Photo credit: GoranH / pixabay.com A monument desecrated by vandals was restored by locals in Olsztynek (Poland), EADaily reports. The monument commemorates the memory of prisoners of war who died in the Nazi concentration camp Stalag I-B. ...
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The transfer of the remains of Charles-Etienne Gudin, who died during the Russian-French War of 1812, to the representatives of the French consulate in Moscow took place at the State...
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An unknown 4000-year-old was found in Mesopotamia by Russian archaeologists who are excavating in southern Iraq, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper reports.
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About 50 photographs, capturing the events of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, are exhibited in Rabat. The exhibition was organized by the Russian Center for Science and Culture with the support of the Russian Embassy in Rabat and the High...
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The "Russian and Soviet Military Burials in Greece" album was presented by the Russian Embassy in Athenes, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper writes. It contains information about the places where Russian soldiers are...
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Residents of Bulgaria have joined the participants of the Candle of Memory action, TASS reports. Candles were lit in memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War in Sofia, the action was...
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A monument to a Soviet pilot who died during the war with the Finns was erected in Finland, RIA Novosti reports.
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''The scale of one crime. Soviet POWs in World War II'' exhibition began working in Berlin on Friday, June 18. Its opening is timed to the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, RIA Novosti reports. The exhibition is presented at the...
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The presentation of the book dedicated to the inscriptions left by the soldiers of the Red Army on the walls of the captured Reichstag in 1945 took place at the Russian Embassy in Germany. Politicians, servicemen,...
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World War II veteran David Dushman has passed away, the Pravda newspaper reports. He was the last survivor of those who liberated the prisoners of Auschwitz in 1945. The veteran died on June 5. He was 99.
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The search for the Amber Room is going to continue in Poland, Pobeda RF reports. The staff of the Museum of the Second World War in Mamerki (the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship, Poland) has been leading the search for...
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Experts have completed general measurements and ground survey of the destroyed Arc de Triomphe in ancient Palmyra, TASS reports.
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A mass grave of soldiers of the Russian army of Peter the Great's times was found in Estonian Tartu. The mass grave with the remains of 70 Russian soldiers who died during the Northern War in the...
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A memorial plaque in honor of one of the officers of the Russian army, who was wounded during the capture of Paris during the war with Napoleon, was installed in the French city of Jouy-en-Josas. The grand opening ceremony took place on May 25. This is...
On May 11, a lecture on Russian poetry and the Great Patriotic War was held at the Russian Center of the University of Pisa, timed to coincide with the Victory Day celebrations.
The head of the center, Professor Stefano...
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The Rzhev movie was shown to students of Russian educational institutions operating in the Gyeonggi province of South Korea. The viewers were joined by residents of nearby cities, according to the...
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Russian diplomats and officials from Great Britain and New Zealand took part in laying wreaths at the memorial to the participants of the Arctic convoys in New Zealand. Victory Day events were held on May 8 and 9 in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland...
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