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| Photolog: Moskva turned 875 last Sunday |
| 2022-09-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited See the link for the photos by Natalia Streltsova and Daria Antonova [Regnum] Moscow is not just a city - it is a symbol of the state, the capital of our Motherland and its heart. Moscow is a city with a centuries-old, full of severe trials, but always a heroic history. This weekend, Moscow celebrated City Day on a grand scale. The reason is really good - the anniversary: ​​875 years. Millions of rubles were allocated for the organization of the holiday. Large-scale folk festivals, dozens of concerts were held throughout the city. Luzhniki, by the way, were jam-packed. The holiday ended with a grandiose salute - more than 30,000 volleys were launched from 23 points. That's just many residents of Russia from this revelry experienced "Spanish shame." For the last 2 years, the capital has been celebrating City Day very modestly, avoiding mass events. The reason was clear and understandable: coronavirus - what kind of entertainment can there be. This year, the Moscow authorities decided - there will be a holiday! And at the same time, the whole country is watching with horror the latest frightening news from the front. At the same time, Russian soldiers are defending their Motherland and dying for us. These days it is impossible not to recall the heroic history of Moscow during the Great Patriotic War. "Everything for the front, everything for the Victory!" Millions of people united around this call, subordinated to one single goal - victory in the war. Already on the second day of the war, June 23, 1941, the entire economy of the city was reoriented to the needs of the army. Almost all the capital's factories began to produce products for the front. A total of 87 million shells and mines were assembled by the hands of Moscow workers, every eighth Soviet aircraft and every third submachine gun of the Great Patriotic War left the workshops of the capital's factories. Residents of Moscow and the region were involved in the construction of defensive fortifications. About 900,000 Muscovites went to the front. 146 natives of Moscow became Heroes of the Soviet Union, more than a million Muscovites were awarded the medal "For the Defense of Moscow", and the city itself was awarded the title of "Hero City" on May 8, 1965. What about in our time? Nothing. Moscow continues to live its normal life, nothing reminds of what is happening at the front, there are no actions in support of the special military operation, you will not see the symbols of the special operation - the letters Z and V - on the streets of the city. Even calls for humanitarian aid for the residents of Donbass have long been heard who are still in dire need of it. The city and its inhabitants certainly deserve a holiday. But our soldiers, who are now thousands of kilometers from home, deserve our unconditional support, they must know that we are with them, even mentally. The capital will celebrate its birthday more than once. Everything has its time. In the meantime, I just want to wish us all a peaceful sky above our heads, and our soldiers - Victory and quietly, without a million show, whisper: happy birthday, beloved Moscow. |
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| #1 The submarine? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-09-13 10:19 |