Serbia said goodbye to volunteer from South Ossetia Albert Andiev
A volunteer from South Ossetia, Albert Andiev, who defended Serbian Kosovo, was buried in the Central Cemetery of Belgrade.
This was reported by the Serbian edition of Sputnik radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
A large number of people came to see off the hero of the Kosovo war on his last journey. In particular, among them were the Yugoslav general who defended Kosovo Bozidar Delic, the Minister of Labor Miadrag Kapor and the director of the Russian House in Belgrade Evgeniy Baranov.
The farewell service, which took place in the Church of John the Baptist, was served by priests of the Russian and Serbian Orthodox churches. On the coffin in which the warrior’s body lay was depicted the order he received from Serbia. Subsequently, covered with the Serbian tricolor, it was lowered into the ground to the sounds of the Serbian folk song "Vidovdan", dedicated to the heroes of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389.
A native of South Ossetia, which experienced aggression from Georgia in the early 90s, Andiev in 1999 of his own free will came to Yugoslavia, against which Albanian separatists from the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) and NATO had started a war, arming and training bandits and helping them by bombing by military aircraft. The volunteer was recruited to serve as a sniper in the 549th motorized brigade of the Yugoslav Army, which defended the state border with Albania and Macedonia over a length of 150 kilometers.
In a battle with bandits at Suva Reka, an enemy sniper hit Andiev in the eye, but he continued the fight until he lost consciousness. Andiev did not stay in the hospital for the required time and fled to the front, where he was subsequently wounded in the arm. At the end of hostilities, he decided to stay in Serbia, where he got married and had a son, Lazar.
Subsequently, Albert Andiev came to the warring Donbass to morally support the residents of the people's republics. In Serbia, the Kosovo War veteran enjoyed constant honor and respect, and was often invited to speak at various public events.
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