to the Chinese province of Heilongjiang seek the remains of Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of China from the Japanese invaders during the Second World War. According to the Government of the Amur Region, search expedition was preceded by two years of work. In August 2012 in the vicinity of Mount Khoshali were found the remains of four Soviet soldiers, informs «Pacific Russia».

«Amur consolidated search party will work in China until June 10 of this year. Amur search engines by examining funds central archive Defense Ministry believes that found the remains of four Soviet soldiers who served in August 1945 in one part of the 190th Infantry Division», — said in a statement.

This division during the battle near the mountain Khoshali obeyed 65th Red Banner Small Kovel body of the 5th Army 1st Far Eastern Front.

Part of the 190th Infantry Division was formed in the Primorye Territory in late 1941. Until August 1945 they were guarding the state border in the event of a Japanese attack on the Soviet Far East. In the period from 9 August to 2 September 1945 in the battles for the liberation of northeast China suffered irrecoverable loss of personnel in the amount of 558 people, including more than 40 amurchan.

As part of the Amur Detachment — 17 search engines and archaeologists. The Chinese side during the talks expressed willingness to provide geologists and students with the knowledge of the Russian language. This is the first Russian-Chinese search expedition, which is dedicated to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory over Japan and the end of World War II.

So far, the field of targeted search operations in China with the participation of Russian (and formerly Soviet) specialists have been conducted.

Just search area documented set 72 objects — planned burial (cemetery, graves and individual graves), located on an area of ​​about 32 square kilometers, which in August 1945 was buried 353 soldiers, according to Interfax.