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🗓 On October 28, 1944, the Red Army liberated the territory of Ukraine from the Nazi invaders.
🕯 During the years of the German occupation, Ukraine had a network of concentration camps, prisons & ghettos. There was a mass execution site in almost every city. Several million people died at the hands of the Nazis and their henchmen.
❗️ Tens of thousands of Ukrainian nationalists joined the Nazis, carrying out ethnic cleansings & massacres, brutally killing communists, Jews & civilians.
🎖 At the same time millions of Ukrainians fought in the Red Army against the Nazis, making a significant contribution to the victory of the USSR over Germany. Orders and medals were awarded to approximately 2.5 million Ukrainian soldiers, of which 2,021 became Heroes of the Soviet Union.
☝️ The liberation of Ukraine from the Nazi invaders became one of the major milestones of the Great Patriotic War and allowed the Red Army to continue its victorious march on Berlin.
#GreatPatrioticWar #WeRemember
🕯 During the years of the German occupation, Ukraine had a network of concentration camps, prisons & ghettos. There was a mass execution site in almost every city. Several million people died at the hands of the Nazis and their henchmen.
❗️ Tens of thousands of Ukrainian nationalists joined the Nazis, carrying out ethnic cleansings & massacres, brutally killing communists, Jews & civilians.
🎖 At the same time millions of Ukrainians fought in the Red Army against the Nazis, making a significant contribution to the victory of the USSR over Germany. Orders and medals were awarded to approximately 2.5 million Ukrainian soldiers, of which 2,021 became Heroes of the Soviet Union.
☝️ The liberation of Ukraine from the Nazi invaders became one of the major milestones of the Great Patriotic War and allowed the Red Army to continue its victorious march on Berlin.
#GreatPatrioticWar #WeRemember
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🗓 Today marks the 8️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of the liberation of Rzhev from the Nazi invaders.
The German occupation started on October 14, 1941 and lasted 17 months. The Nazis pursued a policy of genocide, incarcerated Rzhev residents in concentration camps and hauled them off en masse as forced labourers to Germany. They destroyed industrial enterprises, educational, medical institutions and schools.
⚔️ The enemy turned Rzhev and the Rzhev Ledge into a heavily fortified stronghold, which made assaulting it a daunting challenge for Soviet soldiers. Attempts to liberate Rzhev continued since January 1942.
On March 2, 1943, the Red Army launched a decisive assault, and Rzhev was completely liberated the next day. The city was leveled to the ground as a result of the occupation, with only 362 people remaining out of the 56,000 residents of pre-war Rzhev.
As a result of the efforts of Soviet soldiers who fought the Nazi invaders outside Rzhev for more than a year, the enemy’s plans to redeploy formations to Stalingrad, where the decisive battle of the Great Patriotic War was unfolding, were thwarted, and the threat of a repeated offensive towards Moscow was eliminated.
⭐️ For the courage, resilience and mass heroism shown by the defenders of the city in the fight for freedom and independence of the Fatherland, in 2007 Rzhev was awarded the honorary title 'City of Military Glory'.
🕯 On June 30, 2020, the Memorial to the Soviet Soldier was unveiled near Rzhev, immortalising the deeds of the heroes who bravely fought and gave their lives in the battles for Rzhev.
#GreatPatrioticWar #WeRemember
The German occupation started on October 14, 1941 and lasted 17 months. The Nazis pursued a policy of genocide, incarcerated Rzhev residents in concentration camps and hauled them off en masse as forced labourers to Germany. They destroyed industrial enterprises, educational, medical institutions and schools.
⚔️ The enemy turned Rzhev and the Rzhev Ledge into a heavily fortified stronghold, which made assaulting it a daunting challenge for Soviet soldiers. Attempts to liberate Rzhev continued since January 1942.
On March 2, 1943, the Red Army launched a decisive assault, and Rzhev was completely liberated the next day. The city was leveled to the ground as a result of the occupation, with only 362 people remaining out of the 56,000 residents of pre-war Rzhev.
As a result of the efforts of Soviet soldiers who fought the Nazi invaders outside Rzhev for more than a year, the enemy’s plans to redeploy formations to Stalingrad, where the decisive battle of the Great Patriotic War was unfolding, were thwarted, and the threat of a repeated offensive towards Moscow was eliminated.
⭐️ For the courage, resilience and mass heroism shown by the defenders of the city in the fight for freedom and independence of the Fatherland, in 2007 Rzhev was awarded the honorary title 'City of Military Glory'.
🕯 On June 30, 2020, the Memorial to the Soviet Soldier was unveiled near Rzhev, immortalising the deeds of the heroes who bravely fought and gave their lives in the battles for Rzhev.
#GreatPatrioticWar #WeRemember