Grave for a Soviet Soldier in Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz

Close to the St. Hubertuskapelle, east of the community Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz, lies the grave of Yuri Grigorievitch Melnikov in a wooded area near the border to Hungary. He was the first soldier of the Red Army to die during the liberation of Austria on 29 March 1945.

The Reiter family took care of this grave throughout their lives. Initially, the grave was marked with a wooden cross, later with a small concrete cross, before a gravestone was erected in 2012. Likewise, through research, it was possible to give a name to the initially unknown soldier.