Issue No 2- 2015 VIPUSKNI K Association of Pakistani Graduates from Russia and CIS 70th Anniversary: Victory Day in Great Patriotic War NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN! NOTHING IS FORGIVEN! КТ Е ЫТ! ЧТ Е ЩЕ! “We achieved victory in the most just war of the twentieth century, a war Estimated of liberation for the sovereignty and Causalities Total War Deaths: independence of our Motherland. We Around 80 Million need to remember the lessons of this war. They teach us to look for a bal- By Nations of The ance between strength and reason World Soviet Union: 30,000,000 and they warn us that becoming an China: 15,000,000 accomplice of violence and extremism Germany: 8,000,000 Poland: 5,720,000 has immensely tragic consequences. Dutch East Indies: Our entire post-war history teaches us that no country can 3,500,000 Japan: 2,870,000 build a safer world for itself alone, and even more so, can- British India: 2,087,000 (India, Pakistan, Bangla- not build its security to the detriment of others. President desh) Vladimir Putin on Victory Day French Indochina: 1,600,000 Yugoslavia: 1,363,500 Philippines: 807,000 Great Patriotic War: Romania: 800,000 Hungary: 580,000 A Deceive Strength of World War II France: 550,000 By Ashique Hamdani Italy: 454,600 United Kingdom: 450,900 United States: 418,500 Korea: 430,500 Mr. Sergey Lebedev , Executive Secretary The Great Patriotic War accrued be- Lithuania: 350,000 of Commonwealth of Independent States tween the Soviet Union and Germa- Czechoslovakia: 325,000 (CIS), after the CIS Summit in Minsk on ny and fought with support of their Greece: 563,500 October 25, 2013, briefed media about the respective allies. Germany attacked Netherlands: 301,000 decision to declare 2015 the Year of the the Soviet Union on 22nd June 1941, British Burma: 272,000 Commonwealth of Independent States with the expectation of a short mili- Latvia: 230,000 veterans of the Great Patriotic War of tary campaign, but the war pulled on Austria: 120,000 1941-1945, to celebrate the 70th anniver- for several years and ended with the Ethiopia: 100,000 sary of the Victory Day by the head of complete defeat and breakup of Ger- British Malaya: 100,000 states. many. Finland: 97,000 The Great Patriotic War became a decisive Due to the fact that the entire indus- Belgium: 88,000 factor of World War II (1939-1945), which try of the USSR, at that time, Estonia: 50,000 was the most brutal military conflict in worked for the military, thus Soviet Singapore: 50,000 human history and the only one in which army was able to significantly Canada: 45,400 two atom bombs were used by America increase its arms production. Australia: 40,400 against Japan. In the final stage of the war (1943 - Albania: 30,000 Estimates of the total number of casual- 1945, the Soviet Union start to fight Bulgaria: 25,000 ties for the World War II, suggested as not to defend its land but to attack New Zealand: 11,900 around 80 million, including both sol- Germany. South Africa: 11,900 diers and civilians. Many civilians died of Norway: 9,500 disease, starvation, massacres, bombing Thailand: 7,600 and deliberate genocide. Soviet Union’ Denmark: 3,200 lost around 30 million, just under half of Brazil: 2,000 all the casualties in the war. Seven million Luxembourg: 2,000 died in Europe from other causes and 7.5 Iraq: 500 million Chinese perished under the heel Ireland: 200 of Japanese imperialism. The loss of the Iran: 200 global economy was more than $ 4 tril- Turkey: 200 lion. It destroyed more than 10,000 cities, Iceland: 200 towns and villages, besides a large num- Mexico: 100 ber of agriculture and industries in Eu- Switzerland: 100 rope. After the libera- tion of Leningrad Soviet Army en- tered into Czech- oslovakia, Po- land, and finally in Germany. Soviet Red Army concurred Berlin on May 8th 1944. German Army announced unconditional surrender ever, the Russian army had stronger der. The crushing defeat at Stalin- before Soviet Army that brought an resistance than expected by the Ger- grad was unmatched in scale, spur- end of war with victory of Soviet Un- mans. From June 22nd, 1941 till 18th ion. Following major battles ac- November 1942, the German army ring the Soviet drive towards victory crued during the course of Great was able to win over large areas, In May 1945 Berlin finally fell. Patriotic War:- which included Lithuania, Latvia, The famous photo of two Soviet sol- The defense of the Arctic (29 Estonia, Moldova, Belarus and diers unfurling a red flag over the June 1941 - November 1, 1944); Ukraine. After this, German troops Reichstag became an iconic image of marched into Soviet Union, with The Blockade of Leningrad (8 World War II. It’s argued that the September 1941 - 27 January target to occupy Moscow and Lenin- 1944); grad, despite the failure of Russian picture didn’t capture the actual mo- Battle for Moscow (30 Septem- Army at the beginning of the war, ment of Soviet glory but was staged ber 1941 - 20 April 1942); the Germans failed to achieve their a day or two after the storming of Battles of Rzhev (January 8, targets. Leningrad was taken during the building, and even retouched by the German blockade, but the city 1942 - March 31, 1943); the Soviet propaganda machine. The did not let the Germans to win it. The Battle of Kursk (July 5 - Au- flag is claimed to originally have gust 23, 1943); Battle of Moscow, Leningrad and Novgorod lasted until 1942. been a tablecloth brought by the The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, Imbalance of power, since the 1st photographer himself. Still, this was 1942 - February 2, 1943); world war was major causes of Battle for the Caucasus (July 25, a symbol of the USSR’s triumph… World War II, triggered by the out- 1942 - October 9, 1943); the victory that came at a colossal come of territorial disputes among Byelorussian operation (June 23 colonial powers to grasp resources of cost. - August 29, 1944); Asian, African and Latin American The number of Soviet deaths was at Battle for the Right-Bank countries. first grossly distorted – the figure Ukraine (December 24, 1943 - USA, France, England, China Stalin gave in 1946 was seven mil- April 17, 1944); (Chiang Kai-shek), Greece, Yugosla- lion. The USSR’s losses are now esti- Budapest operation (29 October via and Mexico, and British India mated at about 30 million, account- 1944 - 13 February 1945); were allied in Anti-Nazi Alliance, Baltic Offensive (September 14 - which were joined by the Soviet Un- ing for half of all WW2 casualties. November 24, 1944); ion after German attack upon The memory of the war, referred to Vistula-Oder operation (January Czechoslovakia, Poland and finely as the Great Patriotic War, is partic- 12 - February 3, 1945); on USSR. ularly venerated in Russia. In the East Prussian operation The Soviet troops held out against USSR the end of the war was consid- (January 13 - April 25, 1945); the enormous German army, deci- ered to be May 9, 1945, when the Berlin operation (April 16 - May mating and wearing it out, until a 8, 1945) German surrender took effect. The The German attack was swift, how- relieving force encircled the city date has become a national holi- compelling the invaders to surren- day – Victory Day – and is com- memorated in a grand military pa- rade on Red Square. The Embassies of CIS countries in Islamabad Pakistan including the Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Russian Federation, Tajiki- stan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are jointly hosting a grand reception on 70th Anniversary of Victory day in Islamabad. AZERBAIJAN IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR During the war, Azerbaijanis showed courage and heroism not yev, Ziya Bunyatov, Geray only on the frontline, but in the back front as well. A battalion Asadov, Melik Maharramov of 87 jet fighters and 1224 self-defense groups were created in and Mehdi Huseynzadeh, the country in a very short period of time. More than 600,000 generals Mahmud Abilov, young Azerbaijani boys and girls were sent to the front between Akim Abbasov, Tarlan Ali- 1941 and 1945. Divisions from Azerbaijan have walked from the yarbeyov and Hajibala Zeyn- Caucasus to Berlin.About 130 Azerbaijanis earned the name of alov and many others "Hero of the Soviet Union", 30 more deserved the "Order of brought honor to the history Honor". Some 170,000 Azerbaijani soldiers and officers were of the Azerbaijani people. awarded various USSR orders and medals. Such people as Hazi Much has been done in the Aslanov (twice the Hero of the Soviet Union), other Heroes of country, to direct the economy towards the frontline. the Soviet Union - Israfil Mammadov, Aslan Vezirov, Adil Guli- ARMENIA IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR In the period from June 1941 to May 1945, over 500,000 Armeni- Armenians’ contribution in the victory included major army ans were drafted to the Soviet Ar- commanders, such as twice Hero of the Soviet Union marshall my, about 200,000 of them were Hovhannes Baghramyan, Hero of the Soviet Union marshall of killed in the battles. A hundred armored troops Hamazasp Babajanyan, aviation marshall Ser- and six Armenians were awarded gey Khudiakov (Armenak Khanferyants), Hero of the Soviet Hero of the Soviet Union, includ- Union fleet admiral Ivan Isakov (Hovhannes Isahakyan). ing legendary pilot Nelson Ste- Armenia sent six motor-rifle divisions to the frontline, including panyan and Marshall of the Soviet the 39th Tamanyan division that reached Berlin. About 100,000 Union Hovhannes Baghramyan who received the award twice.