ArmInfo. The Armenian Defense Ministry began collecting data from Armenians who participated in the Great Patriotic War.
Press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan on his Facebook page turned to the relatives of veterans who participated in the Second World War, and called on compatriots to actively participate in the data collection campaign. "Dear compatriots, I urge you to take an active part in this process. It is clear that many of us have grandparents have not survived to this day, and those who are still alive will not be able to send us their photos. In this regard, we ask find their photos in the form, or at least with medals and send us along with their autobiography. We need their data to include them in the Path of Memory exhibition, which will be presented in the Patriot park in the Moscow region, "Hovhannisyan said.At the same time, he asked to send photos in JPEG format and a biography to the electronic address [email protected], [email protected] with a note <1941-1945>.Earlier, Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu said that about 33 million photographs of participants in the Great Patriotic War would beplaced in the museum "Road of Memory", which will be included in the temple complex of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, being built in the Moscow region in honor of the victory over fascism.
"We are creating a" Road of Memory "there, where we would like, and we will definitely do it, to place photos of all the participants of the Great Patriotic War from our then great country - the Soviet Union," said the Russian Defense Minister. According to the Russian minister, the gallery of memory, which will simultaneously be a museum, "will create a road equal in its meters to the days of the Great Patriotic War and place about 33 million photographs. He also called on the allies and brothers in arms to speed up the transfer of photos of participants to the Russian side VOVIt should be noted that during the years of the Great Patriotic War, Armenia sent more than 600,000 people to the front, of whom every second did not return.
The Armenian people in this war gave 64 generals and 5 marshals, 106 heroes of the Soviet Union, 80 thousand were awarded orders and medals. According to the number of heroes of the Soviet Union, Armenians occupied the honorable 6th place after the Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Tatars and Jews. On the territory of the republic in 1941-1942. six divisions were formed, of which only the 89th Taman Division reached Berlin. More than 60 Armenian commanders were directly involved in the planning of military operations on all fronts. Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan (Hovhannes) Bagramyan, Air Marshal Armenak Khanferyants, Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces Hamazasp Babajanyan, Admiral of the USSR Fleet Ivan (Hovhannes) Isakov were among the most prominent representatives of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Nelson Stepanyan was one of six pilots who became twice Heroes of the USSR.