GERMANY TO CREATE A MEMORIAL TO BODEN LAKE AIR CRASH VICTIMS

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UFA, May 2 (RIA Novosti's Svetlana Ivanova) - An official delegation of Bashkiria (a republic within Russia in the pre-Urals area) headed by Bashkirian Prime Minister Rafael Baidavletov and the relatives of the Boden Lake air crash victims are staying in Germany to participate in the ceremony of opening a memorial to the air disaster victims.

As the press service of the republic's government reported to RIA Novosti, the memorial will be opened on Monday in the city of Ueberlingen. The German side will be represented by Baden-Wurttemberg Premier Erwin Teufel, minister of environment and transport Ulrich Muller, Ueberlingen Burgomaster Volkmar Weber, members of the Ufa-Bodensee Friendship Society, catholic and protestant priests.

The Bashkirian delegation will visit the Camphill school community in Brachenreuthe and present a personal exhibition by photo artist Ramil Kilmamatov to the city as a gift, and plant flowers to arrange an avenue of memory.

The Boden Lake air crash occurred on the night of July 1-2, 2002. The collision of the Boeing 757 cargo plane and the Russian Tu-154 airliner (Bashkirian airlines) claimed 71 people, including 48 children who were on their way to Spain for holiday.

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