🕯On June 22, Russia marks the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow
▪️The Great Patriotic War, which began 82 years ago, is a tragic page in our history that devastated the lives of tens of millions of people in our country.
▪️In the early hours of June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union without declaring war.
▪️The bloodiest war in human history went on for 1,418 days and ended on May 9, 1945, with the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies and a total defeat of the Axis countries.
▪️The Soviet Union’s losses amounted to 26.6 million, or 40 percent of overall human casualties in WWII. Out of them, over 8.7 million perished on the battlefront, 7.42 million were exterminated in the Nazi-occupied territories, over 4.1 million died of the inhuman conditions created by the occupation forces. As many as 5.27 million people were moved as forced labourers to Germany.
🕯Today, state flags are lowered around the country, and a minute of silence will be observed at 12:15 Moscow time. We remember.
▪️The Great Patriotic War, which began 82 years ago, is a tragic page in our history that devastated the lives of tens of millions of people in our country.
▪️In the early hours of June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union without declaring war.
▪️The bloodiest war in human history went on for 1,418 days and ended on May 9, 1945, with the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies and a total defeat of the Axis countries.
▪️The Soviet Union’s losses amounted to 26.6 million, or 40 percent of overall human casualties in WWII. Out of them, over 8.7 million perished on the battlefront, 7.42 million were exterminated in the Nazi-occupied territories, over 4.1 million died of the inhuman conditions created by the occupation forces. As many as 5.27 million people were moved as forced labourers to Germany.
🕯Today, state flags are lowered around the country, and a minute of silence will be observed at 12:15 Moscow time. We remember.
🏆 The Friendship Games, the BRICS Games, and the Games of the Future tournament will be held in Russia
This was announced at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. A large-scale sporting program was organized as part of the SPIEF 2023, and agreements were signed to:
📚hold a forum on the interaction of sports and bookmakers;
🤾♂️ hold the Summer Games of the Deaflympians "We are together. Sport" in Russia's Ufa.
#BRICS #BricsGames #Events
This was announced at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. A large-scale sporting program was organized as part of the SPIEF 2023, and agreements were signed to:
📚hold a forum on the interaction of sports and bookmakers;
🤾♂️ hold the Summer Games of the Deaflympians "We are together. Sport" in Russia's Ufa.
#BRICS #BricsGames #Events
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
🕯 On the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall to pay tribute to the memory of those who fell while fighting the Nazi invaders.
Great Patriotic War veterans and Armed Forces veterans, as well as military personnel from the Moscow Garrison and military university graduates, took part in the ceremony.
The event concluded with the ceremonial march of the honour guard squad and the military band in front of the national military glory memorial.
The President went on to lay flowers at the Hero City obelisks and the monument in honour of the Cities of Military Glory.
Great Patriotic War veterans and Armed Forces veterans, as well as military personnel from the Moscow Garrison and military university graduates, took part in the ceremony.
The event concluded with the ceremonial march of the honour guard squad and the military band in front of the national military glory memorial.
The President went on to lay flowers at the Hero City obelisks and the monument in honour of the Cities of Military Glory.
Forwarded from Embassy of Russia in the USA / Посольство России в США
🕯 Embassy of Russia in the USA has traditionally joined Candle of Memory, the memorial event dedicated to the Remembrance and Sorrow Day.
🕓 At 4 am sharp, Moscow time - in those dramatic moments when the Great Patriotic War began 82 years ago - Russian diplomatic mission’s staff and their families lit candles to honor the memory of 27 million Soviet citizens who gave their lives for the Great Victory.
🎖 Pupils of the Embassy’s school read poems about the hardships of the war years and the immortal feat of Soviet soldiers.
🖼 The event featured an exhibition on the key milestones of the Great Patriotic War with a special focus on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk.
#CandleOfMemory
#RemembranceAndSorrowDay
#GreatVictory
#NeverForget
🕓 At 4 am sharp, Moscow time - in those dramatic moments when the Great Patriotic War began 82 years ago - Russian diplomatic mission’s staff and their families lit candles to honor the memory of 27 million Soviet citizens who gave their lives for the Great Victory.
🖼 The event featured an exhibition on the key milestones of the Great Patriotic War with a special focus on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk.
#CandleOfMemory
#RemembranceAndSorrowDay
#GreatVictory
#NeverForget
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🗓 The heroic defence of the Brest Fortress began on June 22, 1941.
⚔️ Brest was among the first Soviet cities to bear the brunt of Germany’s surprise attack when the Great Patriotic War began. The Brest garrison numbered 7,000 to 8,000 soldiers representing more than 30 nationalities.
Under Operation Barbarossa, Nazi forces were planning to seize the fortress in a few hours. However, the enemy was bogged down in Brest for a week. Soviet soldiers resisted for another month, and gunfire from the fortress could be heard until early August 1941.
🕯 The Brest Fortress came to symbolise the courage, heroic fortitude and valour of Soviet soldiers. When Brest was liberated on July 28, 1944, Red Army soldiers found an inscription by one of its last defenders: “I am dying but not giving up! Farewell, Motherland!”
🎖 The defence of the Brest Fortress became one of the most important episodes in the history of the Great Patriotic War. It remains a monument to the indomitable willpower of those who became the first to stand up to the Nazi German invaders.
⚔️ Brest was among the first Soviet cities to bear the brunt of Germany’s surprise attack when the Great Patriotic War began. The Brest garrison numbered 7,000 to 8,000 soldiers representing more than 30 nationalities.
Under Operation Barbarossa, Nazi forces were planning to seize the fortress in a few hours. However, the enemy was bogged down in Brest for a week. Soviet soldiers resisted for another month, and gunfire from the fortress could be heard until early August 1941.
🕯 The Brest Fortress came to symbolise the courage, heroic fortitude and valour of Soviet soldiers. When Brest was liberated on July 28, 1944, Red Army soldiers found an inscription by one of its last defenders: “I am dying but not giving up! Farewell, Motherland!”
🎖 The defence of the Brest Fortress became one of the most important episodes in the history of the Great Patriotic War. It remains a monument to the indomitable willpower of those who became the first to stand up to the Nazi German invaders.