The Embassy staff, compatriots living in the United States, and Americans who care about the events of the Great Patriotic War cherish the memory of the events of the Great Patriotic War. We make every effort to preserve the historical truth and glorify the feat of the Victors' Generation. We honor the heroes of those harsh years, who at the cost of their lives liberated the world from Nazi filth.

On January 11, on the 80th anniversary of the death of Soviet pilots - participants of the Zebra project to transfer Catalina seaplanes to the USSR in Elizabeth City (North Carolina), grateful descendants paid tribute to the valor and courage of our ancestors. As a sign of remembrance and sorrow, they lowered scarlet carnations onto the water.

On this day in 1945 when taking off from the Pasquotank River there was a plane crash, the victims of which were 4 Red Army soldiers: commander - Captain Nikolai Mikhailovich Chikov, navigator - Captain Vladimir Moiseevich Levin, flight engineer - Lieutenant Dmitry Mikhailovich Medvedev and flight mechanic - Lieutenant Afanasy Ivanovich Borodin, as well as British Air Force navigator - Lieutenant Peter Nataros.

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Project Zebra, declassified in December 2012, is one of the symbols of the combat brotherhood of the USSR and the USA, who fought shoulder to shoulder against the Nazi executioners. It serves as an example of unity between the two countries, which managed to overcome their differences in time to fight against a common enemy. Due to the efforts of the members of the anti-Hitler coalition, with the decisive role of the Red Army, we liberated the world from the “brown plague”.

It is sad that the West is trying to revise history, belittling the greatest feat of the Soviet people in defeating the Nazi hordes and saving many peoples of “non-Aryan” origin from annihilation. While in the United States, we are acutely aware of the desire of the local political establishment to forget the stages of the Russian-American alliance during the Second World War. The refusal to approve the visit of Russian diplomats to Elizabeth City for the memorial ceremony is a clear confirmation of this.

🎖 In the year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, it is especially important to remember the lessons of history, to fight against any attempts to justify Nazi criminals and their accomplices, and even more so to put them on a pedestal of honor, as is done in Ukraine. It is necessary to tell the younger generation about the tragic events of the past, working together to immortalize the memory of the heroes of those years.

We bow to the defenders of the Fatherland. No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten!

#Victory80 #WeRemember

🎖 As part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, diplomats from the Embassy of Russia in the United States and officers from the Military Attaché Office together with pupils from the Embassy's school visited veterans living in Washington and its suburbs. They congratulated them on the upcoming anniversary date. On behalf of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin they presented medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

🥇 The diplomats expressed words of deep gratitude to the generation of the Victors. They noted that their steel “hardening”, courage and selflessness helped our country to cope with inhuman trials. They emphasized that during the hardest war years the Soviet people not only defended their homeland, but also liberated Europe from Hitler's invaders. The unbroken spirit of the defenders of the Fatherland is a moral and ethical guideline for all generations of people in Russia.

🔹In the coming days we will continue the important mission of presenting medals.

🥇We bow to the generation of the Heroes! We thank the
veterans for their hospitality, wishing them good health
and prosperity! No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten!

#Victory80
#WeRemember

Embassy of Russia in the USA / Посольство России в США

🎖As part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, the Russian Embassy in the United States hosted a meeting with veterans living in the US. The leadership of the diplomatic mission and officers of the Military attache staff presented to the veterans (Crimeans A.Zernetkina and I.Zernetkin) on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin the medals “80 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.

The diplomats expressed words of deep gratitude to those whose courage and selflessness helped the Motherland to withstand and to defeat the invading hordes and to save other peoples of the world from annihilation.

In turn, the veterans shared their memories of the hardships of wartime, the stories on how they met the news of the Great Victory and how they then rebuilt their homes.

🥇 We bow to the generation of Heroes! Wishing them good health and prosperity! No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten!

#Victory80
#WeRemember