16 May 2016 the the wreaths were laid at the Arctic Convoys Memorial in Lyness, Isle of Hoy, on the shores of Scapa Flow where the Navy escort for the Convoys was being formed during the war. The memorial co-funded from Russia and Scotland was unveiled in 2009. The inscriptions on the memorial reads: “Dedicated to all those who served on the Arctic Convoys 1941-1945”.

The wreaths were laid by the Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh Andrey A.Pritsepov, the Chairman of Island of Hoy Development Trust Terry Thompson, representatives of the Royal British Legion Kirkwall and Stromness branches, families of the Arctic Convoys participants and local residents.

The ceremony was followed by the lecture given by Consul General to the pupils of the local school about the role of the Convoys during the war.

He also visited the Scapa Flow museum that tells the story of the Navy base and its role in the Arctic Convoys as well as other events of the two world wars and an exhibition at the historic mansion – Scaill House which tells the story of the Allied Intervention in North Russia «An Orcadian Officer in the Russian Civil War, 1919» which is held until October 2016.