This led to the fact that during the Great Patriotic War, as the Russians call WWII, Tolstoy was the most published author in the country, exceeding even Lenin. 3. Why it was thought to be War and ...

“We were full of Soviet patriotism,” says Boris Smirnov, who saw many of his comrades die during the conflict Russians call the Great Patriotic War. On one occasion, Smirnov’s platoon was ...

TASS/. The moral example of veterans of the Great Patriotic War serves as a firm support in the era of trials that Russia is currently struggling through, President Vladimir Putin said in a ...

Twenty-seven million Soviet citizens died, by far the greatest loss of any country, in what Russians call the Great Patriotic War. This year, the event has taken on a significance of its own.

The centrepiece - a massive square with an obelisk 141.8m (465ft) high - 10cm for each day of the Great Patriotic War, as the Soviets called their part in World War Two after the Nazi invasion.

It tears my heart out. The Soviet Union called its war with Germany "the Great Patriotic War." The purpose was to drum up patriotism by reminding the public of Russia's "Patriotic War" against ...

Recently Russia’s problems multiplied with Russian troops being chased out of Syria by a surprise attack by a reinvigorated HTS Islamic terrorist group in northern Syria. These attacks quickly ran all ...

TASS/. Celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War will take place in all countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO ...

Tengrinews.kz - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has announced a military parade in Astana as the central event of the 80th ...