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On June 24, 1945, the Victory Parade took place on Red Square, Moscow. 🔻The parade commenced at 10:00 AM with Marshal Georgy Zhukov's entrance on a white horse. Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky commanded the parade, and they both inspected the troops. 🔻Finding a white horse which was supposed to symbolize the Victory, for Marshal Zhukov was no easy task, but one was found in the NKVD troops. Its name was Кумир (Idol). 🔻The preparations for the parade lasted a month. During this time, Zhukov got used to the horse, and the horse was trained not to be afraid of loud noises. To achieve this, an orchestra was present at the riding practices. 🔻The parade featured combined regiments from ten fronts, the Navy, military academies, and the Moscow garrison, including war heroes and distinguished soldiers. 🔻Key moments included the carrying of 36 battle flags of distinguished units and the symbolic disposal of 200 captured Nazi banners at the foot of Lenin's Mausoleum. 🔻Later, at a reception in the Kremlin, Stalin gave a toast, saying: Our government has made not a few mistakes... Another nation might have said to the government: You have not justified our expectations, go away... But the Russian people did not do that...Thank you, the Soviet people, for the trust... #brief_and_interesting #WW2 #memorible_date #USSR 😎RCR | Support | Boost

June 22nd is the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia, marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. 🔻We remember the immense sacrifices and suffering endured during the Great Patriotic War. 🔥Lest we forget. #memorible_date 😎RCR | Support | Boost

In early April 1945, fierce fighting raged in Königsberg. When the city fell, severely wounded hoppo Hans was found in a stream. 🔻According to legend, the soldiers initially wanted to "execute him according to martial law," claiming that this "huge pig" resembled Göring. 🔻However, the command prevented the execution of the "rare animal" and entrusted him to the care of zootechnician Vladimir Petrovich Polonsky. 🔻According to surviving archival data, Hans's treatment began with simple measures: he was given water, milk, and beets. However, due to his declining appetite, Polonsky resorted to an unconventional method – he offered the hippo 4 litres of vodka, which unexpectedly stimulated his appetite. 🔻Polonsky remained constantly by the animal's side, and after 51 days, Hans had fully recovered. Managed to save the hippopotamus. Without leaving him for 21 days, after a month and 19 days, I achieved his complete recovery and am now training the hippopotamus – riding the hippopotamus through the park. 🔻Hans lived in the zoo until 1950, left no offspring, but he remains forever on the emblem of the Kaliningrad Zoo, as a symbol of true human compassion, generosity, and kindness. #brief_and_interesting #WW2 😎 Stay with @learnRCRussian

On April 1, 1942, Red Army privates and sergeants in rear units ceased receiving greatcoats and switched to padded jackets (ватники) 🔻These jackets accompanied the soldiers on all fronts of the Great Patriotic War. Germany, however, failed to establish production of similarly cheap and warm uniforms, resulting in approximately 40 percent of German soldiers suffering frostbite near Stalingrad. 🔻The first mention of "cotton-padded jackets" as clothing for Russian army soldiers and officers appeared during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. References to the vatnik are found in official documents and diaries of the heroes of Plevna and Shipka. 🔻Later, in 1885, Emperor Alexander III, appreciating the effectiveness of the frost-resistant equipment, significantly upgraded the Russian army's winter clothing, and Caucasian Cossacks wore padded beshmets and half-coats (теплушки). The Emperor himself often wore them. 🔻Before the Great Patriotic War, the padded jacket underwent improvements – the materials changed, convenient details were added, and in August 1941, the Red Army received a new version of the vatnik – with a turn-down collar. 🔻This inexpensive and reasonably comfortable garment was extremely popular among the soldiers, and alongside the PPSh submachine gun, the T-34 tank, and the Il-2 ground-attack aircraft, the vatnik became one of the main symbols of Victory! #brief_and_interesting #WW2 😎 Stay with @learnRCRussian

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Germany, Cologne, June 22nd, 4:00 AM. 🔻Russians wake up Germans at the hour of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union! #WW2 #USSR 😎RCR | Support | Boost

Today marks 107 years since one of the most tragic pages in Russian history - the execution of the Imperial family. 🔻On the night of July 16-17, 1918, in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Emperor Nicholas II and his family were brutally murdered. 🔻Four loyal servants perished alongside them, their names often overlooked: maid Anna Demidova, valet Alexei Trupp, cook Ivan Kharitonov, and personal physician Eugene Botkin. 🔻Dr. Botkin, personal physician to the Imperial family, followed his father's footsteps, treating Tsars Alexander II and III. He spent countless nights by Tsarevich Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia. His profound devotion: By their kindness, They have made me their slave until the end of my days. 🔻A week before his death, on July 9, 1918, Botkin penned his last, unfinished letter. He wrote of his voluntary imprisonment: In essence, I am already dead, dead to my children, to friends, to my work... I am sustained by the conviction that 'he who endures to the end will be saved. 🔻He explained his decision to stay: I did not hesitate to leave my children complete orphans to fulfill my medical duty to the end, just as Abraham did not hesitate at God's command to sacrifice his only son. 🔻Few know the Russian Orthodox Church also canonized Dr. Botkin as a saint. 🔻A poignant reminder of extraordinary loyalty and unwavering faith in the face of ultimate sacrifice. #Russian_history #memorible_date #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support | Boost

⚓️Today marks the anniversary of one of the most epic naval battles of the sailing era: the Battle of Chesma (1770). It was a victory forged against impossible odds! 🔻Imagine sailing 4,500 nautical miles – from the Baltic Sea, around ALL of Europe, through treacherous straits and a hostile Mediterranean swarming with enemy ships, just to reach a battle. The Ottomans literally thought it couldn't be done! 🔻But the Russian fleet, defying every expectation, did it! 🔻The outcome was catastrophic for the Ottomans: Near total annihilation: Out of their 15 battleships, only ONE survived! Up to 11,000 Ottoman sailors perished in the inferno. 🔻After the Battle of Chesma, the Russian fleet managed to severely disrupt Turkish communications in the Aegean Sea and establish a blockade of the Dardanelles. All of this played an important role in the conclusion of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. #Russian_history #memorible_date #brief_and_interesting 😎RCR | Support|Boost

On April 28, 1945, units of the 79th Army Corps of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front, launched an assault on the Reichstag. Dates: Assault began April 28th, 1945; building captured May 2nd, 1945. Soviet Assault Force: Primarily 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front; tens of thousands of soldiers involved. German Defenders: LSSAH, Volkssturm, Hitler Youth, and other fragmented units. Casualties: Heavy on both sides; precise figures remain debated. #brief_and_interesting #memorible_date #RussianHistory 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost

Postage stamps dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory depict animals that participated in the Great Patriotic War side-by-side with people, providing invaluable assistance! 🐕 Dogs were true heroes of the front: searching for mines (defusing millions!), pulling the wounded from under fire, serving as messengers, and destroying enemy tanks. Without their courage and devotion, the losses would have been much greater! 🐈Cats saved not only from rats, which were destroying food supplies in besieged Leningrad and museum treasures, but also warned of bombings, becoming true guardian angels for their owners. 🐪 Camels, hardy and unpretentious, hauled cargo across the steppes near Stalingrad when equipment couldn't cope. Mishka and Masha are true legends! 🦌 In the North, reindeer replaced transport, delivering ammunition, food, and evacuating the wounded across impassable snowy expanses. 📎 So, it's not strange they chose to commemorate these wonderful animals which contributed a lot to the Victory! And you know which stamp is my fav:) #VictoryDay #WW2 😎RCRussian | Support | Boost