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The term Patriotic War refers to the Russian resistance to the French invasion of Russia under Napoleon I, which became known as the Patriotic War of 1812.In Russian, the term отечественная война originally referred to a war on one's own territory (otechestvo means "the fatherland"), as opposed to a campaign abroad (заграничная война), [3] and later was ...
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War [n] in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War [o] in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.
Eastern Front (World War I), also known as the Second Patriotic War, the war between the German Empire and its allies against Russia during World War I; Eastern Front (World War II), also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, the war between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II
In April 2015, the parliament of Ukraine outlawed the term "Great Patriotic War" as well as Nazi and communist symbols, street names, and monuments. [3] On 16 May 2015, Minister of Culture Vyacheslav Kyrylenko announced that the museum would change its name, [4] and this was done two months later. [2]
Even though few veterans of what Russia calls the Great Patriotic War are still alive 79 years after Berlin fell to the Red Army, the victory remains the most important and widely revered symbol ...
The parade marks the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Soviet defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky takes the salute during the military parade, 9 May 1965. Prior to 1965 Victory Day was not a major holiday and parades were not held, with the exception of the 1945 Victory Day Parade. [1]
Order of the Patriotic War depicted on a 1943 postage stamp. The Order of the Patriotic War (Russian: Орден Отечественной войны, romanized: Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds in the Eastern Front of World War II, known as the Great ...
The annual commemoration on Victory Day "of the soldiers who for faith, the Fatherland and the people laid down their lives and all those who died in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945" was established by the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1994. [66]