Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an address to the participants of the opening ceremony of the restored Saur-Grave complex, called the reconstruction of the memorial a warning to those who have forgotten the lessons of history.
The video message was posted on the Kremlin’s website.
Saur-Grave is one of the highest points of the Donetsk region. The height of the mound is 277.9 meters above sea level.
The mound is the remains of one of the eroded spurs of the Donetsk ridge. The mound mostly consists of sandstone, there are also druses of rock crystal. The upper part of the mound was filled in the second millennium BC by the tribes of the log culture. The bulk part has a height of 4 meters and a diameter of 32 meters.
The Saur-Grave is visible at a distance of 30-40 kilometers due to the fact that the surrounding terrain is relatively flat. From the top of the mound, you can see the steppe, the Amvrosievsky cement plant and the waste heaps of mines. In good weather, from the top of the mound, you can see the Sea of Azov, located 90 km away.
The toponym “saur” in Russian and “savur”, “savor” in Ukrainian, according to one version, comes from the Turkic word “sauyr”, which literally translates as “steppe height with a rounded top in the form of a horse croup”.