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⭐️On the sacred holiday for Russians and Belarusians – Victory Dayin the Great Patriotic War – the "Immortal Regiment" marched through the streets of Gomel Employees of the Russian Embassy and the Russian House in Gomel took part in the march. 📄 Nazi troops held Gomel for more than 800 days, starting in August 1941. During this time, the Wehrmacht reduced three-quarters of all buildings to rubble. Not a single house in the city remained unmarked by shell and bullet impacts. The Nazi punitive forces killed and executed tens of thousands of civilians. ⭐️ Despite everything, the city did not surrender or bow its head to the enemy. Partisans and underground fighters attacked garrisons and important railway junctions, destroyed trains carrying Wehrmacht equipment and supplies, and disrupted communications. During the occupation, up to 90 underground groups operated in Gomel. 🗓️ On November 26, 1943, the residents of Gomel greeted their liberators, the Red Army soldiers, with tears of joy in their eyes. The battle for the city became an outstanding feat of the Soviet Army and the partisan movement. ⚡️In November 2025, in Gomel, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky. #Victory81#Gomel#ImmortalRegiment#Russia#Belarus#WeRemember