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Always Remember: Commemorating the First Days of the Great Patriotic War

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The Great Patriotic War, which constituted part of the Second World War from 1939-1945, lasted nearly four years and was the largest armed confrontation in history.

The Great Patriotic War began at dawn on on 22 June 1941, when Nazi Germany, violating the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty of 1939, attacked the USSR. The number of Soviet Union casualties in WWII are estimated to have exceeded 27 million.

The USSR's military casualties exceeded 8.7 million, which is more than half of the total allied death toll.

© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankSoldiers training before being sent to the frontlines in the barracks of the regiment of Voroshilov, Moscow, in August 1941.
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Soldiers training before being sent to the frontlines in the barracks of the regiment of Voroshilov, Moscow, in August 1941.
© Sputnik / Georgy Zelma / Go to the mediabankOdessa citizens read fresh newspapers during the war.
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Odessa citizens read fresh newspapers during the war.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankOn 22 June 1941, German aviation bombed Soviet cities starting the war against the USSR. A shot from the documentary "The Great Victory of the Soviet People".
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On 22 June 1941, German aviation bombed Soviet cities starting the war against the USSR. A shot from the documentary "The Great Victory of the Soviet People".
© Sputnik / Georgy Zelma / Go to the mediabankNurses tending to the first wounded soldiers after a Nazi air raid near Chisinau.
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Nurses tending to the first wounded soldiers after a Nazi air raid near Chisinau.
© Sputnik / Kazimir Loshko / Go to the mediabankPeople gathered on 23 June 1941 in District Grushki, Kiev.
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People gathered on 23 June 1941 in District Grushki, Kiev.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankGraduates of the J.V. Stalin Military Academy, Moscow, June 1941.
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Graduates of the J.V. Stalin Military Academy, Moscow, June 1941.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankRays of searchlights of the air defence troops illuminated the sky of Moscow in June 1941.
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Rays of searchlights of the air defence troops illuminated the sky of Moscow in June 1941.
© Sputnik / Sergey Korshunov / Go to the mediabankGerman plane downed by Soviet anti-aircraft gunners in the woods outside Moscow.
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German plane downed by Soviet anti-aircraft gunners in the woods outside Moscow.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankChildren in the streets of Moscow, 23 June 1941.
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Children in the streets of Moscow, 23 June 1941.
© Sputnik / V. Loginovich / Go to the mediabankAnti-aircraft gunners defended the sky of the Soviet capital.
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Anti-aircraft gunners defended the sky of the Soviet capital.
© Sputnik / Yakov Khalip / Go to the mediabankA family leaving their home in July 1941.
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A family leaving their home in July 1941.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankMobilisation of recruits in Moscow, on 23 June 1941.
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Mobilisation of recruits in Moscow, on 23 June 1941.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankCollective farmers built defensive lines in the front line in June 1941.
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Collective farmers built defensive lines in the front line in June 1941.
© Sputnik / Yakov Khalip / Go to the mediabankA scout from Odessa speaks to soldiers in the area of Krasnyy Dalnik during World War II, July 1941.
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A scout from Odessa speaks to soldiers in the area of Krasnyy Dalnik during World War II, July 1941.
© Sputnik / Anatoliy Garanin / Go to the mediabankColumns of soldiers move to the frontline from Moscow on 23 June 1941
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Columns of soldiers move to the frontline from Moscow on 23 June 1941
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