Wednesday, February 20 2019 17:24

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.