A great victory. virtual guide. Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

A GREAT VICTORY. VIRTUAL GUIDE

http://www.may9.ru/ Official site dedicated to the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. You can find information about the preparations for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in all regions of the country, listen to news reports from the Soviet Information Bureau of 1945, and get acquainted with archival photographs and newsreels from the Great Patriotic War. In addition, the resource offers to watch films about wartime and live broadcasts of victory parades from 14 Russian cities.

http://22june.mil.ru/ "This is how the war began" - A section on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense containing unique archival documents - indisputable evidence of Soviet military leaders, eyewitnesses of the events of June 22, 1941 and the first days of the Great Patriotic War from the declassified funds of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

http://june-22.mil.ru/ "June 22, exactly at 4 am" - an electronic information resource of the Russian Ministry of Defense, dedicated to the events of the first days of the most fierce and bloody war of the 20th century - the Great Patriotic War.

http://presentation.rsl.ru/presentation/view/72 "The Great Victory of the Soviet People": A virtual exhibition showing various types of publications stored in the national libraries of the CIS countries. The exhibition was prepared by the Russian State Library and the Library Assembly of Eurasia.

http://www.pobediteli.ru/ a search system for lists of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, which helps people find each other. The project contains a "Multimedia map of the war" with the memoirs of the participants and archival chronicles. This is an interactive map that clearly shows the entire history of the military operations of the Great Patriotic War. Key moments are accompanied by additional information with photos and videos, as well as audio recordings of veterans' memories.

http://agk.mid.ru/ Historical and documentary Internet project “USSR and allies. Documents of the Archive of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the Foreign Policy and Diplomacy of the Leading Powers of the Anti-Hitler Coalition. The project was prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory. This documentary array (about 3,900 archival files have been digitized) recreates an objective picture of the formation and development of the anti-Hitler coalition - a unique phenomenon in the history of international relations of the 20th century, clearly shows the key role played by the Soviet Union in uniting the peoples of the world in the fight against fascism.

http://parad-msk.ru/ Official site of the Regional Patriotic Public Organization "Immortal Regiment - Moscow".

http://memory.rf/ The military-historical Internet resource "Place of Memory", which shows the burial places of soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. The system allows you to get information about each soldier, as well as to carry out a virtual tour of the burial places. The project was initiated by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

http://www.pamyat-naroda.ru/ The world's largest Internet portal "Memory of the People" about the fate of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. The unified electronic database "Memory of the People" became the development of the projects "Memorial" and "Feat of the People" about the Second World War, previously implemented by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Anyone can learn about the exploits or find the fate of their ancestors who died on the war fronts in the 20th century, find documents and compile a personal family archive. The database also contains archival documents and documents on the losses and awards of soldiers and officers of the First World War.

http://www.obd-memorial.ru The Generalized Data Bank (GDB) contains information about the defenders of the Fatherland who died and went missing during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period. To date, 13.7 million digital copies of documents on irretrievable losses during the Great Patriotic War from 38 thousand archival files of the Central Administration of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, TsVMA, RGVA, GA RF, regional archives of the Federal Archive and 42.2 thousand passports of military burials have been entered into the OBD. existing places of military burials in the Russian Federation and abroad. Additionally, more than 1000 volumes of the Book of Memory have been loaded into the OBD.

http://podvignaroda.ru/ The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presents a unique information resource "The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", filled with documents available in the military archives on the progress and results of the main military operations, exploits and awards of all soldiers of the Great Patriotic War.

http://ko-dnu-vvs.mil.ru/ The steel character of the Soviet falcons is a multimedia collection of documents from the funds of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense, dedicated to military pilots of the Great Patriotic War and their winged vehicles.

http://cgamos.ru/events/e29561/ "Muscovites - Heroes of the Great Patriotic War": An electronic publication presented by the Central State Archive of the City of Moscow.

http://mil.ru/winner_may/docs.htm Electronic information resource "Victory May" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: documents (orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Directives of the General Staff, etc.), reports of the Sovinformburo, photo album, music, letters from front-line soldiers, etc.

http://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/books/vov.htm 12-volume electronic encyclopedia "The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Chronologically, the encyclopedia covers events from the "fatal forties" to the victorious end of the most bloody and bitter war in the history of mankind. The twelfth volume is devoted to the results and lessons of the war. It also addresses the most controversial issues in its history.

http://mil.ru/files/files/parad2015/index.html Victory Parade: a special site dedicated to the Victory Parades, which will be held on May 9, 2015 in 26 cities of Russia. An interactive map of Russia is presented, on which the cities hosting the Victory Parades are marked, and detailed information on the number of equipment and personnel involved.

http://900dney.ru/ "900 Days of Leningrad": The Internet resource is a constantly updated electronic library of multimedia data - texts, documentary video, audio and photographic materials - about the blockade of Leningrad

http://mil.ru/files/files/camo/gallery_2.html Electronic exhibition "The First Day of the War" on the Internet portal of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The exposition contains a collection of historical documents from the funds of the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defense, dedicated to the events of the first days of the great confrontation.

http://children1941-1945.aif.ru/ "Children's book of war" - project "AiF". 35 diaries were collected, whose authors at the time of their writing were from 7 to 12 years old. These are diaries from the ghettos, concentration camps, besieged Leningrad, as well as front and rear diaries. The authors of the project draw attention to the fact that the diaries of Anne Frank and Tanya Savicheva have long been known all over the world and "there is an impression that there are no more witnesses." The book "AiF" is the first and only collection of children's testimonies about the events of the Second World War. Half of the diaries are published for the first time.

http://mil.ru/files/files/camo/fr.html Exhibition of works by artists "Frontline drawing". This is a creative online project of the Office of the Press Service and Information of the Ministry of Defense and the Central Museum of the Armed Forces, which reveals previously little-known sides of the military culture of 1941-1945.

http://9may.ru/ "Victory Day. 70 years" - Internet project "MIA "Russia Today": photos, infographics, reports of the Soviet Information Bureau, news of anniversary celebrations, recordings of songs of the war years.

http://paradpobedy.ru/"TASS special project "Victory Parade" is a unique photo chronicle of the tragic years, created by the agency's photographers

http://berlin70.aif.ru “Berlin Operation” is an AiF project dedicated to the last days of the war, the storming of Berlin. Many large and high-quality military photographs, an interactive map of hostilities, active infographics - and all the details about how Berlin was taken, the flag was hoisted over the Reichstag, and how Nazi leaders fled from the city.

http://pobeda.snwall.ru/ Special interactive project "Lesson of Victory" of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. Any user of social networks will be able to tell how the holiday is celebrated in his family, school, city, district. By May 9, an array of unique user-generated content will be collected here about how Victory Month went throughout Russia.

http://evacuation.spbarchives.ru "Leningrad blockade. Evacuation" - an electronic database of citizens evacuated from the city in 1941-1943. The portal was created on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory at the initiative of the Archival Committee of St. Petersburg on the basis of documents stored in the Central State Archives of St. Petersburg (TSGA St. Petersburg) and part of the departmental archives of St. Petersburg.

http://pobeda.elar.ru/ "Victory Calendar" - The project was implemented by employees of the ELAR corporation, who, together with museums, archives and libraries, searched for little-known and unknown to the general public information about the hostilities on the Soviet-German front. As part of the project, a huge amount of work was done to search for and process huge amounts of information. The factual material of the bulletin consists of descriptions of battles, interesting articles from front-line newspapers, stories about the exploits and destinies of individuals, military folklore (songs, poems, anecdotes), photographs and illustrated materials (posters, drawings from newspapers).

http://victory.rusarchives.ru/ Website "Victory. 1941-1945" is posted on the all-Russian portal "Archives of Russia". The work on the site is coordinated by the Federal Archival Agency (Rosarchiv). The site includes an exposition of the most striking archival photographic and film documents that reveal the greatness and historical significance of the feat of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, as well as information on the composition and volume of photographic documents of the war period stored in the state archives of the Russian Federation.

http://war.gtrf.info/ The multimedia project of the State Television and Radio Fund is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Watch exclusive video and audio of the war years online.

http://battlefront.ru/ battlefront. History of the Great Patriotic War. Site sections: newsreel, music, photo gallery, battles and operations, equipment, weapons, awards, personal articles. The site is interesting because it presents various aspects of the war from two sides: Soviet and German.

http://pisma.may9.ru/ On the eve of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Google, together with the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), launched the Living Memory website. With its help, the largest online archive of military letters in Russia will be created. You can upload your wartime letter to the site. The full version of the site is available from April 29, 2015.

http://pobeda70.lenta.ru/ "Victory" is a special project of Lenta.ru dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. The Great Patriotic War left a mark in the history of every family. Share memories of your veterans.

http://waralbum.ru/ Military Album: Photographs of World War II and the Great Patriotic War (1939-1945).

http://www.tassphoto.ru/ TASS photo project "Cities of Russia - 70 years later", dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The project implements the idea of ​​"before and after": each section will present views of one of the Russian cities during the war years or immediately after it, and photographs of the same place 70 years later.

http://militera.lib.ru/1/cats/wars/20/1941-1945.html military literature. Books, collections of documents, memoirs on the history of wars in Russia and the world. Large section of publications about the Great Patriotic War.

http://www.1942.ru Group of military archeology "Seeker". Since 1988, he has been searching for and reburial of soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. The group's website contains information about the search for relatives of found soldiers and news about upcoming search expeditions.

http://41-45.su/ All-Russian project "Our Common Victory". The goal of the project is to form on the Web, by volunteers, a video archive of memories of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, which will subsequently be transferred to the State Archive of the Russian Federation.

http://www.pobeda1945.su Portal about front-line soldiers - an information portal and a social network at the same time. At the forefront of the concept of the portal is a specific front-line soldier as a person (both the one who survived and the one who died or went missing) with the possibility of searching for information both about him personally and about the unit in which he fought.

http://iremember.ru/ Memoirs of veterans of the Great Patriotic War: tankers, pilots, scouts, snipers, sappers, partisans, doctors - those who survived those terrible years. Here you can read the memoirs of war veterans, listen to fragments of audio recordings of conversations with veterans, view scanned copies of letters from the front and a photo album with photographs of the war years.

http://fotochroniki.ru/ "Family photochronicles of the Great Patriotic War" - A digital archive of photographs from family archives with brief comments about the people and events presented in them. The organizers of the project are the Interregional Charitable Public Organization "Social Network of Volunteer Initiatives "SoSeDI" and the All-Russian Public Organization "Business Russia".

http://pomnite-nas.ru/ "Remember Us" - a database of monuments, memorials, military graves of soldiers of the Great Patriotic War was created by enthusiasts in 2006. Contains information on more than 11 thousand monuments with 36 thousand photographs. The creators of the project encourage site visitors to send pictures of monuments, memorials or graves of unknown soldiers taken in various parts of Russia and abroad.

http://thanks-for-victory.rf Dedicated to the memory of the Winners of the Great Patriotic War - the History of the Winners, the organization of events in tribute to the memory of the defenders of our Motherland.

http://thefireofthewar.ru/1418/index.php/ The site "Fire of War" is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, its events and people who participated in them: members of the Krasnodon underground "Young Guard", the underground organization of the city of Brest and other underground organizations and groups operating in the territory of the Soviet Union occupied by the Nazi invaders; defenders of the Brest Fortress and Adzhimushkay quarries; and also on the site you will find poems about the Great Patriotic War.

http://www.world-war.ru/ The Internet portal "Invented stories about the war" is an electronic periodical in Russian, German and English. It is an archive of audio, video and text files, as well as rare photographs (including from family albums) of wartime

http://www.rkka.ru/ Site "Red Army. Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" - on our site you will find materials on the history of the army from 1918 to the end of World War II: books; documentation; orders for the personnel of the army; composition, organization, location; armament; a uniform; cards.

http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/victory/ "The Price of Victory" - a series of programs of the radio station "Echo of Moscow". The listeners will receive answers to the eternal questions of history from leading experts. A forum is open for off-air discussion. The host of the program invites listeners and viewers to join the discussion: suggest topics, share information, sources and little-known facts. Hosts: editor-in-chief of the Diletant magazine Vitaly Dymarsky and politician Vladimir Ryzhkov.

http://warfly.ru/ Aerial photographs of the Great Patriotic War - German aerial photographs of the cities of the former USSR on Google Maps.

http://www.oldgazette.ru/ The site "Starye Gazeta" is a selection of newspapers published in the Soviet Union in different years and containing materials on the history of the USSR in the war and pre-war years. The logos of the editions available are located at the edges of the page. These are links. The opportunity for free reading and downloading is provided, referring to the source. A selection has been selected showing how Victory Day was celebrated in different years.

http://poklonnayagora.ru Website of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War. The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War is an integral and at the same time the main part of the Victory Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Over an area of ​​over 3000 sq. meters, the main military-historical exposition of the museum "The Feat and Victory of the Great People", opened in 2008, is located. The main artist of the exposition is V.M. Glazkov, chief architect - I.Yu. Minakov. The exposition contains more than 6000 exhibits.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presents a unique information resource "The Feat of the People"

"The feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" - an electronic bank of documents relating to the period of the Great Patriotic War.

A bank of open access documents filled with all the documents available in the military archives on the progress and results of the main military operations, exploits and awards of all the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. The main goals of the project are to perpetuate the memory of all the heroes of the Victory, regardless of the rank, the scale of the feat, the status of the award, the military-patriotic education of young people on the example of the military exploits of their fathers, as well as the creation of a factual basis for countering attempts to falsify the history of the War. The creation of the most complete electronic bank of documents on a key period in the modern history of civilization has no analogues in terms of volume, historical and social significance, and is an eternal monument to the great Feat of the People.

Work continues to identify unknown heroes of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, to publish their names, to search for awards that were not presented to participants in the Second World War in a timely manner.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, relatives of veterans of the Great Patriotic War on issues of timely undelivered awards should contact the website of the Ministry of Defense "Feat of the People" www.podvignaroda.mil.ru

On March 30, she received a commemorative medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." and at the same time congratulations on the 90th anniversary of a resident of the district, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War Kurdasova Zoya Nikolaevna.

Medals "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War Ivan Grigoryevich Sushkov and Franceska Ivanovna Bushueva were awarded by the deputy of the Council of Deputies Eliseev V.N., the head of the sector of the government Kholodilin V.I. and the chairman of the primary council of veterans Pyatnitskaya Z.P.

The head of the council presented anniversary medals to veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War at home. The solemn awarding of commemorative medals "70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" continues in the district. veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War. On Saturday, March 21, the head of the council, P.P. Litovchenko, together with the chairman of the Council of Veterans Shcherbakov R.R. and chairman of the primary 4 Council of Veterans Larionova V.I. As part of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, we visited veterans and participants in the Great Patriotic War Vasilyeva Maria Vasilievna, Pashkova Roza Alexandrovna and Savchenko Valentina Alekseevna. The head of the council presented commemorative medals “70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” to the famous residents of our region.

Solemn awarding of anniversary medals "70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" was held in the district. veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War Nazarenko S.K., Gerasimova I.T., Lupyreva N.M. The deputy of the Council of Deputies of the Moscow Region Losinoostrovsky L.M. took part in the award. Belova and Father John (Church of the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia in Babushkino).

At the right of the Losinoostrovsky district, she presented the veteran of the Great Patriotic War Selivannik Levontina Stanislavovna with the anniversary medal "70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45." Congratulations and awards took place at home.

On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Russian Ministry of Defense is launching a special section "Victory May" on its official website.

This section will publish historical documents previously available only to a narrow circle of specialists from the funds of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, representatives of the military department said.

The appearance on the portal of the Ministry of Defense of the information resource "Victory May" puts a damper on the growing falsification of history, documents the decisive role of the USSR in the defeat of Nazi Germany, and becomes an important element in the system of military-patriotic education of young people, the Ministry of Defense emphasized.

The project has several sections:

- Documents of the command of the Red Army
- Trophy documents
- Memories of combatants
- Allied Forces

Directive of the OKH on the preparation of the German attack of 01/31/1941 (Translated from German, typewritten text)

Photo: Official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, the official website for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory may9.ru was launched. Now everyone can find detailed information about how the country will celebrate this great day. We recommend adding this address to your bookmarks to everyone who is interested in the history of the country, honors the memory of heroes and monitors the preparation of celebrations. The resource will be of interest to both sophisticated professionals and schoolchildren who begin to study the great history of the country. In the "News" section you can find out about the events in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, which are held in different regions. Section “All-Russian action “Hurrah for Victory!” offers to download the melody of a military song to the phone as a dial tone by calling a special free number 1945.

- This number is supported by the largest Russian operators, - Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, said yesterday. - This will allow you to join the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory anywhere in the world.

On the portal located at www.may9.ru, collected 70 best films about the war, archival photos, newsreels.

As VM was informed in the organizing committee for the preparation of the celebration, the section "Eternal Flame" with information about the awarded front-line soldiers is being prepared. This joint project with the Ministry of Defense is based on previously classified documents.

The site also offers another interesting opportunity: when the Victory parades begin, their broadcasts from different cities can be watched online.

“When preparations began, it was hard to imagine that the battle for historical truth would come to the fore on the foreign policy agenda. Today, more than ever, it is necessary to build systematic work to protect the truth about the war,” said Sergey Ivanov, head of the organizing committee for the preparations for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory.

Evgenia Maksimovna Rudneva

Navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division, Guards Senior Lieutenant. The hero of the USSR.

She was born on December 24, 1920 in the city of Berdyansk, now the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine. She lived in the village of Saltykovka, Moscow Region, in the city of Babushkin. In 1938, Zhenya graduated from high school with an honors certificate and became a student at the Mechanics and Mathematics Department of Moscow State University. Thanks to her extraordinary hard work and inquisitiveness, Zhenya quickly became one of the best students of the course at the university. In the same year, she began working in the All-Union Astronomical and Geodetic Society (VAGO) in the Department of the Sun, and the very next year she was elected head of this department. At the same time, she also worked in the department of Variable Stars, with enthusiasm, often making observations all night long at the observatory on Presnya. In 1939, the first scientific article by E. Rudneva was published in the VAGO Bulletin No. 3: “Biological Observations During the Solar Eclipse of June 19, 1936.” When the Great Patriotic War began, Zhenya passed the spring examination session, finishing the third year. Passionately in love with her specialty, with distant unquenchable stars, a student who was predicted to have a great future, she firmly decided that she would not study until the war was over, that her path lay at the front. In the Red Army - since October 1941, she graduated from the navigation school. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War - since May 1942, she was a crew navigator. Navigator of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment (325th Night Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front), Senior Lieutenant E.M. Rudneva made 645 night combat sorties to destroy crossings, railway echelons, manpower and equipment of the enemy. She fought on the Transcaucasian, North Caucasian, 4th Ukrainian fronts. Participated in battles in the North Caucasus, Taman and Kerch peninsulas. The brave pilot died a heroic death on the night of April 9, 1944 during the execution, along with P.M. Prokopieva, a combat mission north of the city of Kerch, Crimean ASSR. She was buried in the hero city of Kerch at the Military Memorial Cemetery. Even before her death, she was presented to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1944, Senior Lieutenant Evgenia Maksimovna Rudneva was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders. She was awarded the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner, the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Red Star, as well as medals. In honor of Evgenia Rudneva, a street was named in the Babushkinsky district of the North-Eastern district of the capital, a monument was erected.

New Year's cards of the Great Patriotic War

Pupils of the "Moscow Sheremetyevsky Cadet Corps" KSh 1778 passed through Red Square for the seventh time

Today, November 7, 2014, I congratulate all the participants of the solemn march, as well as all those gathered on Red Square on the 73rd anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi troops near Moscow. Today, there were 28 participants in the historical parade on November 7, 1941 among the spectators in the stands of Red Square.
In honor of the generation of victors who defended the Motherland from fascism, more than 6,000 participants solemnly marched along Red Square. Among them are servicemen of the Moscow garrison in the uniform of the 1941 model, a cavalry group of the Presidential Regiment, a company of the Guard of Honor of the separate commandant's Preobrazhensky Regiment, students of the Moscow Suvorov Military School, representatives of military-patriotic clubs, search teams, students of cadet schools in the capital.
A total of 59 ceremonial calculations were formed. The event was attended by a cavalry group of 35 horsemen of the Presidential Regiment of the FSO of Russia and a combined military band of the Moscow garrison of 200 musicians.
For the first time, the most striking events of the Great Patriotic War, from the defense of Moscow to the capture of the Reichstag, were reconstructed on Red Square for the first time. As part of the procession, 63 units of military equipment of the 1939-1945 model were demonstrated. For the first time, the legendary I-153 and MiG-3 aircraft are presented as exhibits.
Before the start of the solemn march, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of the legendary Parade on November 7, 1941. The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexei Shaposhnikov, members of the Moscow government, deputies of the Moscow City Duma, heads of veteran organizations. Flowers were also laid by representatives of various religious confessions and representatives of youth patriotic movements.
At the ceremony, the Guard of Honor band played, the Guard of Honor battalion marched, consisting of three companies representing three branches of the armed forces - the ground forces, the air force and the navy. The ceremonial march on Red Square in honor of the historic military parade of 1941 took place for the 12th time, and the cadets of the "Moscow Sheremetyevo Cadet Corps" KSH 1778 passed for the 7th time. The record holders for the number of parades among our pupils are Vladislav Brutsky and Maria Egorova. All seven times the guys were participants in the parades. Each participant of this march was awarded a commemorative medal and a certificate.
> Ilya Kontsenberg (cadet 6a): I was very scared during all the rehearsals, because there were 101 of us, and only 84 people can take it. I tried not to miss more than one rehearsal, as a result, today I took part in the parade with honor, and I am very PROUD of it !!!
> I want to express my gratitude to the creators of the common idea, the teachers and officers of our school, the director, and SPECIAL THANKS TO GREKOV VITALY VLADIMIROVICH for his kindness and excellent training
> Grekov V.V. : during training, I was nervous and screaming, and I myself was probably most afraid of losing each of my cadets, the result was achieved guys, thanks to everyone, it was a pleasure to work with you!

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

residents of the Losinoostrovsky district

The war with the Nazis was terrible. How many lives she has interrupted! How many fates crippled! How many cities and towns destroyed to the ground! Thanks to the valiant and fearless Soviet army, it was possible to expel this evil not only from our lands, but also to help free the occupied countries of Europe from the horrors of fascism. Paying tribute to the unparalleled selflessness of the Soviet people who fought on all fronts of the Second World War, Russian President Putin issued a Decree "On the jubilee medal" 70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War ". This Decree has a special provision and instructions for its delivery. 70 years is a very long time. Now those who in 1945 were beardless youths are already very old. Every year there are fewer of them, WWII veterans. The medal "70 Years of Victory" is a great opportunity for all of us to express our recognition to these people and say "many thanks" to them.

Anniversary Awards

After the completion of any great and significant event, years inevitably pass. They discolor vivid memories, dull sensations, make a lot of things to reconsider and rethink. In order not to erase the memory of the past, it is customary to issue commemorative signs and awards for each anniversary, which are awarded to people who took part in the event. Such are the commemorative medals dedicated to the victory over the Nazis. The first of them was released in 1965, when the 20th anniversary of the great Victory was celebrated. Further, such medals began to be issued every 10 years. That is, there are awards and distinctions for the 30th anniversary of this great event, for the 40th anniversary, of course, for the 50th anniversary. They prepared especially carefully for this anniversary, since 50 years is a round date. Significant was the award to veterans, presented in 1995. In 2000, which in itself was a jubilee year, a medal was issued for the 55th anniversary of the Victory. We can say that it has become a tradition to hold awards not after 10, but after 5 years. Since in 2005 veterans were awarded medals for the 60th anniversary, and in 2010 - for the 65th anniversary of this glorious event. The turn of 2015 has come. On its eve, a medal was approved and issued for a significant date - the 70th anniversary of our great Victory. About 3 million war veterans living in Russia, including Crimea, were presented for the award.

Description of the medals awarded to veterans in 1965-1985

Receiving awards is always an honor and a pleasure. They give people who survived the terrible years of the war the confidence that their feat is not forgotten by the modern generation. Commemorative medals, awarded since 1965, have different designs on both obverse and reverse. The only thing they have in common is that each has an “ear”. It connects to the ring. With its help, the award is attached to the block, on which there is a pin on the reverse side. On the front side of the block covered with moire tape. The reverse of the medals is also almost identical. On each there is an inscription in large raised letters, indicating how many years have passed since the Victory Day, desired by all people. On the reverse side of some anniversary awards there are also additional signs. Let's make a brief description of what the medals for the anniversary of Victory Day looked like in different years:

1965 (20th anniversary of our Great Victory). The metal from which the award is made is brass. The diameter is 32 mm. Obverse: depicts a monument erected in Treptow Park. It is a sculpture of a Soviet liberator soldier with a rescued girl in his arms. Under the feet of a Soviet soldier there are two branches of laurel. In the center of the medal are the numbers "1945-1965". Reverse: an inscription in large letters around the circle, saying that 20 years have passed since the Great Victory. In the center is a star with diverging rays. Against its background are the Roman numerals "XX". Ribbon: green and black stripes on a red background.

1975 (30th anniversary of our Great Victory). Metal - brass. The diameter is 36 mm. Obverse: against the background of festive fireworks, a convex image of the well-known sculpture by Vuchetich and Nikitin "Motherland". On the left side there is a star, two branches of laurel and the numbers "1954-1975". Reverse: the inscription "TO THE PARTICIPANT OF THE WAR" at the top. Center: "XXX VICTORIES IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945". In the lower part, against the background of the ribbon, there is a sickle and a hammer. Ribbon: orange, black and greenish stripes on a red background.

1985 (40th anniversary of the Victory). Metal - brass. The diameter is 32 mm. Obverse: images of a soldier, a worker and a peasant against the background of a large star without rays, the Kremlin tower, two laurel branches and the inscription "1945-1985". Reverse: the inscription "TO THE PARTICIPANT OF THE WAR" at the top. In the center, in raised letters, there is an inscription that 40 years have passed since the day of our Victory in the Second World War. Below this inscription is an image of a ribbon, and above it is a small sign of a hammer and sickle. Moire ribbon: on a red background, green, orange and black stripes.

Description of the 1995 award

There was a time when we were all citizens of one country, in which there was no division along national lines. Therefore, all veterans of the war, regardless of their place of residence, were awarded uniform awards. Even in 1095, when the country began to be torn apart for the sake of political and personal ambitions, the medal for the 50th anniversary of the glorious Victory over the Nazis was the same for all veterans. It became the last award that all participants in the war received, regardless of which corner of the Soviet Union they lived in.

Description of the medal issued for the 50th anniversary of our great Victory:

Metal - tompak (brass with impurities of copper and zinc). Diameter standard - 32 mm. Obverse: the Spasskaya Tower, the world-famous Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat, part of the Kremlin wall, fireworks are depicted. Below is a convex image (one-color) of the Order of the Patriotic War, two branches of laurel, the inscription "1945-1995". Reverse: Laurel branches below. Above them is an inscription in large print that 50 years have passed since the long-awaited Victory over the Nazis. Ribbon: red wide stripe, narrow black (3 pcs.) and orange (4 pcs.) stripes.

The Soviet Union collapsed. The Baltic republics left it, becoming independent countries. They began to consider the victory in the Second World War from a different perspective. All awards to its participants were cancelled.

XXI Century

In the new century and millennium, some countries that emerged from the republics of the USSR continued the glorious tradition of rewarding their veterans of the Second World War. They were issued and presented dedicated to the 55th, 60th and 65th anniversary of the Greatest Victory. All of them have the same diameter, equal to 32 mm. They looked like this over the years:

2000 (55th anniversary of the Victory). Metal - tampak. Obverse: image of the climax in the Victory Parade, held on Red Square in 1945, the mausoleum, the Kremlin wall, the famous Spasskaya Tower, the inscription in three-dimensional letters "55 years". Reverse: in the center the inscription "VICTORY OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945". In the lower part there are laurel branches, at the intersection of which there is a sickle and a hammer. Ribbon: Combination of red, white, blue, black and yellow stripes.

2005 (60th anniversary of our Great Victory). Metal - tampak. Obverse: The Order of Victory is depicted in the center. At the bottom are the numbers "1045-2005". Reverse: laurel branches in a circle. In the center there is a convex inscription stating that 60 years have passed since the Victory Day. Ribbon: Red stripe in the center, bordered with orange and black stripes.

2010 (65th anniversary of our Great Victory). Metal - tampak. Obverse: Order of Glory, 1st class, depicted in the center. In the lower part (under the order) are the numbers "1945-2010". Reverse: there is only an inscription that 65 years have passed since the day of our Victory in the war against the Nazis. Ribbon: black and orange stripes in the center, red stripes along the edges.

Analogues of this medal were issued in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

70 years of the significant Victory over the Nazis

In 2015, all civilized people of the world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the greatest and long-awaited Victory over the Nazis. By this date, several commemorative awards were issued at once, including the medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." A Decree was issued on the establishment of this award, signed by Putin. This document is registered under No. 931. It came into effect on December 23, 2013. The Regulations on this medal were also signed, which indicated the categories of people worthy of the award, determined the manufacturing enterprises and persons responsible for the implementation of the Decree.

In 2014, on June 4, a Presidential Decree was issued, which approved the instructions for presenting the award. The lists of those awarded were to be drawn up by the heads of local municipalities (in settlements where veterans live), and in foreign countries - by the ambassadors of the Russian Federation. They were instructed to send lists to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The award and the certificate attached to it should have been presented only in a solemn atmosphere. Those awarded with the medal "70 Years of Victory" are not provided with any additional benefits.

Reason for the award

The job of making lists is not as easy as it might seem. Responsible persons are required to review a lot of information, check hundreds of documents.

The basis for inclusion in the list of awardees are:

• Military ID.
• WWII Disabled Certificate.
• Employment history.
• Certificate of being in military service or work during the Second World War, issued in a military unit or in the archive.
• Red Army book.
• Certificate of injury or other serious injury during the Second World War or the war with Japan.
• Veteran's or WWII veteran's certificate.
• Certificates of awarding commemorative medals in honor of previous anniversaries of the Victory over the Nazis, and / or Germany.
• Documents evidencing the award and valiant work shown during the years of war hard times, for the defense of Moscow, Leningrad, Sevastopol, Odessa, Stalingrad, the Caucasus, Kiev, the Soviet Arctic.
• Badge "Inhabitant of besieged Leningrad".
• Documents confirming the stay in concentration camps and ghettos.
• Certificate of rehabilitation confirming that citizens were in exile, in prison, in NKVD colonies for at least six months during the Second World War.

Categories of awardees who took part in the battles

According to the Decree of the President, the award should be presented to:

• Soldiers and civilians who participated in combat operations during the Second World War.
• To the partisans.
• Underground members whose groups operated in the occupied lands.
• Persons who have commemorative awards in honor of the Victory over Germany and / or Japan.

Categories of persons who did not take part in the battles

According to the Decree signed by President Putin, the medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Citizens who did not take part in the battles were awarded. Their categories are as follows:

• Prisoners of concentration camps and ghettos.
• People who "forged" the victory in the rear and were awarded medals for their selfless work.
• People who worked during the war and received an award for labor distinction.
• Having an award for labor prowess during the war years.
• Residents of besieged Leningrad.
• Persons who were awarded medals for the defense of certain cities (Moscow, Sevastopol, Kiev, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Odessa, the Caucasus, the Northern Arctic.
• Foreign citizens who fought in the ranks of the Soviet army, partisan detachments, underground organizations (we are not talking about residents of the CIS).

Description

Circulation of medals "70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" amounted to over 3 million, according to the 2015 census.

This award looks like this: it is made of a silver-colored alloy. The diameter is standard for awards of this type and is 32 mm. Obverse: there is an image (multicolor) of the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree. Below (under the order) are the numbers "1945-2015". Reverse: laurel branches around the circumference, entwined with a ribbon. In the center of the circle are the words "70 YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945". All images are embossed. There is a border along the edge of the medal. Ribbon: includes a red stripe down the center. It is bordered on both sides by brown stripes and alternating orange and black stripes.

Not all states accepted this appearance of the medal. So, in Moldova, there will be no hammer and sickle on the front side of the award. In Ukraine, they approved their medal, adding national attributes to its design.

The award should be worn on the chest on the left side, after the medal awarded on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the significant Victory.

Medal "70 Years of Victory over Germany"

It was also released for the anniversary. It was approved by the Decision of the Commission on Commemorative Signs and Public Awards. The document was adopted in 2015 on February 4. M. M. Moiseev was the chairman of the commission. In the Regulations on this award and on the medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" much in common. The list of categories of people to whom it was handed is almost identical. The difference is that this award was additionally presented to:

• Persons who make a great contribution to the activities of the veterans' movement.
• Participants in search activities.
• People who popularize military history.
• Members of military historical societies and clubs who take an active position in their work.

Description:

Metal - light bronze. The diameter is 32 mm. Obverse: in the center is an image of Stalin in profile, his face is turned to the left. Dressed in the uniform of the Marshal of the USSR. At the top, raised letters: "OUR CAUSE IS RIGHT", and at the bottom: "WE WILL WIN". Reverse: the inscription "FOR THE VICTORY OVER GERMANY" around the circle, in smaller letters in the center there are distinct letters: "IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945", at the very bottom there is an asterisk. The ribbon is represented by alternating black and orange stripes.

Order badge

Veterans are awarded not only commemorative medals. "70 Years of the Great Victory" is an order badge, also issued for the significant anniversary. It looks almost identical to the Order of the Patriotic War. Its obverse is as follows: a five-pointed red star against the background of diverging golden rays and crossed sabers with a rifle. In the center of the star is the sign of the hammer and sickle, framed in a white circle. On it is the inscription "Patriotic War", at the bottom there is a small yellow star. The difference between the awards is that the order is screwed into clothing, and the commemorative badge has an eyelet, like on medals. With its help, the award is attached to a block covered with tape, on the reverse side of which there is a pin.

Many doubt the authenticity of this sign, because there is no information about it in state registers of awards.

In conclusion, I would like to say that commemorative medals for the Victory Day over the Nazis are important not only for veterans. We also need these awards as a reminder of the cost of this victory, so that we never allow the revival of fascism again.

Exactly 70 years ago, on June 22, 1941, fascist Germany attacked the Soviet Union without declaring war and began Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).

Hoping for a quick victory, German aviation delivered massive strikes against cities, airfields, railway junctions, and naval bases. The whole country rose to defend the motherland. The German offensive was stopped only near Moscow.

The war lasted 1418 days and nights, human USSR losses amounted to 26.6 million people.

All photographs were taken in the first hours and days of the beginning of the war.

According to nnm

The name "Great Patriotic War" began to be used after Stalin's radio address to the people on July 3, 1941.

German soldiers cross the state border of the USSR. (Photo 06/22/1941):

Soviet border guards on patrol. The photograph is interesting because it was taken for a newspaper at one of the outposts on the western border of the USSR on June 20, 1941, that is, two days before the war. (Photo 06/20/1941):

First day of the war in Przemysl (today - the Polish city of Przemysl) and the first dead invaders on Soviet soil (soldiers of the 101st light infantry division). The city was occupied by German troops on June 22, but the next morning it was liberated by the Red Army and border guards and held until June 27. (Photo 06/22/1941):

June 22, 1941 near the bridge over the San River near the city of Yaroslav. At that time, the San River was the border between German-occupied Poland and the USSR. (Photo 06/22/1941):

The first Soviet prisoners of war under the supervision of German soldiers, they are heading west along the bridge over the San River near the city of Yaroslav. (Photo 06/22/1941):

After the failure of the sudden capture of the Brest Fortress, the Germans had to dig in. The photo was taken on the North or South Island. (Photo 06/22/1941):

Battle of the German strike units in the Brest area. (Photo June 1941):

Column of Soviet prisoners crossed the San River on the sapper bridge. Among the prisoners, there are noticeable not only the military, but also people in civilian clothes: the Germans detained and captured all men of military age so that they could not be recruited into the enemy army. District of the city of Yaroslav. (Photo June 1941):

German soldiers are photographed on a Soviet abandoned in Lvov tank T-34-76 model 1940, Ukraine, USSR. (Photo 06/30/1941):

German soldiers inspect a man stuck in a field and abandoned tank T-34-76 model 1940. (Photo June 1941):

Captured Soviet female soldiers in Nevel (now the Nevelsky district of the Pskov region). (Photo 07/26/1941):

German infantry passing by broken soviet vehicles. (Photo June 1941):

Germans inspect Soviet tanks T-34-76 stuck in a flood meadow. Floodplain of the Drut River, near Tolochin, Vitebsk region. (Photo July 1941):

Start of German dives Junkers Yu-87 bombers from a field airfield in the USSR. (Photo summer 1941):

Red Army soldiers surrender soldiers of the SS troops. (Photo June 1941):

Destroyed by Soviet artillery German light tank Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. C. (Photo June-August 1941):

German soldiers next to burning Soviet village. (Photo June 1941):

A rally at the Leningrad plant named after Kirov about the beginning of the war, Leningrad. (Photo by V. Tarasevich, June 1941):

Residents of Leningrad at the window of LenTASS "Latest News" (Socialist street, house 14 - "Pravda" printing house). (Photo: Boris Utkin, July 1941):

The Red Army soldiers are examining the wrecked German tank Pz 35 (t) (LT vz.35) Czech production from the 6th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht. Neighborhood of the city of Raseiniai (Lithuanian SSR). (Photo: June 1941):

Soviet refugees walk past an abandoned BT-7A tank. (Photo: Baumann, June 1941):

German soldiers are looking burning Soviet tank T-34-76 model 1940. (Photo: June-August 1941):

Soviet field airfield captured by the Germans. One can see an I-16 fighter shot down or dismantled on the ground, a Po-2 biplane and another I-16 in the background. A picture from a passing German car. Smolensk region. (Photo: July 1941):

Artillerymen of the 29th motorized division of the Wehrmacht from an ambush, Soviet tanks were shot into the side from a 50-mm PaK 38 cannon. The closest, on the left, is a T-34 tank. Belarus. (Photo: summer 1941):

German soldiers are driving down the street along the destroyed houses on outskirts of Smolensk.(Photo: July 1941):

At the captured airfield in Minsk German soldiers are examining the SB bomber (or its training version of the CSS, since the nose of the aircraft is visible, which differs from the glazed nose of the SB). I-15 and I-153 Chaika fighters are visible behind. (Photo: July 1941):

Soviet 203 mm howitzer B-4(sample 1931), captured by the Germans. The barrel of the gun, which was transported separately, is missing. 1941, presumably Belarus. German photo:

Destroyed Soviet tank T-26. On the tower, under the hatch cover, a burnt tanker is visible. (Photo: summer 1941):

Surrendering Soviet soldiers go to the rear of the Germans. The picture was apparently taken from the back of a truck in a German convoy on the road. (Photo: summer 1941):

Lots of broken Soviet fighter "Chaika" I-153. Minsk airport. (Photo: July 1941):

German collection point Soviet captured equipment and weapons. On the left are Soviet 45 mm anti-tank guns, then a large number of Maxim machine guns and DP-27 light machine guns, on the right - 82 mm mortars. (Photo: 1941):

Dead Soviet soldiers at the captured trenches. This is probably the very beginning of the war, the summer of 1941: the soldier in the foreground is wearing a pre-war SSH-36 helmet, later such helmets were extremely rare in the Red Army and mainly in the Far East. It can also be seen that a belt has been removed from him - apparently, the work of the German soldiers who captured these positions. (Photo summer 1941):

Germans inspect destroyed Soviet light tanks. In the foreground - BT-7, on the far left - BT-5 (characteristic cabin of the tank driver), in the center of the road - T-26. Smolensk region. (Photo: summer 1941):

Soviet artillery wagon with a gun. A shell or air bomb exploded right in front of the horses. Neighborhood of the city of Yartsevo, Smolensk region. (Photo: August 1941):

Grave of a Soviet soldier. The inscription on the tablet in German reads: "Here rests an unknown Russian soldier." Perhaps the fallen soldier was buried by his own, so at the bottom of the tablet you can make out the word "Here ..." in Russian. For some reason, the Germans made the inscription in their own language. German photo, location - presumably Smolensk region, August 1941. (Photo summer 1941):

The advancing units of the Wehrmacht in Belarus. The picture was taken from a car window. (Photo June: 1941):

German soldiers are just approaching destroyed Soviet tanks BT-2. (Photo: June-July 1941):

Soviet volunteer girls are sent to the front.(Photo: summer 1941):

Soviet private girl among prisoners of war. (Photo: summer 1941):

Machine-gun crew of German rangers fires from a machine gun MG-34. Army Group North. In the background, the calculation covers the StuG III self-propelled guns. (Photo: summer 1941):

German column passing by village in the Smolensk region. (Photo: July 1941):

Wehrmacht soldiers watching burning village. Territory of the USSR. (Photo: summer 1941):

Red Army soldier captured German light tank of Czech production LT vz.38(in the Wehrmacht it was designated Pz.Kpfw.38 (t)). About 600 of these tanks took part in military operations against the USSR, which were used in battles until mid-1942. (Photo: summer 1941):

German columns pass by a cart with a Red Army soldier who had previously come under fire:

Dead Soviet tankers and fighters tank landing at the gates of the border outpost. Tank - T-26. (Photo: June 1941):

Refugees near Pskov. (Photo: July 1941):

German soldiers finishing off a wounded Soviet sniper. (Photo: summer 1941):

Dead Soviet soldiers, as well as civilians- women and children. The bodies are dumped in a roadside ditch, like household garbage; dense columns of German troops are calmly moving past along the road. (Photo: summer 1941):

Cart with bodies dead Red Army soldiers:

Soviet symbols in the captured city of Kobrin (Brest region, Belarus) - a T-26 tank and a monument to V.I. Lenin. (Photo: summer 1941):

Column of German troops. Ukraine, July 1941. (Photo: July 1941):

Soldiers of the Red Army are examining the man who was hit by anti-aircraft fire and made an emergency landing German fighter Bf.109F2(from Squadron 3/JG3). West of Kiev. (Photo: July 1941):

Banner captured by the Germans 132nd battalion of the NKVD escort troops. Photo from the personal album of one of the Wehrmacht soldiers:

Brest Fortress. The defense was held for two months by border guards and the 132nd separate battalion of escort troops of the NKVD of the USSR. The city of Brest was hastily abandoned by the Red Army at 8:00 am on 06/22/1941 after a battle with enemy infantry that had crossed the Bug River in boats.

In Soviet times, everyone remembered the inscription of one of the defenders of the Brest Fortress: “I am dying, but I do not give up! Farewell Motherland! 20.VII.41”, but few people knew that it was made on the wall of the barracks of the 132nd separate battalion of escort troops of the NKVD of the USSR.

Time is constantly moving forward, and significant events remain behind both for each of us and for the nations. In the life of every nation there are such holidays that should not be forgotten, they simply need to be remembered, celebrated with dignity and passed on to future generations. Such a touching and significant holiday is Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War, which this year on May 9 is the 70th anniversary of victory.

70 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War is of world historical significance. No matter how much time passes, this day will be remembered forever! Some call the Great Patriotic War the Second World War, but such a concept is not correct, although it is included in the concept of the Second World War and is an integral part of it.

The Second World War took place because of the capitalist economic system, during its crisis. There was a struggle of capitalist forces for new territories, for new markets for the sale of goods, for raw materials and much more. The Great Patriotic War was aimed at liberate the enslaved lands and peoples by the Nazi invaders. The war acquired such a huge scope due to the fact that many peoples, equipment and materiel were involved in it. The front line was from the White to the Black Sea, its duration was 6000 kilometers. What a large-scale war in history has not yet been! More than ten million people became its participants, who participated both on the part of the fascist invaders and on the part of the Soviet army in the hostilities. The purpose of the war was to get rid of the fascist enslavers and then help the peoples of Europe to free themselves from them. The Soviet people demonstrated humanity and humanity in relation to European culture and its material values. Eleven European countries were liberated by the Soviet army. From youth to the elderly, all the peoples of the Soviet republics took part in the hostilities, which is why this war is called the Patriotic War. For 1418 days, bloody battles were sharpened.

The Soviet Union had to fight not only with the Nazis of Germany, but also with all the European resources that they seized. Weapons (aircraft, tanks, etc.) were taken out of occupied Europe, and raw materials were taken out of captured military and metal factories. The fact that the countries of Europe were involved in the war, Hitler called a crusade. During the first two years, the Soviet army gained experience, therefore, mainly defensive operations were carried out, happened, and defeats and had to retreat.

Major battles near Stalingrad and Moscow became key battles and a decisive moment in the course of the war, battles with invading Germany were won despite the fact that the forces were not equal. And after the Soviet military won near Kursk, revealed the full power of the armed forces of the Soviet country.

The price with which the Soviet army defeated Nazi Germany was very high - this 27 million dead soldiers and ordinary people who gave their lives for their homeland to become free and independent. The fact that the Soviet people won is quite natural, because it happened thanks to social state system, all material and labor resources were involved in the fight against the fascist invaders. Another important factor was education of the Soviet people, after all, starting almost from his birth, they taught him to respect elders, to be friends, to help and love the Motherland. Starting from October and ending with a communist - this is how the ideological education of each person took place.

It is not surprising that during the war the most courageous and heroic deeds were performed - communists and Komsomols- this is the largest manifestation of patriotism, selfless love for the Motherland. During the Second World War, young people at the front constantly performed feats - and heroes were born. The youth performed such mass heroism in the name of victory and the Fatherland.

Underground work was carried out in the occupied territory partisans, their contribution is important in the victory over the German invaders. The size of the political and military resistance carried out by the underground and partisans, as well as the massive rebuff of the population against the German fascists in their rear, all this served as an important factor that led to the defeat of the enemy army. For heroism and patriotism, 234 underground and partisans were awarded title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

They also worked in the rear so that the front did not need anything and was provided with everything necessary. Home front workers did everything necessary to bring victory closer: they sowed bread, made weapons and equipment, etc. Behind the machines were not only professional workers, but also old people, women and children, everyone helped as much as they could.

Some "historians" are trying to distort history, trample the Soviet past into the dirt, and desecrate the great commanders of the Soviet Army, Shapoval Yu. and Kulchitsky S. took part in this. Nationalism is hatred, intolerance and physical violence aimed at destroying entire nations, perhaps can it be downplayed? Some scholars draw a conclusion based on the heavy losses of the Soviet Union - a victory should not be considered a victory at all. But for every person, especially for a Soviet citizen, the defense of the Motherland was a sacred duty, and the losses that were incurred cannot be compared with the fact that entire nations were liberated from fascist occupation and tyranny. But what did the German fascists die for? About this "scientists" try not to spread. And it should. After all, Germany started this war in order to enslave and capture the peoples.

The instigators and leaders of the fascist movement were executed in all rules of the Nuremberg court. There is one requirement for history as a science: it must be objective and truthful.

Monuments erected in all liberated countries soldiers liberators of the Soviet Union. In Berlin, a hall dedicated to all liberators from fascist Germany was placed on an embankment, at the top of the hall there is a bronze statue of a Soviet soldier who holds in one hand rescued child, and with the other hand breaks the Nazi swastika. This historical monument is very revered by the Germans, as a sign that their people were liberated from fascism. German law prohibits fascism in any of its manifestations.

On May 9, they celebrate the anniversary of victory - 70 years of victory over fascism, and this 70th anniversary of victory is a holiday for the peoples of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

70 years of the great victory is celebrated with great pride for what our ancestors have done for us and future generations. And we are grateful to them for giving us a calm, free and peaceful life. A hundred and a thousand years will pass, but we will always remember, honor and be proud of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.