On February 21, 1943, a solemn concert was held in honour of the Red Army – and to give thanks to the Soviet people for
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USSR: The Beginning of the Immortal Regiment! (11.5.2022)
Are you wondering when the “Immortal Regiment” appeared? Many resources write that this initiative belongs to Tomsk journalists and the first “Immortal Regiment” was held
The Use of the Cavalry Lance (‘Pike’) and the Red Army (1924)
In general, the combination of today’s ‘unusual’ cavalry soldier with this type of horse is very far, unfortunately, from the image that is desirable or associated with a ‘traditional’ cavalryman. Meanwhile, a ‘pike’ (or ‘lance’) is good only in the hands of an excellent rider, sitting on an excellent and well-trodden horse! History sufficiently proves (through a number of examples) that in the absence of these two vital attributes – the pike is only a burden that rushes into battle without finding any effective use for itself!
Russia: Bonnie & Clyde Celebrate 77th Year of Victory Over Fascism! (10.5.2022)
I am not an expert of the biographies of these two professional gangsters from the Great Depression era of 1930s America! The US economy was only saved by the full mobilisation of the population for military service and industrial output for war! If this had not happened, capitalism in 1930s America looked like it was in terminal decline! The wealth WWII generated for the US, coupled with its armies occupying and taking lands overseas, ensured the US would becime a world power post-1945! Bonnie and Clyde, of course, both died together in a hail of police Bullets in and 1934 – a year after Hitler came to power – although Mussolini had been in power since 1922!
USSR: Red Army Veterans March – May 9th, 1985!
In 1985, there were still tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army Veterans alive who took part in the Fortieth Commemoration of the Soviet Victory
Short Lecture – Explaining the Victory Banner of the USSR (1945)
The Hammer denotes the ‘Proletariat’ or the Industrialised Workers who work in factories – whilst the Sickle represents the ‘Agricultural’ Workers who work the land and participate in farming! Prior to this ‘1918’ design, older versions of this flag (sometimes seen in Eire), are comprised of a ‘Hammer’ (Proletariat) and a ‘Plough’ (Farmers)!
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 