THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR.

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This year we celebrate the 70th anniversary. In this war 6.8

This year we celebrate the 70th anniversary.

In this war 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.

1941-1945

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Poems about the Great Patriotic War YULIYA DRUNINA By birth I

Poems about the Great Patriotic War

YULIYA DRUNINA
By birth I am not from

childhood.
I am from war.
And, therefore, probably,
I value more than you can value
The bliss of stillness
As well as each new day
I live.
VOLUME 10, NUMBER
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The term Great Patriotic War appeared in the Soviet newspaper Pravda

The term Great Patriotic War appeared in the Soviet newspaper Pravda

soon after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union
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Periods of World War II First period of World War II

Periods of World War II

First period of World War II (22

June 1941 – 18 November 1942)
Summer-Autumn Campaign (22 June – 4 December 1941)
Winter Campaign of 1941–42 (5 December 1941 – 30 April 1942)
Summer-Autumn Campaign (1 May – 18 November 1942)
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Second period of World War II (19 November 1942 – 31

Second period of World War II

(19 November 1942 – 31

December 1943)
Winter Campaign of 1942–43 (19 November 1942 – 3 March 1943)
Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943 (1 July – 31 December 1943
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Third period of World War II (1 January 1944 – 9

Third period of World War II

(1 January 1944 – 9 May

1945)
Winter-Spring Campaign (1 January – 31 May 1944)
Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1944 (1 June – 31 December 1944)
Campaign in Europe during 1945 (1 January – 9 May 1945)
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"Katyusha" – a notable Soviet rocket launcher

"Katyusha" – a notable Soviet rocket launcher


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Tiger I tanks spearhead the assault in the northern sector of the Battle of Kursk.

Tiger I tanks spearhead the assault in the northern sector of

the Battle of Kursk.
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. 14,933,000 Soviet and Soviet influence nations personnel were awarded the

.

14,933,000 Soviet and Soviet influence nations personnel were awarded the

medal for victory over Germany from 9th May 1945.