Descendants of the Gallipolians,
Dear friends,Lieutenant General Baron Wrangel founded the Gallipoli Society on 22 November 1921, exactly one year after the first units of the Russian Army arrived at Gallipoli.
In memory of this event, the Executive Board of the Union of Descendants of the Russian Combatants of Gallipoli decided that every year, on the Saturday closest to 22 November, a memorial service (panikhida) should be celebrated wherever possible in the places where descendants of the Gallipolians and of the soldiers of the White Army live.
On 21 November 2026
the Union of Descendants of the Russian Combatants of Gallipoli once again calls on all of you to join in common prayer for our fathers and grandfathers, the heroes of the White Movement.
As is our custom, we ask all of you, scattered across the world, to arrange this memorial service wherever you are, in commemoration of the heroic deeds of our forebears.
Those of you who are able to hold a memorial service locally are kindly asked to let us know at the following address: contact@udcrg.org
We wholeheartedly urge you all to take an active part in this event.
The Executive Board
of the Union of Descendants of the Russian Combatants of Gallipoli
