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Political Prisoner's Day was last marked in 1990. After its introduction in 1991, the official "Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression" was adopted all over Russia to commemorate and remember the millions "repressed" (arrested, exiled, sent to the camps or shot) by the Bolshevik regime, especially under Stalin.
Around 200 veterans attended this year’s D-Day event in Normandy, the youngest in their 90s and some over 100.
On this day 80 years ago, Allied forces came by sea, by plane and by parachute to liberate western Europe from Nazi Germany in the largest seaborne invasion in history, known today as D-Day.
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Only RIC survivor of the ambush. [236] [237] Second Battle of İnönü: 23 March 1921 Turkish Army Veysel Turan: 1901–2007 Battle of Sakarya: 23 August 1921 Yakup Satar: 1898–2008 [238] [239] Great Offensive: 26 August 1922 Mustafa Şekip Birgöl: 1903–2008 [240] January 28 incident: 28 January 1932 Chinese Army Huang Shengyong 1905 ...
A D-Day photo. June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Normandy—the day in 1944 when allied forces from 13 countries stormed five beaches in Normandy, France, marking the beginning of ...
Russia also opened an investigation initially headed by the Western Inter-regional Investigation Department for Transport and later the Investigative Committee. [128] On 26 December Kazakhstan said that law enforcement officials from Russia and Azerbaijan were not allowed to participate in the forensic investigation, citing existing laws. [129]
The single most important day of the 20th century was 79 years ago on June 6, 1944, during the pinnacle of World War II. It will forever be remembered as D-Day, but the official code name was ...