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Russia's investigative Committee in the case of genocide in the years of the great Patriotic war began removing the remains of victims killed by the Nazis at Stalingrad, interviewed witnesses of the killings, reported on the Agency's website.
Earlier it was reported that the UK opened a criminal case on the genocide of the people of Stalingrad by the Nazis in 1942-43.
Transfer powerful groups across the country, a surprise attack and complete defeat of the vast army of the enemy in less than a month — exactly 75 years ago, July 30, 1945, in the far East have formed the Main command of the Soviet troops. A few days began the Manchurian strategic operation. About how the Soviet Union helped the Anglo-American allies to defeat Japan — in the material RIA Novosti.
Focused on the far East, Soviet troops commanded by Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky, in early July, arrived in Chita. The actions of the Navy and the air force was coordinated by Admiral of the fleet Nikolai Kuznetsov and air chief Marshal Nikolay Novikov.
The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu awarded the medal to his Serbian counterpart Alexander Vulin for their contribution to the organization of the Victory day parade in Moscow, reported the Ministry of defense of Serbia.
The President of Serbia Alexander Vucic and Minister of defence delegation was received on 24 June, the participation in the Victory parade in Moscow. On the red square in festive ranks were 75 Serbian guards.
A bust of the commander of the airborne troops, hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Margelov opened in Samara, said on Sunday the press service of the Central military district.
"In Samara in Victory Park inaugurated a bust of the commander of airborne troops General of the army Vasily Margelov", - stated in the message.
The crews of the warships have carried out live firing in the Navy Day in Baltiysk and commander of the Baltic fleet (BF) Admiral Alexander Nosatov congratulated military sailors on the holiday, said on Sunday the Department of information support the press service of the Western military district BF.
It is clarified that in the naval parade and military-sporting festival in the Baltic were involved in more than 46 combat ships, boats, speed boats and support vessels, more than 20 units of military equipment of the army corps, the Ka-27 naval aviation, as well as over 1.5 thousand servicemen of BF.
The investigative Committee opened two criminal cases on the rehabilitation of Nazism due publication of photos of Nazis on the website of the project "Immortal regiment". This was reported by the official representative of Department Svetlana Petrenko.
As established investigators, the inhabitant of the Kemerovo Dmitry Borodaenko uploaded the "memory Bank" with a picture of Adolf Hitler, and Maxim Gusev from Perm — a photo of the traitor, of the SS Andrei Shkuro.
98 the remains of the Soviet soldiers on Friday reburied in a mass grave in the cemetery of the village of sinimäe near Narva, said a member of the Board of the Estonian Narva Kand, which is engaged in exploration works, Daniil Galitsky.
According to him, 98 the remains of Soviet soldiers killed in 1944 during the liberation of Narva, was discovered by searchers over the last three years. The search was conducted in the surroundings of Narva, where there was very heavy fighting and losses were great.
Poland, on the state level engaged in falsification of facts relating to the Second world war, now becomes a weapon that the West is using against Russia on the field of history, said Polish politician, former Deputy of the Sejm, Mateusz Piskorski.
He spoke Friday at the international online round table "memory of the liberation of Central and Eastern Europe from Nazism", organized by the Russian historical society.
Monument to Jews executed by the Nazis in 1942 in the village of Novoshcherbinovskaya, Krasnodar Krai, opens on Thursday at the initiative of local residents, said the press service of the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC).
A memorial in the City opened the burial place of the 202 people who were executed by the Nazis on 8 September 1942. Most of them were Jewish refugees from the territory of modern Moldova and Romania.
Military historian, consultant undersea research centre of the Russian geographical society (RGS) Alexander Skorbach, who studied the circumstances of the death of the ship "Armenia" in 1941, from German aircraft, explained the tragedy of coincidence: the Soviet fighter, "covering" the ship upon his departure from Yalta, distracted, chasing enemy aircraft.
The motor ship "Armenia" of the project "Adjara" was built in 1928 in Leningrad. A ship of 950 passengers were rebuilt as transports at Odessa in 1941. Is part of the cabins was organized, operating, and dressing, it was supposed to take about 400 wounded. The sixth of November 1941 in Sevastopol on Board went up a few thousand people: citizens, patients, doctors and staff of several hospitals, the part of the party leadership of the Crimea, members of the pioneer camp "Artek" and their families. In the panic of evacuation accurate count no lead.
The death of Adolf Hitler during the assassination attempt in 1944, could significantly affect the course of world war II, but to idealize the conspirators is not necessary: they had a "classic coup d'etat", said the RIA Novosti expert of the Russian military historical society (RVIA) Nikita storms.
The conspiracy of July 20, also known as "operation Valkyrie", was planned by high-ranking officers of the Wehrmacht. He called for the assassination of Hitler and overthrow the Nazi government. However, the bomb explosion in the rate of the "Wolfschanze" in East Prussia on 20 July 1944, organized by Claus von Stauffenberg, did not solve the problem with the elimination of the Nazi dictator - Hitler was only wounded. The plot failed. The majority of participants were executed, their relatives arrested.
Error of the conspirators, their indecision and tardiness have led to the fact that the only attempt to overthrow the power of the Nazis in Germany, which was accompanied by an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, failed, told RIA Novosti German historian, Professor at the Institute of the Friedrich Meinecke the Free University of Berlin Arnd Bauerkemper.
The conspiracy of July 20, also known as "operation Valkyrie", was planned by high-ranking officers of the Wehrmacht - the army of Nazi Germany. He called for the assassination of Hitler and overthrow the Nazi government. However, the bomb explosion in the rate of the "Wolfschanze" in East Prussia, which led to the deaths of four people, has not solved the problem with the elimination of the Nazi dictator - Hitler was only wounded. Supporting troops of the conspirators in Berlin were not successful. Most of the participants of the conspiracy were executed, their relatives arrested.
Unknown left the inscription on the Cenotaph to the soldiers of the 14th Grenadier division of the SS "Galicia" in the Ukrainian cemetery in the canadian city Oakville police investigated the incident as a crime committed based on hate, but after almost a month issued a clarification that in any form "does not support the Nazis".
According to local newspaper Ottawa Citizen, the caption read, "Nazi war monument" ("Nazi war monument").
The head of the Duma Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky called blasphemy at the state level, forfeiture of the security Service of Ukraine (SBU) medal "75 years of great Victory" for the delegation returning from Russia.
Earlier, the head of Kharkiv city organization of the "Opposition Platform For Life," Andrew Lesik on his page in Facebook reported that the SBU in the night of July 13, seized 50 medals for the delegation returning from Belgorod region. According to the policy in the delegation was including 90-year-old veteran of the great Patriotic war and the former Deputy Director of the Kharkiv Malyshev plant Michael Isaev.
Two criminal cases were initiated in the Oryol region on the facts of the execution by the Nazis and their accomplices of the civilian population during the Great Patriotic war, reported on the website of the RF IC.
So, in the territory of the settlement of the Lower Third was found the burial place of peaceful citizens, shot in 1942 during the occupation of the Orel region by German fascist invaders. It is noted that the excavations revealed four human skeletons, the bones of which are damaged from shots from a firearm.
The Potsdam conference was a unique phenomenon in history when the world powers with different interests and values, uniting against a common enemy, easily came to a consensus at the negotiating table, said to RIA Novosti on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the conference, the head of the scientific Department of the Russian military historical society (rvio), Yury Nikiforov.
Conference of the heads of the victorious powers in world war II took place in Potsdam in 20 kilometers from Berlin, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. The Soviet delegation was headed by Joseph Stalin, American — Harry Truman, British — first Winston Churchill and then Clement Attlee.
People's artist of USSR, co-Chairman of the Central headquarters of the movement "Immortal regiment of Russia" Vasily Lanovoy offers to hold a March in the following year, on 9 may, his words are on the website of the movement.
Earlier it was reported that a March "Immortal regiment" on July 26 will not take place.
The exhibition "the Nuremberg alarm. Without a limitation period" on the international trial of former leaders of Nazi Germany, opens on Friday at the State Central Museum of contemporary history of Russia, reported the press service of the Russian historical society (RIO).
The exhibition presents more than one thousand unique exhibits are authentic, and presented in multimedia programs, most of which are on display for the first time. It's the personal things as participants in the Nuremberg trials, including the chief Prosecutor of the USSR, Roman Rudenko, and victims of Nazism, original historical documents and archival newsreels. Also on show are sketches from the courtroom of the Tribunal made by the Soviet artists Kukryniksy and Nikolai Zhukov.
The investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on the genocide of the people of Stalingrad by the Nazis in 1942-43, reported on the Agency's website.
"The results ... study of archival materials on mass killings of civilians during the great Patriotic war on the territory of the Stalingrad region (now the Volgograd region) criminal case under article 357 of the criminal code (genocide)," - said in a release.
Ukraine has become a tradition on a Grand scale to mark the anniversary of the so-called Act of proclamation of Ukrainian state on 30 June 1941. However, until now these activities were mainly confined to three areas of Galicia. There has long been at the official level, decisions about the hanging state and Bandera, red and black flags at the institutions of the cities conducted all sorts of promotions and festive events, including for students.
But this year this tradition has crossed the borders of Galicia. Now in the South, namely in Kherson, there were billboards on which the townspeople congratulate you on the anniversary of Bandera Act. And congratulations on behalf of the mayor of the city of Vladimir mikolaenko. What is characteristic of this action — so it is candor. The posters are not shy almost openly demonstrate the essence of the Nazi historical document, which is still in modern Ukrainian books carefully censor and edit.
Rzhevskiy memorial to the Soviet soldier pays tribute to those who gave their lives to stop the enemy and the result of a huge scale battle made a radical change in the course of the great Patriotic war, told RIA Novosti the head of the scientific Department of the Russian military historical society (rvio), Yury Nikiforov.
Tuesday will host the opening ceremony of Rzhev of the memorial to Soviet soldiers, which will be a branch of the Museum of Victory. Participation in the event will be the presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. The memorial was completed in April of this year, but its Grand opening was planned for the 75th anniversary of Victory on may 9 was postponed because of the situation with coronavirus infection.
Expedition "a Bow to the great Victory ships" found in the Gulf of Finland to the sinking of four German ships, hunting for Soviet submarines during the great Patriotic war, told RIA Novosti on Monday the head of expedition Konstantin Bogdanov.
"During the search of the Soviet submarine M-96, missing during the great Patriotic war in the Gulf, the expedition "a bow to the great Victory ships" and offshore engineering company LTD "Farting" found the place of death of the four German ships of 12th flotilla hunters of submarines," - said Bogdanov.
At the Victory parade in Moscow was shown a new version of "deadliest cars" - T-90M, system volley fire TOS-2 and upgraded tanks T-80БВМ, says Chinese newspaper "huanqiu shibao".
"Main battle tank (T-90M. – approx. ed.), which is called "death machine" — the main hero of the Victory parade in recent years," the article says. This tank has a high combat effectiveness and meets the operational requirements of the Russian army for the period of replacement of military weaponry, the author of the material.
The expert of the Russian military historical society (RVIA) Nikita storms told RIA Novosti on the role of guerrillas to Victory in the great Patriotic war.
Ten years ago on June 29 was a memorable date – the Day of partisans and underground fighters. During the great Patriotic war, more than 311 thousand partisans were awarded orders and medals of the USSR, 248 people received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and two of them twice.
The scientific team of the expedition of the Northern fleet in the course of the analysis of satellite imagery found the locations of the Northern artillery during the great Patriotic war in the district of the Taimyr Peninsula, reported the press service of the fleet.
"Two groups of targets in the area of Taimyr Peninsula reliably identified as an artillery battery of the white sea flotilla Northern fleet. We are talking about batteries No. 264 on the Peninsula Mikhailov and No. 265 on the island Nansen", - stated in the message.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in conversation with the leader of France Emmanuel Macron called the victory over Nazism shared with France, stressing that Russia will never forget provided by French assistance.
The presidents of Russia and France on Friday held a meeting in videoconference mode.
Western politicians know who started the Great Patriotic war, and who "finished off the fascist vermin in her den," but to promote an educational environment and in the media have another idea, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Of course, politicians in the West... they all know. Don't they know that Soviet Union was attacked by Nazi Germany, and Nazi Germany invaded on 22 June 1941 on the Soviet Union? What is not known, or what? All all know. Do they not know who finished off the fascist vermin in her den, who stormed Berlin? You know, of course. But in the books," said Putin at a meeting with the new composition of the Public chamber of the Russian Federation.
Servicemen CVO on Wednesday held a personal parade at the house of the participant of the great Patriotic war, Alexander Lavrentiev, the press service of the district.
According to the press service, the soldiers under the Windows veteran said after him three times, "Glory," collectively sang the song "Victory", "We - the army of the country, we are the army of the people" and "Farewell of Slav". Accompanied the main calculations full orchestra 2nd combined arms army, the event ended with the passage of the troops March past.
Russia can claim and rightly claim the title of great powers, thanks to the outstanding people, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Those who are here today, in the Kremlin, of course, are the representatives of the various groups, thanks to which Russia can claim, and rightly claim to be called a great power," said Putin at the ceremony of presenting state awards for outstanding achievements in the field of science and technology, literature and art, and humanitarian activities, charity and human rights protection.
The celebration of the 75th anniversary in the great Patriotic war is a manifestation of respect for the Russian side to the story, said Wednesday the official representative of the Chinese foreign Ministry Zhao Lijiang.
"This year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory in world war II. The Soviet Union was the main country – the winner, made a huge contribution to victory in world war II. The Russian side celebrating the 75th anniversary of the victory in the great Patriotic war was a manifestation of respect for history, and determined to protect the outcome of the Second world war", - said at the briefing, Zhao Lijiang.
The parade, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war, was held at the Russian air base in Syria Hamim, and was attended by over a thousand soldiers.
"We are honored to participate in the parade, devoted to the 75-th anniversary of victory in the great Patriotic war on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic in the same ranks with the soldiers of the Syrian army. We are United by our responsibility for the present and the future and heroic past. Be worthy of the heroism of the generation of the great Patriotic war!" - said the commander of group of troops of the armed forces in Syria, Lieutenant-General Alexander chaiko.
The latest heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 (previously also known as "Lisochka") and the upgraded air defense missile-gun complex "Pantsir-SM" for the first time marched through red square as part of the parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, reports on Wednesday, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
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New jet system of volley fire (MLRS) "Tornado-s" was held on red square as part of the parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
The MLRS caliber 300 mm, which is the development of the complex "Smerch" includes modernized fighting machine, equipped with an automated control system guidance and fire and a new unguided and guided rockets with high-explosive part.
The main military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war began at 10: 00 on the red square in Moscow.
The parade takes the Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu, who went to the square of the gate of the Spasskaya tower of the Moscow Kremlin in a convertible Aurus. Meet him in the same car headed the parade commander - the commander of Land forces General of the army Oleg saliukov. After the report of the commander of the Minister about the readiness of troops both commanders launched a joint Hiking detour down payments.
Among many military leaders who have passed a solemn March across the cobblestones of red square on the Victory Parade June 24, 1945, and was one of the greatest generals in the history of Russia, twice hero of the Soviet Union, holder of the order "Victory" Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev.
What feelings experienced Marshal Konev, cutting then the step that gave him melodramatist whom he considered a symbol of the present guards of the General and before the parade was nearly spoiled especially made for Marshall boots and spurs, in an interview with RIA Novosti told his daughter Natalia Konev.
Almost 70 thousand dogs took part in the fighting on the fronts of the great Patriotic war in military units of the red and then Soviet army. Along with the soldiers they were starving, freezing and IOC in the trenches, threw themselves under the tanks and blow up enemy trains. Animals along with people have shown resilience, courage and heroism, bringing the Day of Victory. About dogs who have made a contribution to the victory over fascism, RIA Novosti was told in the Russian kennel Federation (RKF).
During the war, all war front was trained and formed 17 battalions of sappers and miners, 14 groups of dogs-fighters armored vehicles, 37 battalions of sled dogs, two specialized squad, four battalions of communication troops. Dog medics brought the wounded to the medical bag, saving them from death. Dog handlers during the war years delivered more than 200 thousand reports, and reached more than eight thousand kilometers telephone cable, dogs-mine detectors checked 15 153 kilometers of military roads. Dogs not only help to save human lives, but also sacrificed their. Dog-"kamikaze" blew up more than 300 armored vehicles of the enemy. The first tank was blown up by a dog a month after the outbreak of war - July 27, 1941 under Rogacheva.
Dress uniform for the Victory Parade in 1945 in Moscow was sewn austerity solely on its members almost without reserve, the tailoring was done under conditions of material shortage, said Wednesday RIA Novosti historian, employee of the Museum of the victory of Alexander Mikhailov.
The historian noted that the tissue was collected in different places, including from the vaults of various textile mills and theatres, as the material is made of natural wool, cotton and silk.
Military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war took place on Wednesday in the main square of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, told RIA Novosti in the press service of the Eastern military district.
At Victory square were also calculations of the officers, sergeants and soldiers of military units, pupils of the cadet school, members of the all-Russian movement "Uname" and representatives of other law enforcement agencies. The parade was commander of the 68th army corps, Lieutenant-General Dmitry Glushenkov.
May 9 during the national holiday – Victory Day, according to the Federal law from 19 may 1995 "On perpetuation of Victory in great Patriotic war of 1941-1945", annually held military parades in the capital of the Russian Federation the city of Moscow, the hero cities, as well as in the cities, where deployed headquarters of military districts, fleets, combined arms armies and the Caspian flotilla. They are implemented with the involvement of weapons and military equipment, using copies of the official symbol of the Victory of the Soviet people in the great Patriotic war – the Victory banner.
The first Victory parade on red square in Moscow on 24 June 1945. After that up to 1995 it was held may 9 in the Victory Day only in the jubilee years – in 1965, 1985 and 1990.
Victory parade in Moscow on red square June 24, 1945 – historical parade to commemorate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the great Patriotic war. The parade was attended by the Deputy Supreme commander, the commander of the 1st Belorussian front Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. Commanded the parade commander of the 2nd Belorussian front Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky.
The decision to hold the parade of winners was made Supreme commander of the Armed Forces of the USSR by Joseph Stalin shortly after the Victory Day. May 24, 1945 he was reported proposal of the General staff for the conduct of the Victory Parade. They took it, but did not agree with the terms of the. The General staff assigned to the preparation of the parade for two months, Stalin ordered to parade in a month.
One of the great Patriotic generals Marshal Ivan Konev's always been energetic and fit, the need to be so learned in his youth in the Imperial army learning instruction for non-commissioned officers, and in the same dashing, he was at the Victory Parade June 24, 1945 on red square in Moscow, said in an interview with RIA Novosti, the daughter of the commander Natalia Konev.
At the Victory Parade Konev were headed composite regiment of the 1st Ukrainian front. The Russian defense Ministry has previously published papers dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory Parade. Among them - the certificate of that, the combined shelf fronts any better than others were then. The first of them contains the 1st Ukrainian front.
One of the great Patriotic generals Marshal Ivan Konev only during the Victory day Parade on red square in Moscow 24 June 1945, felt a sense of celebration of the victory of the Soviet people in the great Patriotic war, said in an interview with RIA Novosti, the warlord's daughter Natalia Konev.
"And indeed it is. The Pope recalled that the taste of Victory, this triumph, he felt exactly 24 June 1945, but not before," she added.
The main military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war will start at 10.00 MSK on the red square in Moscow.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has postponed the parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory on may 9 because of the complicated epidemiological situation at the end of may it was decided to move it to June 24.
Article of Russian President Vladimir Putin is very useful, because it invites to discussions about the causes of the Second world war, at the same time, you need to consider the difference of perception of those events, the Russians and the Europeans, says German political scientist, head of project "German-Russian forum" Alexander Rahr.
At the same time, he noted that the English and the German press reacted to the article, Putin negatively. According to them, "the axiom of the Second world war that the priority memory is the Holocaust, not the glorification of the Soviet army".
The decision of II Congress of people's deputies of the USSR on the Soviet-German nonaggression Pact of 1939 flawed for Russia and creates preconditions for manifestations of historical unconsciousness in the Russian society, according to the participants of the round table "the Soviet-German treaties of 1939 in the USSR history, present and future of Russia", held on Monday in Moscow online.
At the event organized by the Russian military historical society, Moscow state pedagogical University with the participation of specialists of the Association of historians of the Second world war and other organizations, the bill was discussed abolishing the decree of the Congress of people's deputies of the USSR from December 24, 1989, condemning the Soviet-German non-aggression Pact and the secret Annex.
The ceremonial uniforms in the red army due to the Parade on 24 June 1945, during which the Soviet leadership sought to show an army of winners with the best hand, said to RIA Novosti Vladimir Afanasiev, chief researcher at the Central Museum of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation.
The historian said that while in fact before the parade introduced a new form, by and large it was a modified casual form, made of best material (thick cotton and thin wool), the main manufacturer of the parade uniform was the clothing factory "Bolshevichka".
The banner of Victory because of the confusion could be a flag, not related to the storming of the Reichstag, told RIA Novosti Vladimir Afanasiev, chief scientific worker of the Central Museum of the armed forces, which now houses the main symbol of victory.
The historian said that the commandant of Berlin, Colonel-General Nikolai Berzarin, who was the commander of the other Fifth shock army - knew nothing about the replacement, therefore, ordered to remove the banner from the Reichstag and were preparing to send him to Moscow. Picture about how remove a banner appeared in the press, in the Third shock army saw it and reported on the situation with the Deputy Supreme commander, Marshal Georgy Zhukov.
The distortion of the events preceding the outbreak of the Second world war, intended to weaken Russia's credibility and expose her guilty in the global conflict, but the publication of archival documents will allow to objectively analyze this period, said to RIA Novosti Ana Teresa gutiérrez del CID, PhD in international relations, Professor of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has written an article about the Second world war, which called on States to intensify the process of publication of its archives and the publication of previously unknown documents about the war and the prewar period. He noted that Russia is ready for broad cooperation and joint research projects with the participation of historians.
The defense Ministry on its website opened a new section on the history of the emergence and the "battle road" of the famous literary hero Vasily terkina, reported in Department of information and mass communications of the military.
"The defense Ministry of Russia for the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war publishes the story of the famous literary hero at the front of Basil terkina", - stated in the message.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that would not go to Moscow for the parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war.
Previously, the press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the invitation to the Victory parade Zelensky was not called. Peskov later added that if someone from the Ukrainian politicians will want to take part in the Victory parade in the Russian capital, they will do it.
France at the Victory parade in Moscow June 24, will present the U.S. Ambassador in Russia Pierre levy, told RIA Novosti at the French Embassy in Moscow.
"The French Ambassador in Russia Pierre levy will represent France during the Victory parade," said the French Embassy.
The participants of the essay competition of pupils "Without a limitation period" assessed "such a monstrous phenomenon as Nazism," all work written with feeling, said the Minister of education Sergey Kravtsov.
"All the children are written very soulful and sensual. What you guys did is very very important. You with the attitude of the younger generation give their assessment of such a monstrous phenomenon as Nazism, and I'm sure your work will help to preserve the clarity of this understanding for future generations and for the whole world", - said the Minister at the Museum of Victory at the awards ceremony for winners of the national contest dedicated to carrying out in Russia of Year of remembrance and glory.
Among the amendments to the Constitution occupies a special place secure Russia's historical and legal succession. Try to understand why this is important and relevant.
Yes, to many this may seem surprising, but until now the status of legal successor of the Soviet Union, our government was never legislated. By the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, efforts of the liberal community was created this kind of atmosphere in which prevailed the policy of rejection of all that was associated with the "accursed Communist legacy". Struggling with the memory of him, the Russian liberals took the course, actually mimicking the words of the Bolshevik hymn, "Renounce the old world, let's shake its dust from our feet!" Therefore, even a formal reference to the state, which was destroyed in 1991, was considered unacceptable. This ideological approach then spawned a lot of legal problems in the tedious negotiations with a number of former Soviet republics on the division of property and debts.
The action "Candle of memory" was held in night on Monday in Berlin at the Memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
About 15 people in on Monday night gathered at the Memorial to fallen Soviet soldiers in Berlin's Tiergarten Park. The event was organized by a member of the organization "Officers of Russia" Oleg Eremenko. Among the other participants – his friends, the Russian-speaking residents of Berlin, veterans of service of the GDR.
The action "Candle of memory" was held on Monday at the Russian Embassy in the USA, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
Turning to standing with candles in the hands of students, he said that gives them the baton of struggle for the truth.
The Deputy führer of the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party, Rudolf Hess was the main initiator of the establishment of secret contacts with Germany, Britain in the mid 1930-ies, evidenced by archival materials, said in an interview with RIA Novosti historian of special services, doctor of philosophical Sciences Vladimir Makarov.
Hess on 10 may 1941, alone, he flew from Germany to the UK. Documents about this event, considered one of the main mysteries of the Second world war, London is still not declassified in full. However, professional historians agree that Hess wanted to convince the British to conclude peace with Germany before the attack on the USSR. In 1946, during the Nuremberg trials, Hess was sentenced to life imprisonment, which he served in Berlin's Spandau prison. He died on 17 August 1987 at the age of 93 years.
Germany before the attack on the USSR in 1941, there was Hitler's Deputy in the Nazi party Rudolf Hess to offer Britain a number of conditions for further peaceful postwar cooperation, including to support the preservation of England the status of a world power in exchange for British supplies of raw materials to the Third Reich, said in an interview with RIA Novosti historian of special services, doctor of philosophical Sciences Vladimir Makarov.
Hess on 10 may 1941, alone, he flew from Germany to the UK. Documents about this event, considered one of the main mysteries of the Second world war, London is still not declassified in full. However, professional historians agree that Hess wanted to convince the British to conclude peace with Germany before the attack on the USSR. In 1946, during the Nuremberg trials, Hess was sentenced to life imprisonment, which he served in Berlin's Spandau prison. He died on 17 August 1987 at the age of 93 years.
The day of memory and grief is celebrated in Russia on June 22, exactly 79 years ago with the attack of Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union began the Great Patriotic war. Previously, on this occasion, the Ministry of defense opened a special website portal where posted declassified documents related to the first days of the war.
"Then, suddenly, our country was hit by the troubles, had resulted in the deaths of millions of our countrymen and the destruction of thousands of cities and villages. For those who survived that war, for children and grandchildren of soldiers of the red Army who fought for the world in which we live today, this day is the Day of memory and grief," — said in the Department of information and mass communications of the military.
The candles were lit on the Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd in the framework of the action "Tomorrow was the war", which is annually held by law enforcement officers on the eve of Day of memory and grief, the head reported a press-service GU MVD in the region Svetlana Smolyaninova.
"The event was held today at 9 times on Mamayev Kurgan", - said Smolyaninova told reporters.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in his article "75 years of Victory: a shared responsibility before history and the future" quite careful talking about the responsibility of Western countries in the outbreak of the Second world war, it is a signal to cooperate for the strengthening of international security today, said the Brussels-based independent analyst Gilbert Doctorow.
Earlier, Putin wrote an article about the Second world war. The President, in particular, called on States to step up the publication of its archives and the publication of previously unknown documents about the war and the prewar period. He noted that Russia is ready for broad cooperation and joint research projects with the participation of historians.
Saints canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church, helped the people to defend the country during the great Patriotic war, said the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill on Sunday after the Liturgy at the skete of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky in the Moscow suburb of Peredelkino, the message on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church.
On 21 June the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates day of memory "of all saints resplendent in the Russian land".
In the Metropolitan Epiphany Cathedral in elohove on Sunday, on the eve of Day of memory and grief, made a memorial service for the fallen in the Great Patriotic war, and lit a symbolic "Candle of memory", reported RIA Novosti cleric of Holy Epiphany Cathedral priest Victor Goldilocks.
"We gave tribute to those who died at the front and in the rear during the great Patriotic war. Made memorial service (it was headed by the rector of the Cathedral of the Bishop of Pavlovo-Posadskiy Thomas), lit a candle - she lit and others," said Goldilocks.
In Day of memory and mourning in the Russian regions will be held Patriotic events and installations, but the format will change because of the pandemic, one of the biggest is the traditional "Candle of memory", during which the inhabitants of all the constituent entities of the Russian Federation will light candles and lamps and create the "fire paintings" in memory of the fallen in the great Patriotic war.
The day of memory and grief is celebrated on June 22 - the anniversary of the great Patriotic war.
The experience of combat training received in the elite division of the Imperial army helped Colonel-General Kuzma Trubnikov successfully to March in the Victory Parade on 24 June 1945 at the head of the composite regiment of the 2nd Belorussian front, told RIA Novosti his grandson Yuriy Trubnikov.
"My grandfather belonged to the older generation of commanders of the red Army in 1945, he was 57 years, most of the other marshals and generals were not and fifty," said the grandson Kuzma Trubnikov. "However, the combat training he received before the First world war in the service in the Life guards Semenov regiment, had the solemn March on red square at the head of the ceremonial regiment of the 2nd Belorussian front at the Victory Parade," added Trubnikov.
The Victory banner is the national relic of Russia, the official symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945. It is an assault flag of the 150th order of Kutuzov of II degree of idritskaya infantry division erected may 1, 1945 over the Reichstag in Berlin by Soviet soldiers.
On hoisting the flag over the capital of Germany, the Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin said on 6 November 1944, in Moscow, at the ceremonial meeting on the occasion of the anniversary of the October revolution. However, where exactly do they plan to do, he did not elaborate.
There is no doubt that the main force that defeated Nazi Germany was the Soviet Union, attempts to understate the Soviet Union's role in world war II made in the name of political interests, the Director of the Center for the study of the Slavic world of the National University of San Martin, a specialist in social and political history of Russia Claudio Sergio Ingerflom.
Earlier the President of Russia Vladimir Putin has written an article about the Second world war. The article, which was published in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta and posted on the Kremlin website, the President, in particular, noted that the Soviet Union and the Red army, no matter what anyone tried to prove today, made a substantive and critical contribution to the defeat of Nazism.
The Museum of Victory on June 24 will hold an online exhibition "Parade of winners" in which frameworks will show unique footage of the first historic parade on red square, said Friday in a press-service of the Museum.
"The Museum of Victory on June 24 will be placed on the website new online exhibition "Parade of winners". A virtual project dedicated to the historical parade on red square June 24, 1945. The exhibition will present previously unpublished photographs from the archives of the Ministry of defence and digitized specifically for this exhibition", - stated in the message
Russian President Vladimir Putin in his article about world war II urged Western politicians to distort the truth about this period of history and not to downplay the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over fascism, said Senator Valery Vasiliev.
The intention to write an article about the Second world war, the President told reporters at a press conference in December last year. Then Putin said that totalitarianism is "reprehensible," but "to equate the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany is the height of cynicism". These findings indicate that "people don't know the story," and they need to read historical documents, stressed the head of state. Putin wrote the article came out on Friday in "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", the lyrics are also published on the Kremlin website.
Only high and young troops participated in the Victory parade June 24, 1945, reads in the multimedia section of "Triumph of the victorious people" on the website of the Ministry of defense of Russia, telling about the preparation and conduct of the parade on red square June 24, 1945.
It is noted that in order to participate in the parade in Moscow was attended by representatives of ten fronts, academies and colleges, of which were formed regiments.
Soviet troops in the early days of the great Patriotic war in some parts of the front managed to push the Nazis abroad, from declassified documents published on the website of the defense Ministry.
The defense Ministry has opened on its website a section devoted to the beginning of the great Patriotic war. It presents operational and intelligence reports of the General staff of red Army, reports from the front, cryptogram, and the memories of the participants of the first battles and diary entries.
The commanders of the red army, which in the early days of the great Patriotic war had to fight with the Nazis, noted that the Germans have a weapon, but, nevertheless, cowardly, from declassified documents published on the website of the defense Ministry.
The defense Ministry has opened on its website a section devoted to the beginning of the great Patriotic war. It presents operational and intelligence reports of the General staff of red Army, reports from the front, cryptogram, and the memories of the participants of the first battles and diary entries.
On the website of the Ministry of defense of Russia opened the multimedia section of "Triumph of the victorious people" with historical documents from the collections of the Central archive of the defense, telling about the preparation and holding of the Victory parade on red square June 24, 1945, the Ministry reported.
It is noted that in the published plan of the light of the fireworks, which took place in Moscow on 24 June 1945 at 23:00, for it was produced 100 lights, 6 thousand handmade rockets, 200 pieces of 107-mm rockets, 500 barrage balloons.
Reference to genocide in the case against the Nazis committed atrocities on the territory of the Pskov region during the great Patriotic war, appeared in the second half of 1960-ies, from the regional Federal security service declassified documents, seen by RIA Novosti.
We are talking about the sentence from 1967.
The Estonian punitive, in the years of the great Patriotic war participated in the genocide of civilians in the Pskov region, after the war, he joined the "forest brothers" – this is evidenced by the archival materials of the FSB of Russia in the Pskov region, seen by RIA Novosti.
Speech, in particular, about the interrogation of the Punisher Erich Limpets conducted by the investigator of the KGB of the USSR in the Pskov region in 1967. During the interrogation, Limpets said that from 1944 to 1946 "was illegal in the gang, which operated in the forest in Rakursom area of the Estonian SSR". The gang consisted of seven armed men.
Press center for journalists who will be covering the Victory parade in Moscow on 24 June, organised in the Arena, and access to the venue of the parade will be significantly limited in connection with sanitary and epidemiological requirements, as stated in the letter confirming accreditation.
"Please note that access to the venue will be significantly limited in connection with the observance of sanitary and epidemiological requirements and norms", - stated in the information letter received akkreditovyvalisj to the parade of journalists.
The movement limit in Moscow on 17, 18, 20 and 24 June due to the preparation and holding of the Victory Parade.
"To prepare for the rehearsals and conducting the Victory Parade on the red square movement of cars in the city will be limited to: 17, 18, 20 and 24 June, the military equipment will move on Tverskaya street. For this, on the route of the column from the temporary Park on the street Bottom Mnevniki on 17 and 18 June from 17.30 to 20.00, and 20 and 24 June from 5.30 to 8.00 and will be limited traffic on the following street segments: street Krylatskaya from Rublevsky highway to the street Bottom Mnevniki in the side of the street Mnevniki
The authorities of the Soviet area HMAO has appointed an investigation after the publication in social networks videos from the local beach, locker room which is covered with a banner with photos of veterans of the great Patriotic war, the press service of the district administration.
Previously a journalist and former MP from neighbouring Yugorsk Anton Pantin said on his page on the social network "Vkontakte" that the beach at the lake in the Soviet area equipped with a changing room, which was covered with banners with photographs of veterans. He illustrated the post with the corresponding video.
The location of the military vehicles taking part in the Victory parade on red square prepared in the North-West of Moscow, told reporters on Saturday at the defense Ministry.
"In the North-Western district of Moscow in the street Bottom Mnevniki prepared a special site for weapons and military equipment of the mechanized column that participates in the military parade dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic War 1941-1945", - said the Ministry of defense.
Kazakh soldiers will take part in the parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the great Patriotic war, arrived in Moscow, reported the press service of the Ministry of defence of the Republic.
"Front calculation of servicemen of the airborne troops of the armed forces of Kazakhstan headed by the Deputy commander of land forces for combat training, major General Daulet Ospanov arrived in Russia to participate in the military parade dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war", - stated in a press release the defense Department on Saturday.
More than two thousand people will take part in the Victory parade in the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic, told journalists the head of Department of the national police LNR Yan Leshchenko.
Earlier, the head LNR Leonid beekeeper reported that the military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war will be held in Lugansk on June 24. In the Republic in connection with the pandemic coronavirus was introduced mode of increased readiness, and planned in may, the celebrations were postponed to a later date.
The Victory concert will take place on the Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd on June 24, he will be one of the key events of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war, have informed RIA Novosti the press service of VGTRK.
"On June 24 in the city-hero of Volgograd will host a unique concert dedicated to the anniversary of the great Victory. Concert Victory on Mamaev hill will be one of the Central events of the solemn celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war and the Year of Memory and Glory", - stated in a press release.
Among participants of parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war, which will be held on June 24, no cases of coronavirus reported in the Bulletin of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.
"In the current days as a result of continuous testing of all personnel of the type and mechanized columns of the military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war – infected, no," said the Bulletin.
Platoon of the guard of honor of military women for the first time participate in the Victory parade in Yekaterinburg on June 24, said Tuesday the commander of the Central military district (CVO) Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.
"It is the anniversary of the military parade will be the inclusion of walking columns of a historical component soldiers with banners fronts, ceremonial payments in the form of infantry, airmen and sailors of the great Patriotic war
Sixty-two downed German plane, branded "attack ground" and the first air combat fighter jets, exactly 100 years ago, June 8, 1920, was born a prominent Soviet ACE Ivan Kozhedub. He flew until the late 1960's and has mastered dozens of types of machines. About how he fought Kozhedub — in the material RIA Novosti.
To the front future speakers was the fall of 1942- enrolled in the 240 th fighter regiment. And the first dogfight spent on the fighter La-5 in March 1943. Kozhedub was the leading paired with another fighter unit guarding the airfield from enemy attacks. But "the first pancake" came out, as often happens, a lump.
Japan has not yet taken any decision regarding the possible visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Russia for the Victory parade on June 24, said during a press conference, the General Secretary of the Japanese government, Acehide Suga.
Earlier on Friday, the newspaper "Asahi" citing a senior source in the foreign Ministry of Japan reported that Abe will visit Moscow, as the ceremony is mainly intended for countries of the former Soviet republics.
France was included in the occupation forces in 1945, solely for financial-economic reasons, the countries of the winners wanted to save the content of additional troops as a police force and the supply of civilian population, said to RIA Novosti on Friday, the expert of the Russian military historical society (RVIA) Nikita storms.
In Berlin on 5 June 1945 signed the Declaration of the defeat of Germany and assumption of Supreme authority with respect to Germany by the governments of the USSR, USA, UK and France. She has served as the legal basis of activities of the occupation authorities of the victorious powers on German territory in the early postwar years. The Declaration was the prelude to the Nuremberg international trial of former leaders of Nazi Germany and the Potsdam conference which determined the post-war device of Europe.
Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill on June 22 will perform the rite of the great consecration of the main temple of the Russian Armed forces, reported Wednesday on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Church of the Resurrection, the main Church of the Armed forces of Russia, was erected in the Moscow Park "Patriot" for the 75th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war. The temple was planned to be consecrated may 9, but because of the epidemic of the coronavirus worship and the opening ceremony was postponed.
Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on plans to hold a June 24 military parade in Donetsk, named this date as significant and part of the great common history.
The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Denis Pushilin earlier said that a military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war will take place in Donetsk on June 24.
Burial of soldiers killed during the great Patriotic war, prospered in Zernogradskiy district of Rostov region on the initiative and with the involvement of local residents, the government of the region.
Initiative was put forward by 215 people, and she won in the regional competition 2019 "let's Do it together." His condition is to attract funds of residents and businesses as an additional source of funding in the amount of one percent of the total cost, the remaining amount gives the regional Treasury. For this project, the region has allocated more than half a million rubles.
The state Duma asked to cancel the decision on condemnation of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - it was taken under pressure from the outside, distorts the history, was one of the factors of the collapse of the Soviet Union and gave the illusion of the legitimacy of the secession of the Baltic States. Open letter in support of the bill sent to the speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and the author of the initiative of the Deputy Alexei Zhuravlev 38 scientists, public figures and officers.
Last week Zhuravlev submitted to the state Duma a bill which proposes to recognize as invalid the resolution of Council of people's deputies of December 24, 1989, condemning the signing of the Soviet-German non-aggression Pact of 1939. The document was published in electronic database of the lower house of Parliament.
The question about the number of children destroyed by the Nazis in the occupied Soviet Union during the great Patriotic war, still remains open, but the study of the regional archives allows you to Refine the figures and to complete the picture of the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis, told RIA Novosti the Dean of the faculty of archives studies of the history and archives Institute of Russian state humanitarian University, member of the working group of the project "Without time limitation" Elena Malysheva.
Monday marks the international day of protection of children.
Vladimir Putin announced on 24 June a non-working day, this date will be a military parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the great Patriotic war, have informed in a press-service of the Kremlin.
The presidential decree States that at 10:00 GMT on the red square and other cities of the country under the Banner of Victory held military parades involving military equipment.
. More than 140 thousand people were killed and 250 thousand of the slaves during the Nazi occupation of territories in the Leningrad region, told journalists the Director of the Leningrad regional state archive of Julia Kropotova.
According to her, is currently completing the first phase of work on volume in the Leningrad region the collection of archival documents about the great Patriotic war "Without time limitation".