Stig Östlund

lördag, maj 08, 2010

The Great Patriotic War

The term Great Patriotic War  is used in Russia and some other states of the former Soviet Union to describe the portion of World War II from June 22, 1941, to May 9, 1945, against Nazi Germany and its allies in the Eastern Front. The term is not generally used outside the former Soviet Union . It is a patriotic and symbolic term. During this period 6.8 million Soviet soldiers were killed and 4.4 million died in captivity. The Soviet Union lost 26.6 million men and women in total./Wikipedia

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