« Dean of the Diocesan District of Scotland served a litany for departed at the Soviet submariners' memorial in Dundee »
08-05-2026 
On May 6, 2026, on the eve of the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Priest Alexander Menshikov, Dean of the Diocesan District of Scotland, took part in the laying of wreaths and flowers at the memorial in Dundee, Scotland. The monument was erected in honor of the crew of the Soviet submarine B-1, commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union, Second Rank Captain I.I. Fisanovich.
The ceremony was attended by the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Edinburgh, D.I. Moskalenko; the Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Belarus in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, D.V. Kozlovsky; Russian and Belarusian diplomats; as well as compatriots and representatives of the Scottish public.
In their speeches, those gathered noted the continued importance of common efforts to preserve the memory of the heroism of the Soviet people who gave their lives for the victory over Nazism.
Yvonne Ridley, a leader of the Workers Party of Britain, who arrived with fellow party members to honour the memory of Soviet soldiers, addressed those present with a speech about the need to preserve the memory of the brotherhood forged in the blood and icy waters of the Arctic convoys—an alliance that many are now trying to forget and erase.
Following the laying of flowers, Priest Alexander Menshikov served a memorial litany for "the ever-memorable leaders and soldiers who laid down their lives for our faith and our Fatherland on the battlefield, those who died from wounds and hunger, those who were innocently tortured and killed in captivity and bitter labour, those who died during the siege of Leningrad, and all those who laboured for Victory—whose names, O Lord, You Yourself know."
The International Submarine Memorial in Dundee, Scotland, is dedicated to the 296 Allied sailors who perished in World War II, including the crew of the Soviet submarine B-1 (formerly the British HMS Sunfish), which was transferred to the USSR in 1944. The submarine, commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union Second Rank Captain I.I. Fisanovich, was lost on July 27, 1944, as a result of a mistaken attack by British aircraft. It had 51 people on board, 50 Soviet sailors and one British liaison officer, all of whom are listed on the memorial.