see the video at https://9gag.com/gag/aP3OgEV
It's part of this museum exhibit
Since 1980, the military-patriotic memorial “Gorky for the front!” Has been located on the territory of the Kremlin. It presents the military equipment that Gorky supplied the Soviet army to the Eastern Front of World War II to fight the Nazi troops. At the entrance to the memorial there is a memorial sign faced with granite slabs. On one of the plates, the text is engraved: “From generation to generation, words will be passed on about those who defended the Soviet Motherland with weapons in their hands in a time of terrible trials, and about those who forged weapons, who built tanks and planes, who cooked steel for shells who, with their labor exploits, were worthy of the military valor of soldiers. Pravda, June 8, 1942.”
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ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Novgorod and the military, we have this, a partial reference, regarding one Prince Alexander Nevsky. The text apparently represents the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, on or about September 11, 2021.
ReplyDelete“Today we are unveiling a majestic memorial in honour of the defenders of Russian lands. Here, on Lake Chudskoye, Prince Alexander Nevsky and his retinue defeated foreign invaders and defended Novgorod and Pskov, which actually means the entire Old Rus. That victory came to be symbolic of Russia’s military glory.
This year we are marking the 800th anniversary of Alexander Nevsky’s birth. Our people’s sincere and deep love for him transcends from generation to generation. He is revered as a ruler who cared for the Fatherland with all his heart; as a talented commander and diplomat; and, without question, as a custodian of the faith and traditions of his native land, his fellow-countrymen and their spiritual and moral might.”
The battle Putin refers to took place in 1240, led by 20 year old Alexander Nevsky. My connection to Nevsky is an old and deep love for a wonderful piece of music written in 1938 by Sergei Prokofiev. The work was the sound score for a film made by Sergei Eisenstein entitled “Alexander Nevsky.” As I recall the film was a propaganda piece made for the government at the time.
Regarding the reference to Putin, see at this address...
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66661
thank you!
DeleteWhen doing my family tree last year, as far back as possible in every way, I found that (if accurate) the founder of Russia is in my family tree, from around 8 or 9 hundred AD. I don't recall the specifics, and hell, the family tree info probably has just enough bullshit and errors by researchers that want to be descended from someone famous that it probably isn't accurate.