🇷🇺🇳🇱 Today, Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands H.E. V.Tarabrin visited the "Russian Monument" memorial near Bergen and laid a wreath at the monument to the Russian soldiers who fell on Dutch soil more than two centuries ago. 🔹 "Nature has created only one Russia. It has no rivals. We are Russians, and we shall overcome everything," said the great Russian military commander A.Suvorov. 🔹 These words inevitably come to mind when looking back at how the glory of Russian arms was forged over the centuries. 🔹 One of its lesser-known chapters was the campaign of Russian troops in North Holland in 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802), when Russia, together with other European powers, fought against Revolutionary France. ⚔️ Following the landing of the Anglo-Russian expeditionary force in North Holland, the allied troops engaged in fierce fighting with Franco-Dutch forces. On 19 September 1799, one of the fiercest battles of the campaign took place near the village of Bergen. Russian soldiers displayed courage and steadfastness, but were unable to hold back the enemy’s advance. Around two thousand of our soldiers lost their lives on Dutch soil. 🔹 In 1900-1901, Russian military attaché to the Netherlands Colonel E.von Müller undertook research into the events of 1799. Thanks to his efforts, a monument, next to which 560 Russian soldiers lie, was solemnly unveiled near Bergen on 30 September 1901. 🇷🇺 The land on which the memorial stands was transferred into the possession of the Russian Empire. 🔹 The monument consists of three massive blocks of Swedish granite, crowned with a Russian cross made of white marble. It is surrounded by six granite posts linked by heavy bronze chains. 🔹 Inscribed on the monument in golden letters are the words: “Eternal memory to the Russian warriors who fell at Bergen on 8 and 21 September 1799.” ❗️More than two centuries have passed, but the memory of those who gave their lives far from their Motherland lives on. Their courage and steadfastness will forever remain part of our history! 🇳🇱 We would like to believe that the Netherlands, too, remembers how the foundations of its present-day statehood were laid and the significant role that the heroism of the Russian soldiers played in this history.