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8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on May 1, 1944, an executive order of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet established the Medal For the Defence of Moscow.
The Battle of Moscow was one of the largest of the Great Patriotic War. The fighting near the capital went on from September 30, 1941 to April 20, 1942.
☝️ Cadets of military schools as well as ordinary Muscovites joined the Red Army soldiers, rallying to defend the city. No capital in the world had ever given Hitler such a strong rebuff.
⚡️ The Battle of Moscow dispelled the myth about the Third Reich’s war machine being invincible, & thwarted the Nazi Germany’s ‘lightning war’ plan to defeat the USSR.
The Medal For the Defence of Moscow immortalised the heroic deeds of all those who fought for the liberation of Moscow, conferred on them in acknowledgement of their unparalleled heroism during some of the most difficult days the Motherland faced. It was awarded to more than a million fearless defenders of Moscow (~1,028,600), including women & children. The award was also conferred on ordinary residents who defended the city. The medal was given to the military responsible for Moscow’s air defence & civilians who helped defend the city from enemy air raids. Military & civilian personnel who built defensive lines around the capital were also noted.
🖼 The future medal was based on a drawing by Nikolai Moskalyov, whose sketches were also used as the basis of many other Soviet awards.
The medal’s exterior side depicts the Kremlin wall with a T-34 tank under it in the foreground, the monument to Minin & Pozharsky on the left, & a Kremlin tower on the right. The dome of the Government building rises above the wall with a hammer & sickle flag fluttering above. Along the upper circumference of the medal — the name of the medal. The lower half displays a laurel wreath, which is divided by a five-pointed star. The inscription on the reverse side reads: “For our Soviet Motherland,” with a hammer & sickle above it.
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The Battle of Moscow was one of the largest of the Great Patriotic War. The fighting near the capital went on from September 30, 1941 to April 20, 1942.
☝️ Cadets of military schools as well as ordinary Muscovites joined the Red Army soldiers, rallying to defend the city. No capital in the world had ever given Hitler such a strong rebuff.
⚡️ The Battle of Moscow dispelled the myth about the Third Reich’s war machine being invincible, & thwarted the Nazi Germany’s ‘lightning war’ plan to defeat the USSR.
The Medal For the Defence of Moscow immortalised the heroic deeds of all those who fought for the liberation of Moscow, conferred on them in acknowledgement of their unparalleled heroism during some of the most difficult days the Motherland faced. It was awarded to more than a million fearless defenders of Moscow (~1,028,600), including women & children. The award was also conferred on ordinary residents who defended the city. The medal was given to the military responsible for Moscow’s air defence & civilians who helped defend the city from enemy air raids. Military & civilian personnel who built defensive lines around the capital were also noted.
🖼 The future medal was based on a drawing by Nikolai Moskalyov, whose sketches were also used as the basis of many other Soviet awards.
The medal’s exterior side depicts the Kremlin wall with a T-34 tank under it in the foreground, the monument to Minin & Pozharsky on the left, & a Kremlin tower on the right. The dome of the Government building rises above the wall with a hammer & sickle flag fluttering above. Along the upper circumference of the medal — the name of the medal. The lower half displays a laurel wreath, which is divided by a five-pointed star. The inscription on the reverse side reads: “For our Soviet Motherland,” with a hammer & sickle above it.
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📅 In the early hours of May 1, 1945, the #VictoryBanner was raised atop of the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin. It became a symbol of the triumph of the Soviet Union & its peoples in the fight against Nazism.
Before the assault, a decision was made for a group of Soviet fighters to hoist the flag over the Reichstag, which would embody the final collapse of Nazism.
🚩 A total of 9 makeshift banners were promptly made, designed after the state flag of the USSR. Ultimately, a battle flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Idritsa Rifle Division, 79th Rifle Corps, 3rd Shock Army of the 1st Belarusian Front, became the Victory Banner.
The order of events:
• A Red Army unit broke into the Reichstag through breaches in the walls, with a fierce close combat unleashing. The Nazis took advantage of effectively advancing inside the building they new well, throwing grenades at Soviet soldiers & firing back with machine-guns: they basically had nothing to lose.
• Lieutenant R.Koshkarbayev & private G.Bulatov placed a makeshift red flag to the column on the steps of the Reichstag main entrance.
• Staff sergeants G.Zagitov, A.Lisimenko & A.Bobrov as well as Sergeant M.Minin supported by Captain S.Neustroyev’s battalion were the 1st to hoist a red banner on the roof of the Reichstag atop of the Goddess of Victory sculpture.
• The 3rd red banner was raised on the western facade of the roof by the scouts of the 674th Regiment led by Lieutenant S.Sorokin.
• Finally, the Red Banner №5 was raised over the dome of the captured Reichstag by the 756th Rifle Regiment’s scouts, Sergeant M.Yegorov & Junior Sergeant M.Kantariya, led by deputy battalion commander Lieutenant A.Berest, covered by riflemen from I.Sayanov’s squad. That flag ultimately became the Victory Banner.
📃 By a Presidential Executive Order of April 15, 1996, the Red Banner hoisted atop of the Reichstag by Yegorov & Kantariya was declared the symbol of the Soviet people’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
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Before the assault, a decision was made for a group of Soviet fighters to hoist the flag over the Reichstag, which would embody the final collapse of Nazism.
🚩 A total of 9 makeshift banners were promptly made, designed after the state flag of the USSR. Ultimately, a battle flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Idritsa Rifle Division, 79th Rifle Corps, 3rd Shock Army of the 1st Belarusian Front, became the Victory Banner.
The order of events:
• A Red Army unit broke into the Reichstag through breaches in the walls, with a fierce close combat unleashing. The Nazis took advantage of effectively advancing inside the building they new well, throwing grenades at Soviet soldiers & firing back with machine-guns: they basically had nothing to lose.
• Lieutenant R.Koshkarbayev & private G.Bulatov placed a makeshift red flag to the column on the steps of the Reichstag main entrance.
• Staff sergeants G.Zagitov, A.Lisimenko & A.Bobrov as well as Sergeant M.Minin supported by Captain S.Neustroyev’s battalion were the 1st to hoist a red banner on the roof of the Reichstag atop of the Goddess of Victory sculpture.
• The 3rd red banner was raised on the western facade of the roof by the scouts of the 674th Regiment led by Lieutenant S.Sorokin.
• Finally, the Red Banner №5 was raised over the dome of the captured Reichstag by the 756th Rifle Regiment’s scouts, Sergeant M.Yegorov & Junior Sergeant M.Kantariya, led by deputy battalion commander Lieutenant A.Berest, covered by riflemen from I.Sayanov’s squad. That flag ultimately became the Victory Banner.
📃 By a Presidential Executive Order of April 15, 1996, the Red Banner hoisted atop of the Reichstag by Yegorov & Kantariya was declared the symbol of the Soviet people’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
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🔴 #LIVE from the #RedSquare: Military parade marking the 79th Anniversary of the #Victory in the #GreatPatrioticWar.
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🕯️Compatriots took part in a procession of the “Immortal Regiment”, laid flowers at the Eternal Flame and planted trees in commemoration of heroes.
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8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, the Red Army launched its Crimean offensive, liberating German-occupied Sevastopol, the symbol of Russian naval glory and the main base of the Black Sea Fleet.
In 1941–1942, the city sustained a 250-day long siege, pinning down a considerable German and Romanian force. Prior to taking Sevastopol by assault, the enemy concentrated the largest artillery group of all used in that war. Had Sevastopol failed to resist for so long, the enemy could have reached the Volga and the Caucasus much earlier, something that would have changed the course of the war.
Red Army troops fought heroically on Mount Sapun, Armoured Turret Battery-30, at the foot of the MacKenzie Heights… Occasionally, they had to attack the enemy with their bare hands, for artillery ammunition was in short supply, the supply lines were disrupted, and ships were sunk by the Germans.
▪️ In June 1942, the last defenders of Sevastopol had to leave the city. During the German occupation, nearly 27,000 local civilians were killed and another 45,000 rounded up and sent for slave labour in Germany.
🌟 The mission to liberate the Crimea and Sevastopol was entrusted to the 4th Ukrainian Front commanded by Army General Fyodor Tolbukhin and the Separate Coastal Army commanded by Army General Andrey Yeryomenko. Launching attacks from the north and the east, they drove the enemy from the key cities in the peninsula within days. On May 9, 1944, Sevastopol was liberated following a four-day assault, with the German and Romanian troops chucked into the sea.
The enemy spent 250 days trying to seize the city, whereas the Red Army did the job within just one week in May 1944.
🎖 Sevastopol was among the first to be awarded the title of Hero City. This happened on May 8, 1965. In December 1942, the medal For the Defence of Sevastopol was instituted, with over 52,000 people decorated with it by the mid-1990s.
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In 1941–1942, the city sustained a 250-day long siege, pinning down a considerable German and Romanian force. Prior to taking Sevastopol by assault, the enemy concentrated the largest artillery group of all used in that war. Had Sevastopol failed to resist for so long, the enemy could have reached the Volga and the Caucasus much earlier, something that would have changed the course of the war.
Red Army troops fought heroically on Mount Sapun, Armoured Turret Battery-30, at the foot of the MacKenzie Heights… Occasionally, they had to attack the enemy with their bare hands, for artillery ammunition was in short supply, the supply lines were disrupted, and ships were sunk by the Germans.
▪️ In June 1942, the last defenders of Sevastopol had to leave the city. During the German occupation, nearly 27,000 local civilians were killed and another 45,000 rounded up and sent for slave labour in Germany.
The enemy spent 250 days trying to seize the city, whereas the Red Army did the job within just one week in May 1944.
🎖 Sevastopol was among the first to be awarded the title of Hero City. This happened on May 8, 1965. In December 1942, the medal For the Defence of Sevastopol was instituted, with over 52,000 people decorated with it by the mid-1990s.
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🇷🇺🇸🇾 On May 9 to commemorate the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War a military parade with the participation of Russian and Syrian troops was held at the Russian air base “Khmeimim”.
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