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On this day military units of the Tashkent Garrison line up in Independence Square, and accept congratulations and awards from the president and the minister of defense. [3] Holiday activities also include a wreath laying ceremony at the Monument to the Independence of Uzbekistan and the Timur monument.
Within the British Empire, many natives in the colonies came to think of Britain as the mother country of one, large nation. India is often personified as Bharat Mata (Mother India). The French commonly refer to France as "la mère patrie"; [2] Hispanic countries that were former Spanish viceroyalties commonly referred to Spain as "la Madre ...
Defence and Citizenship Day (French: Journée Défense et Citoyenneté, pronounced [ʒuʁne defɑ̃s e sitwajɛnte]) is a day established in 1998 in France by the French president, Jacques Chirac, during his first presidential mandate in the context of the national service reform.
A T-72 tank during a Defender of the Fatherland Day parade in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2015. In Kazakhstan, Defender of the Fatherland Day is celebrated on 7 May. [4] The Kazakh Armed Forces was established on this date 1992 and was only made national holiday in October 2012. The holiday often coincides with the Victory Day celebrations on 9 May.
Portuguese Navy ships: A Pátria honrar que a Pátria vos contempla (Portuguese for: "Honor the Motherland, for the Motherland beholds you") Portuguese Army: Em perigos e guerras esforçados ("In arduous perils and wars") — from Os Lusíadas, Book I, 1st Stanza. Commandos: Audaces fortuna juvat (Latin for "Fortune favours the bold")
Praskovya Lukyanova, a rural villager in the USSR, first loses her husband in battle at the outbreak of WWII, and then her only young son, who is run over deliberately by a Nazi tank driven by a soldier wearing an eyepatch, as the Germans take over the village.
During the Soviet era, many statues depicting the Mother Motherland were built, most to commemorate the Great Patriotic War. These include: These include: The Motherland Calls ( Russian : Родина-мать зовёт , tr. Rodina-mat' zovyot ), a colossal statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad
Pavlovsky arrived in Poland in August 1923, illegally crossed the border with the Soviet Union on August 17, [3] killing a Red Army soldier, but instead of immediately proceeding to check the activities of Sheshenya, Zekunov and others, in Belarus he organized an armed group from among the members of the People's Union for the Defense of the Motherland and freedoms, along with which he began ...