June 22

... Copenhagen rather than Berlin. The Great Victory of 1945 is a valid reason to be proud for any Russian who has not lost their historical memory and their sense of national identity. Whatever happened next, this remains our celebration, our triumph, and ... ... autumn of 1941 was a time of fatal mistakes by the Red Army command, a time of colossal military and civilian losses in the USSR. The events of that year have endlessly been recounted in great detail in history books, in personal memoirs of the people ...