Today is the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Alexei Ivanovich Skurlatov, the prototype of the monument “Alyosha” in Plovdiv, from whom the monument was carved.

Dear Leonid, thank you very much for your warm, heartfelt words and memory of my father Alexei Ivanovich. Thank you to the Bulgarian people for the memory of “Alyosha”, the memory of Russian soldiers. The Great Patriotic War who saved the peoples of

Europe from fascist invaders. 80 years have passed and here it revives again, again enmity, again the word war often sounds in the languages of once friendly states against Russia. Good

health to you, good day. And memory is eternal.

Neli Alekseevna Skurlatova

Nalobikha

Altai Krai

30.03.2025