For those unfamiliar with the history of the Great Patriotic War, a standard four-story residential building located in the center of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) at 39 Sovetskaya Street will seem like an unremarkable building. However, it was he who became a symbol of the inflexibility and unparalleled courage of soldiers and officers of the Red Army during the difficult years of Hitler’s invasion.
Pavlov's House in Volgograd - history and photographs.
Two elite houses, each with four entrances, were built in Stalingrad according to the design of the architect S. Voloshinov in the mid-30s of the 20th century. They were called the House of Sovkontrol and the House of the Regional Potrebsoyuz. Between them there was a railway line leading to the mill. The building of the Regional Potrebsoyuz was intended to house the families of party workers and engineering and technical specialists from heavy industry enterprises. The house was notable for the fact that a straight, wide road led from it to the Volga.
During the Great Patriotic War, the defense of the central part of Stalingrad was led by the 42nd Guards Rifle Regiment under the command of Colonel Elin. Both buildings of Voloshinov were of great strategic importance, so the command instructed Captain Zhukov to organize their capture and establish defensive points there. The assault groups were led by Sergeant Pavlov and Lieutenant Zabolotny. They successfully completed the task and on September 22, 1942, gained a foothold in the captured houses, despite the fact that at that time there were only 4 people left in Pavlov’s group.
At the end of September, as a result of hurricane fire from German artillery, the building defended by Lieutenant Zabolotny was completely destroyed, and all the defenders died under its rubble.
The last bastion of defense remained, which was headed by Lieutenant Afanasyev, who arrived with reinforcements. Sergeant Pavlov Yakov Fedotovich himself was wounded and sent to the rear. Despite the fact that the defense of this stronghold was commanded by another person, the building forever received the name “Pavlov’s House”, or “House of Soldier’s Glory”.
The soldiers who came to the rescue delivered machine guns, mortars, anti-tank rifles and ammunition, and sappers organized mining of the approaches to the building, thus turning a simple residential building into an insurmountable barrier for the enemy. The third floor was used as an observation post, so the enemy was always met with a barrage of fire through the loopholes made in the walls. The attacks followed one after another, but not once did the Nazis manage to even get close to Pavlov’s house in Stalingrad.
A trench led to the Gerhardt mill building, in which the command was located. Along it, ammunition and food were delivered to the garrison, wounded soldiers were brought out, and a communication line was laid. And today the destroyed mill stands in the city of Volgograd as a sad and eerie giant, reminiscent of those terrible times soaked in the blood of Soviet soldiers.
There is still no exact data on the number of defenders of the fortified house. It is believed that they numbered between 24 and 31 people. The defense of this building is an example of the friendship of the peoples of the Soviet Union. It didn’t matter where the fighters were from, from Georgia or Abkhazia, Ukraine or Uzbekistan, here the Tatar fought alongside the Russian and the Jew. In total, the defenders included representatives of 11 nationalities. All of them were awarded high military awards, and Sergeant Pavlov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Among the defenders of the impregnable house was medical instructor Maria Ulyanova, who during Hitler’s attacks put aside her first aid kit and picked up a machine gun. A frequent “guest” in the garrison was the sniper Chekhov, who found a convenient position here and struck the enemy.
The heroic defense of Pavlov's house in Volgograd lasted 58 long days and nights. During this time, the defenders lost only 3 people killed. The number of deaths on the German side, according to Marshal Chuikov, exceeded the losses suffered by the enemy during the capture of Paris.
After the liberation of Stalingrad from the Nazi invaders, the restoration of the destroyed city began. One of the first houses that ordinary townspeople restored in their free time was the legendary Pavlov House. This voluntary movement arose thanks to a team of builders led by A. M. Cherkasova. The initiative was taken up by other work teams, and by the end of 1945, more than 1,220 repair teams were working in Stalingrad. To perpetuate this labor feat on the wall facing Sovetskaya Street, on May 4, 1985, a memorial was opened in the form of the remains of a destroyed brick wall, on which is inscribed “We will rebuild your native Stalingrad.” And the inscription of bronze letters, mounted in the masonry, glorifies both feats of the Soviet people - military and labor.
After the end of the Second World War, a semicircular colonnade was erected near one of the ends of the house and an obelisk was erected depicting a collective image of the city’s defender.
And on the wall facing Lenin Square, they fixed a memorial plaque on which the names of the soldiers who participated in the defense of this house are listed. Not far from Pavlov's fortress house there is a museum of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Interesting facts about Pavlov's house in Volgograd:
- On the personal operational map of Colonel Friedrich Paulus, commander of the Wehrmacht troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, Pavlov’s impregnable house had the symbol “fortress”.
- During the defense, about 30 civilians hid in the basements of the Pavlov House, many of whom were wounded during constant shelling or suffered burns due to frequent fires. All of them were gradually evacuated to a safer place.
- In the panorama depicting the defeat of the Nazi group at Stalingrad, there is a model of Pavlov's House.
- Lieutenant Afanasyev, who led the defense, was seriously wounded in early December 1942, but soon returned to duty and was wounded again. He took part in the Battle of Kursk, in the liberation of Kyiv and fought near Berlin. The concussion suffered was not in vain, and in 1951 Afanasyev became blind. At this time, he dictated the text of the subsequently published book “House of Soldier's Glory.”
- At the beginning of 1980, Yakov Pavlov became an Honorary Citizen of Volgograd.
- On March 2015, Kamolzhon Turgunov, the last of the heroes who defended the impregnable fortress house, died in Uzbekistan.
Literary quiz for May 9 with answers “I remember! I'm proud!" for primary school age.
Author: Alla Alekseevna Kondratyeva, primary school teacher, Zolotukhinsk Secondary School, Kursk Region
Description of material: This material can be used by primary school teachers and secondary literature teachers in extracurricular reading lessons and extracurricular events dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Target: formation of a sense of patriotism and active citizenship, general cultural competence through the perception of fiction.
Tasks:
1. Instill in children a love for their Motherland, for their Fatherland.
2. Foster a sense of pride in the heroic history of our country.
3. Expand children’s understanding of the Great Patriotic War and the courage of the Soviet people.
Preliminary work: reading fiction, watching documentaries, competitive reading of poems about the war, collecting information about fellow countrymen...
QUIZ:
1.What anniversary of the Great Patriotic War is our country celebrating this year?(70th anniversary of the Great Victory)
2. How many years did the Great Patriotic War last? (4 years)
3.What war was the Great Patriotic War part of?
(Part of World War 2)
4.What is the name of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces during the Great Patriotic War?(Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin)
5.What was the name of the border outpost, which was one of the first to take the blow of the fascist hordes? (Brest Fortress - hero fortress)
6. How many days did the defense of the Brest Fortress last? (30 days)
7.“Russia is great, but there is nowhere to retreat – Moscow is behind us.” Who owns these famous words?(Political instructor V.G. Klochkov)
8. To whom was the monument erected 85 km from Moscow (west direction, Minskoe highway)? (To the Panfilov heroes)
9.What is the name of the sergeant’s house, which Soviet soldiers defended for several months? (Pavlov's House)
10. How many days did the decisive battle for Stalingrad last? (200 days)
11. The largest tank battle of the Great Patriotic War and World War II took place during: Battle of Kursk.
(A tank battle took place in the area of the village of Prokhorovka, Belgorod Region, on July 12, 1943. Up to 1,200 tanks and self-propelled guns took part on both sides. For the 50th anniversary of the Victory, the Prokhorovskoye Field museum-reserve was opened, by visiting which you can see the Belfry monuments , “Bell of Unity”, Church of Peter and Paul.)
12. Name the battle that ended on August 23, 1943 with the capture of Kharkov by Soviet troops?(Battle of Kursk.)
13. This young Russian woman was destined to become, albeit posthumously, the fourth woman Hero of the Soviet Union and the first in the Great Patriotic War. Say her name.
(Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - “Tanya”, partisan, intelligence officer.)
14.Which city in Russia during the Great Patriotic War withstood a 900-day siege by German troops? (Leningrad, now St. Petersburg.)
15.On the ice of which lake did the “Road of Life”, laid to supply besieged Leningrad, run? (Ladozhskoe)
16.Which of these domestic tanks became a legend of the Second World War?
(Tank T-34)
17.What were called “Katyushas” during the Great Patriotic War?(Rocket launchers)
18. In which city can you visit Mamayev Kurgan, on which the monument-ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” is located? (Volgograd)
19.What is the name of the heroine of the poem by M. Aliger, who owns the words:
“Citizens, don’t stand, don’t look,
I am alive, my voice is heard.
Kill them, poison them, burn them,
I will die, but the truth will win!
(Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Partisan of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, 1942, posthumously. A student of the 201st secondary school in Moscow voluntarily joined a partisan detachment, a scout, executed by the Nazis in the village of Petrishchevo, Moscow region.)
20.Which of the commanders-in-chief of the Great Patriotic War was four times Hero of the Soviet Union? (G.K. Zhukov)
21.What major battle ended the Great Patriotic War?
(Battle of Berlin)
22.When was the Victory Banner hoisted over the Reichstag in Berlin?
(April 30, 1945)
23.What was the name of the parade that took place on Red Square on June 24, 1945?
(Victory parade)
24. Name the major battles of the Great Patriotic War?
(Defense of Brest, Siege of Leningrad, Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad, Kursk Bulge, Battle of Berlin)
25.Name the Hero Cities.(There are 12 of them and the Brest Fortress)
Happy Great Victory!!!
Quiz “Victory Day!”
In whose office did Germany announce to our ambassador the start of war with the Soviet Union?
(In the office of Ribbentrop, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany.)
Name the Soviet politician who on June 22, 1941 spoke on the radio with the words: “Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours!”
(Molotov V.M.)
What name and surname are encrypted in the name of the Soviet tank "IS"?
(Joseph Stalin.)
How does the abbreviation “KV” stand for - the name of the Soviet heavy tank during the Great Patriotic War?
(Klim Voroshilov, military leader, statesman of the Soviet Union.)
Name the Belarusian city near which, on July 14, 1941, our army first used Katyusha rockets.
During the Great Patriotic War, the BM-13 installation was called “Katyusha”, but what was the name of the “PPSh” assault rifle (try to guess)?
(“Dads.”)
Before World War II, most mortars in European armies were 81.4 mm in caliber. How did Soviet designers justify the proposal to develop domestic 82 mm mortars?
(This mortar will be able to fire captured mines, and enemy mortars will not be able to use its shells.)
The “tiger” that the Russians hunted with a grenade is... Who?
(The tank is German.)
What is the animal name of the German T-V tank, used since 1943 in the 2nd World War?
("Panther".)
During the Great Patriotic War, our front-line soldiers called the SU-152 (later ISU-152) self-propelled artillery mount “St. John’s wort.” For what?
(Because they penetrated the armor of German Tiger tanks.)
Molotov cocktails used by the Russians during World War II were often labeled. What was written on them?
(Instructions for use.)
Command "Air!" during the Great Patriotic War meant exactly this. What?
(Alarm, an enemy plane has appeared.)
Which rear Ural city was better known under the name “Tankograd” during the Great Patriotic War?
(Chelyabinsk, Southern Urals. The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant produced the famous T-34 tanks.)
The most famous letter from the fronts of the Great Patriotic War is... Which one?
(“Wait for me, and I will return...”, poem by K. Simonov.)
When was there a parade on Red Square in Moscow that started not at 10, but at 9 a.m. and lasted only about half an hour?
This Russian hero city bravely defended itself during the Time of Troubles, and from Napoleon’s troops, and in 1941. Name it.
(Smolensk)
In the history of World War II, this “coniferous” city of the Soviet Union became the first city from which the Germans were expelled. Name it.
(Yelnya, Smolensk region.)
Which battle of the Great Patriotic War came first: Kursk or Stalingrad?
(Stalingradskaya.)
The panorama museum building of which battle was erected on the site of the historical landing of the 13th Infantry Division of General Rodimtsev?
(Battle of Stalingrad.)
Name the Soviet city after which the square in Paris is named, in memory of the great victory over fascism?
(Stalingrad.)
What is the name of the sergeant called the Stalingrad house, which Soviet soldiers defended for several months?
(Pavlov's House.)
The Military Encyclopedia calls Kulikovo, Poltava and this one “Fields of Military Glory of Russia”, where the largest oncoming tank battle in World War II took place. What is the name of this field?
(Prokhorovskoye, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.)
Name the battle that ended on August 23, 1943 with the capture of Kharkov by Soviet troops?
(Battle of Kursk.)
Name our famous spy, whose information for Joseph Stalin was decisive for victory at the Kursk Bulge.
(Kim Philby.)
This young Russian woman was destined to become, albeit posthumously, the fourth woman Hero of the Soviet Union and the first in the Great Patriotic War. Say her name.
(Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - “Tanya”, partisan, intelligence officer.)
Olga Berggolts wrote about the heroic defense of which Soviet city in 1942 in her poems?
(Leningrad. “February Diary”, “Leningrad Poem”, both 1942.)
Which city in Russia during the Great Patriotic War withstood a 900-day siege by German troops?
(Leningrad, now St. Petersburg.)
Everyone knows about the kitten Vasily from Lizyukov Street, but who is this famous street in Voronezh named after?
(In honor of General A.I. Lizyukov, commander of the tank army that liberated Voronezh from the Nazis. Hero of the Soviet Union, died a heroic death.)
Voronezh residents erected a monument that was dismantled in Vilnius. After all, this general liberated both Voronezh and the Baltic states from the Nazis. Name the military leader.
(Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich, army general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Now in Voronezh there is a square named after Chernyakhovsky.)
The marshal of which troops was Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub, three times Hero of the Soviet Union?
(Aviation Marshal. During the Great Patriotic War he served in fighter aviation, was a squadron commander, deputy regiment commander. Participated in 120 air battles, in which he shot down 62 enemy aircraft.)
During the Great Patriotic War, a column of Germans was still able to walk through the streets of Moscow. What kind of column was this?
(Column of German prisoners of war.)
During a night attack on which German city, Soviet troops used 140 searchlights, which blinded the enemy troops?
(To Berlin.)
Who commanded the First Belorussian Front during the capture of Berlin?
(Marshal G.K. Zhukov.)
May 9 is marked by the liberation of Prague. And this most important event happened a day earlier, in the Berlin suburb of Karlshorst. Which?
(Signing of the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Germany.)
Name the capitals of three states located on the Danube and liberated by the Soviet Army from the fascist occupiers?
(Budapest - Hungary, Bucharest - Romania, Vienna - Austria.)
In which country and in which city is the famous monument “Alyosha” erected in honor of the Russian soldiers who died during the liberation of the country from the Nazis?
(In Bulgaria, in Plovdiv.)
(Victory parade.)
The culmination of the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945 was the march of 200 standard bearers throwing fascist banners onto a special platform at the foot of the Mausoleum. What element of the standard bearers' uniform was burned along with this platform after the parade?
(Gloves.)
How many military parades took place on Red Square in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War?
How many fireworks were fired in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War?
(354 salutes in honor of the victories of the Armed Forces.)
In July 1945, at this conference, the Soviet Union confirmed its agreement to enter the war with Japan. The last stage of World War II has begun. What kind of conference was this?
(Potsdam Conference, near Berlin.)
In which city in Germany did the trial of the main fascist criminals take place?
(Nuremberg. Nuremberg trials at the International Military Tribunal.)
The highest peak of the Tien Shan was named in 1946 in honor of the end of the Great Patriotic War. How?
(Pobeda Peak, 7439 m.)
Name the sum of the serial numbers of the months of the beginning and end of the Great Patriotic War.
(11, because it was June and May.)
(Since 1965.)
For the 60th anniversary of the Victory, a monument depicting four soldiers was erected on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. What does each of them symbolize?
(Allied army. These are figures of Soviet, French, American and English soldiers.)
Which order was the first Soviet award established during the Great Patriotic War?
(Order of the Patriotic War.)
The Order of the Patriotic War was awarded to military personnel, partisans and counterintelligence officers for valor in battle, destruction of enemy equipment, and successful attacks. And the pilots received the order automatically: they only had to do exactly that twice. What?
(Knock down an enemy plane.)
Who became the first holder of the Order of Suvorov, 1st degree, established in 1942?
(Marshal G.K. Zhukov.)
What was the name of the highest military commander's order during the Great Patriotic War?
(Order of Victory.)
Which Soviet military leader, besides Stalin and Zhukov, was twice a holder of the Order of Victory?
(Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky)
Which medal, besides the Ushakov medal, was established in 1944 to reward members of the navy?
(Nakhimov Medal.)
What award from the Great Patriotic War is called the highest “soldier’s” order?
(Order of Glory.)
Twice Heroes of Russia (and previously the Soviet Union) are required to erect monuments during their lifetime in their homeland. What are the Heroes of Russia supposed to establish once?
(They are supposed to have memorial plaques installed.)
During the Great Patriotic War, units, ships, formations and associations of the Soviet Armed Forces were awarded precisely these titles for valor and courage. Which?
(Ranks of the Guards.)
What are the three Russian cities on the famous Kursk Bulge? By Decree of President V.V. Putin received the newly introduced honorary title “City of Military Glory” on the eve of the celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the Great Victory (May 2007)?
(Oryol, Belgorod, Kursk.)
At the end of the lesson there is a verse:
At the obelisk
The spruce froze on guard,
The blue of the peaceful sky is clear.
Years go by. In an alarming hum
The war is far away.
But here, at the edges of the obelisk,
Bowing my head in silence,
We hear the roar of tanks close
And a soul-tearing explosion of bombs.
We see them - Russian soldiers,
That in that distant terrible hour
They paid with their lives
For bright happiness for us...
1 Business card of the institution in Appendix No. 1
2 Class hour scenario in Appendix No. 2
3 Extracurricular activity plan in Appendix No. 3
1st round
This Russian hero city bravely defended itself during the Time of Troubles, and from Napoleon’s troops, and in 1941. Name it.
(Smolensk)
In the history of World War II, this “coniferous” city of the Soviet Union became the first city from which the Germans were expelled. Name it.
(Yelnya, Smolensk region.)
Which battle of the Great Patriotic War came first: Kursk or Stalingrad?
(Stalingradskaya.)
The panorama museum building of which battle was erected on the site of the historical landing of the 13th Infantry Division of General Rodimtsev?
(Battle of Stalingrad.)
Name the Soviet city after which the square in Paris is named, in memory of the great victory over fascism?
(Stalingrad.)
What is the name of the sergeant called the Stalingrad house, which Soviet soldiers defended for several months?
(Pavlov's House.)
The Military Encyclopedia calls Kulikovo, Poltava and this one “Fields of Military Glory of Russia”, where the largest oncoming tank battle in World War II took place. What is the name of this field?
(Prokhorovskoye, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.)
Name the battle that ended on August 23, 1943 with the capture of Kharkov by Soviet troops?
(Battle of Kursk.)
Name our famous spy, whose information for Joseph Stalin was decisive for victory at the Kursk Bulge.
(Kim Philby.)
This young Russian woman was destined to become, albeit posthumously, the fourth woman Hero of the Soviet Union and the first in the Great Patriotic War. Say her name.
(Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya – "Tanya", partisan, intelligence officer.)
Olga Berggolts wrote about the heroic defense of which Soviet city in 1942 in her poems?
(Leningrad. “February Diary”, “Leningrad Poem”, both 1942.)
Which city in Russia during the Great Patriotic War withstood a 900-day siege by German troops?
(Leningrad, now St. Petersburg.)
Everyone knows about the kitten Vasily from Lizyukov Street, but who is this famous street in Voronezh named after?
(In honor of General A.I. Lizyukov, commander of the tank army that liberated Voronezh from the Nazis. Hero of the Soviet Union, died a heroic death.)
Voronezh residents erected a monument that was dismantled in Vilnius. After all, this general liberated both Voronezh and the Baltic states from the Nazis. Name the military leader.
(Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich, army general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Now in Voronezh there is a square named after Chernyakhovsky.)
2 round
In whose office did Germany announce to our ambassador the start of war with the Soviet Union?
(In the office of Ribbentrop, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany.)
Name the Soviet politician who on June 22, 1941 spoke on the radio with the words: “Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours!”
(Molotov V.M.)
What name and surname are encrypted in the name of the Soviet tank "IS"?
(AND osif WITH talin.)
What does the abbreviation “KV” stand for? – the name of the Soviet heavy tank during the Great Patriotic War?
(TO lim IN Oroshilov, military leader, statesman of the Soviet Union.)
Name the Belarusian city near which, on July 14, 1941, our army first used Katyusha rockets.
(Orsha.)
During the Great Patriotic War, the BM-13 installation was called “Katyusha”, but what was the name of the “PPSh” assault rifle (try to guess)?
(“Dads.”)
Before World War II, most mortars in European armies were 81.4 mm in caliber. How did Soviet designers justify the proposal to develop domestic 82 mm mortars?
(This mortar will be able to fire captured mines, and enemy mortars will not be able to use its shells.)
The “tiger” that the Russians hunted with a grenade is... Who?
(The tank is German.)
What is the animal name of the German T-V tank, used since 1943 in the 2nd World War?
("Panther".)
During the Great Patriotic War, our front-line soldiers called the SU-152 (later ISU-152) self-propelled artillery mount “St. John’s wort.” For what?
(Because they penetrated the armor of German Tiger tanks.)
Molotov cocktails used by the Russians during World War II were often labeled. What was written on them?
(Instructions for use.)
Command "Air!" during the Great Patriotic War meant exactly this. What?
(Alarm, an enemy plane has appeared.)
Which rear Ural city was better known under the name “Tankograd” during the Great Patriotic War?
(Chelyabinsk, Southern Urals. The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant produced the famous T-34 tanks.)
The most famous letter from the fronts of the Great Patriotic War is... Which one?
(“Wait for me, and I will return...”, poem by K. Simonov.)
3 round
When was there a parade on Red Square in Moscow that started not at 10, but at 9 a.m. and lasted only about half an hour?
The marshal of which troops was Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub, three times Hero of the Soviet Union?
(Aviation Marshal. During the Great Patriotic War he served in fighter aviation, was a squadron commander, deputy regiment commander. Participated in 120 air battles, in which he shot down 62 enemy aircraft.)
During the Great Patriotic War, a column of Germans was still able to walk through the streets of Moscow. What kind of column was this?
(Column of German prisoners of war.)
During a night attack on which German city, Soviet troops used 140 searchlights, which blinded the enemy troops?
(To Berlin.)
Who commanded the First Belorussian Front during the capture of Berlin?
(Marshal G.K. Zhukov.)
May 9 is marked by the liberation of Prague. And this most important event happened a day earlier, in the Berlin suburb of Karlshorst. Which?
(Signing of the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Germany.)
Name the capitals of three states located on the Danube and liberated by the Soviet Army from the fascist occupiers?
(Budapest – Hungary, Bucharest – Romania, Vienna – Austria.)
In which country and in which city is the famous monument “Alyosha” erected in honor of the Russian soldiers who died during the liberation of the country from the Nazis?
(In Bulgaria, in Plovdiv.)
(Victory parade.)
The culmination of the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945 was the march of 200 standard bearers throwing fascist banners onto a special platform at the foot of the Mausoleum. What element of the standard bearers' uniform was burned along with this platform after the parade?
(Gloves.)
How many military parades took place on Red Square in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War?
How many fireworks were fired in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War?
(354 salutes in honor of the victories of the Armed Forces.)
In July 1945, at this conference, the Soviet Union confirmed its agreement to enter the war with Japan. The last stage of World War II has begun. What kind of conference was this?
(Potsdam Conference, near Berlin.)
Name the sum of the serial numbers of the months of the beginning and end of the Great Patriotic War.
(11, because it was June and May.)
The final
Which order was the first Soviet award established during the Great Patriotic War?
(Order of the Patriotic War.)
The Order of the Patriotic War was awarded to military personnel, partisans and counterintelligence officers for valor in battle, destruction of enemy equipment, and successful attacks. And the pilots received the order automatically: they only had to do exactly that twice. What?
(Knock down an enemy plane.)
Who became the first holder of the Order of Suvorov, 1st degree, established in 1942?
(Marshal G.K. Zhukov.)
What was the name of the highest military commander's order during the Great Patriotic War?
(Order of Victory.)
Which Soviet military leader, besides Stalin and Zhukov, was twice a holder of the Order of Victory?
(Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky)
Which medal, besides the Ushakov medal, was established in 1944 to reward members of the navy?
(Nakhimov Medal.)
What award from the Great Patriotic War is called the highest “soldier’s” order?
(Order of Glory.)
Twice Heroes of Russia (and previously the Soviet Union) are required to erect monuments during their lifetime in their homeland. What are the Heroes of Russia supposed to establish once?
(They are supposed to have memorial plaques installed.)
During the Great Patriotic War, units, ships, formations and associations of the Soviet Armed Forces were awarded precisely these titles for valor and courage. Which?
(Ranks of the Guards.)
What are the three Russian cities on the famous Kursk Bulge? By Decree of President V.V. Putin received the newly introduced honorary title “City of Military Glory” on the eve of the celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the Great Victory (May 2007)?
(Oryol, Belgorod, Kursk.)
In which city in Germany did the trial of the main fascist criminals take place?
(Nuremberg. Nuremberg trials at the International Military Tribunal.)
The highest peak of the Tien Shan was named in 1946 in honor of the end of the Great Patriotic War. How?
(Pobeda Peak, 7439 m.)
(Since 1965.)
For the 60th anniversary of the Victory, a monument depicting four soldiers was erected on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. What does each of them symbolize?
(Allied army. These are figures of Soviet, French, American and English soldiers.)
