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🗓 On September 13, 1943, the leaders of the Young Guards underground organisation were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. They were Julyana Gromova, Ivan Zemnukhov, Oleg Koshevoy, Sergey Tyulenin & Lyubov Shevtsova.
⚔️ During the Great Patriotic War, the members of the Young Guards selflessly fought against the Nazi invaders in the city of Krasnodon, Donbass. They staged subversions, spread anti-fascist leaflets, destroyed the Nazis’ vehicles & took part in saving Soviet soldiers from captivity. Overall, more than a hundred young men & women joined the organisation.
🕯 Captured by the Nazis, the members of the Young Guards were subjected to brutal torture but refused to collaborate with the enemy & gave up their lives for the freedom of the Motherland. They were buried in a fraternal grave in the centre of Krasnodon on March 1, 1943.
🙏 The feat of the young underground fighters will forever remain in the memory of generations to come.
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⚔️ During the Great Patriotic War, the members of the Young Guards selflessly fought against the Nazi invaders in the city of Krasnodon, Donbass. They staged subversions, spread anti-fascist leaflets, destroyed the Nazis’ vehicles & took part in saving Soviet soldiers from captivity. Overall, more than a hundred young men & women joined the organisation.
🕯 Captured by the Nazis, the members of the Young Guards were subjected to brutal torture but refused to collaborate with the enemy & gave up their lives for the freedom of the Motherland. They were buried in a fraternal grave in the centre of Krasnodon on March 1, 1943.
🙏 The feat of the young underground fighters will forever remain in the memory of generations to come.
#FacesOfVictory
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⭐️ Today marks 1️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ years since the birth of Soviet Marshal Boris #Shaposhnikov.
▶️ Dedicated his life to ensuring the safety of his country;
▶️ Was one of the creators of the Red Army;
▶️ The mastermind of the Soviet counter-offensive during the Battle of Moscow.
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▶️ Dedicated his life to ensuring the safety of his country;
▶️ Was one of the creators of the Red Army;
▶️ The mastermind of the Soviet counter-offensive during the Battle of Moscow.
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⭐️ On this day in 1945, over 400 Soviet prisoners of war daringly escaped from #Mauthausen concentration camp in Upper Austria. This rebellion was among the biggest in World War II history.
The largest groups of prisoners at the camp were citizens of the USSR, Poland and Hungary. Soviet POWs who were earlier suspected of resistance activities, were held under the most unbearable conditions in Block 20. The prisoners were beaten, often to death, for the slightest infraction.
On the night of February 3, 1945, 419 prisoners of “Death Block” made an escape. All local units of the SA, the Wehrmacht, the Gendarmerie as well as groups of volunteers joined in their hunt. Overall, 300 escapees were caught and only 57 of them were returned alive to the camp where they were subsequently brutally tortured to death.
Former Mauthausen prisoner Nikolai Parshin wrote after the war, “The prisoners of Death Block stood up against their henchmen and escaped from the hell on earth the Nazis had made. They died with honour as warriors should. And they are not gone, they are heroes that will remain eternally alive. The memory of them will live on in our hearts forever.”
🕯 The total number of prisoners in Mauthausen was 335,000 of which 122,000 were either executed or worked, tortured or starved to death. Over 32,000 of the dead were citizens of our country.
Among those who were savagely tortured to death by the Nazis was Lieutenant General Dmitry Karbyshev. The Nazis did their worst to get him to become a collaborator, as he was an outstanding commander and an unrivalled expert in fortifications, but they failed. Dmitry Karbyhev was 64 when he died.
#Victory77 #WeRemember #FacesOfVictory
The largest groups of prisoners at the camp were citizens of the USSR, Poland and Hungary. Soviet POWs who were earlier suspected of resistance activities, were held under the most unbearable conditions in Block 20. The prisoners were beaten, often to death, for the slightest infraction.
On the night of February 3, 1945, 419 prisoners of “Death Block” made an escape. All local units of the SA, the Wehrmacht, the Gendarmerie as well as groups of volunteers joined in their hunt. Overall, 300 escapees were caught and only 57 of them were returned alive to the camp where they were subsequently brutally tortured to death.
Former Mauthausen prisoner Nikolai Parshin wrote after the war, “The prisoners of Death Block stood up against their henchmen and escaped from the hell on earth the Nazis had made. They died with honour as warriors should. And they are not gone, they are heroes that will remain eternally alive. The memory of them will live on in our hearts forever.”
🕯 The total number of prisoners in Mauthausen was 335,000 of which 122,000 were either executed or worked, tortured or starved to death. Over 32,000 of the dead were citizens of our country.
Among those who were savagely tortured to death by the Nazis was Lieutenant General Dmitry Karbyshev. The Nazis did their worst to get him to become a collaborator, as he was an outstanding commander and an unrivalled expert in fortifications, but they failed. Dmitry Karbyhev was 64 when he died.
#Victory77 #WeRemember #FacesOfVictory
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