eighteen days, twenty- six million four hundred and fifty-four thousand lives were taken away with the Great Patriotic War.
At the beginning of The Great Patriotic War thousands of young soviet patriots went to fight against German invaders. The remarkable heroes came out of the young people and they conquered the profound love of all soviet people. The deeds of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, LisaTchaikina, Uriy Smirnov, Nikolay Kuznetsov went down into the history of Russia. Patriotism, friendship of all soviet people contributed to the victory over the fascism (Приложение 2)
There were severe fightings during the Great Patriotic War. Some major battles took place near Moscow (December, 1941).
In September, 1942 great fights for Stalingrad started. This battle continued from July 1942 up to February 1943. The other not less important and bloody fight took place at the Kursk Bulge (July - August, 1943).
1944 was rather successful for soviet army. A number of cities such as Leningrad, Odessa, Kerch, the Crimea were liberated from Nazi troops. The most severe and the most heroic battle took place in April - May, 1945 for Berlin.
For everyone who lives in St. Petersburg the Blokada (the Siege) of Leningrad is an important part of the citys heritage and a painful memory for the populations older generations. The siege lasted for a total of 900 days, from September 8, 1941 until January 27, 1944. The citys almost 3 million civilians (including about 400,000 children) refused to surrender and endured rapidly increasing hardships in the encircled city. Food and fuel stocks were limited to a mere 1-2 month supply, public transport was not operational and by the winter of 1941-42 there was no heating, no water supply, almost no electricity and very little
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