and the Soviet minister of defense after WWII. Photo: Wikipedia. Ukrainians were awarded 2.5 million Soviet medals and orders – out of a total of 7 million awards. That’s more than 30%. Of all the ...

Russia was the main battlefield in Europe during World War II. In order to win the ... he was awarded the Soviet Order of the Red Star and the Medal For the Capture of Berlin.

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Russia on Friday celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, as President Vladimir Putin ...

Clarence Craft earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during ... Among the thousands involved in World War II’s last acts was Pfc. Clarence Byrle Craft, a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion ...

Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg symbolically regained its Soviet-era name of Leningrad for a day Friday and Volgograd temporarily reverted to Stalingrad, as it was known during World War II ...

It was the first time a U.S. president was at the Moscow event to honour the 27 million Soviet soldiers and civilians ... of the European theater of World War II," said Sam Greene, a professor ...

Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg symbolically regained its Soviet-era name of Leningrad for a day Friday and Volgograd temporarily reverted to Stalingrad, as it was known during World War II.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Russia held a massive military ... Russia's position as a global power. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in ...

More than 170,000 Azerbaijani servicemen have been awarded various orders and medals, including 128 who have ... commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in ...