Vladimir Putin considers a symbol of loyalty to the assignment of Russian cities the title of “City of Military Glory” – Kommersant

                             
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Assign Russian city the title of “City of Military Glory” became a symbol of loyalty to the Russian people of the generation of victors in World War II, the president said Vladimir Putin. “Our sacred duty – to be faithful to the great values ​​of patriotism, to keep the memory of the heroism of our fathers and grandfathers, to honor our veterans,” – the press service of the Kremlin’s word of Mr. Putin.

Today in the Kremlin, Russian President held a ceremony awarding the title “City of Military Glory” Terrible, Feodosia, Petrozavodsk, Gatchina and Staraya Russa. Thus, in Russia now that title awarded 45 cities. The head of state noted that “on June 22 – a special date for Russia, for our people.” “On this day back in ’74 Nazis treacherously attacked our country, the Great Patriotic War. The Soviet people have passed through the trials and the cost of enormous sacrifices and privations defended freedom of the native land, won a landslide victory, “- said the president.

In turn, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said, that assignment Terrible honorary title of “City of Military Glory” justice is done in relation to the Chechen people.

Chronicle of June 22, 1941, and eyewitness accounts of the war – in the special “Y ».