Tambov region during World War the Second

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The Great Patriotic War was a dramatic page in the history of mankind, the country and town. The biggest conflict in history had lasted almost six years. Some 100 million people had been militarized, and 50 million had been killed. Of those who had died, 15 million were soldiers, 20 million were Russian civilians, six million were Jews and over four million were Poles.

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Thousands of our countrymen took part in it. They were awarded orders and medals, 876 of them are Heroes of the Soviet Union. Traditionally people in Tambov come to the memorial complex, and the Eternal Flame located in the middle of Sobornaya, the former Oktyabrskaya Square, to commemorate the heroism of people during the Great Patriotic War.

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Сontemporaries of war Do you know something about contemporaries of war? Сontemporaries of war are children of war. They did not fight, but lived in war. This is the history of one woman-nurse :

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The veteran of Great Patriotic War Alexandra Gurievna Gordeeva lives in Energetikov street, Tambov. She devoted forty years of her life to the work in power industry of the Region. She was 16 years old, when fascists occupied her native Donetsk. Her parents died during the bombardment. Starvation and devastation became the constant concomitants of her war youth. Troop trains with injured men arrived every day. There was not enough medical care to alleviate pains of soldiers. Young Sasha came to military hospital to work as a nurse. “ Many years have passed ever since, and I still remember that severe time”, Alexandra Gurievna says. “Women sobbed heart out, seeing off their husbands, fathers and brothers to the front. Many of the soldiers did not come back home. Our army could win thank to stoic support of workers of labor fronts. We worked day and night, in extreme conditions. Paying no regard to weariness, we forged our victory. Work in the hospital was a part of Alexandra Gurievna’s front biography. At that time her contemporaries did not think about awards, they wanted to get to the firing line. And she, casting down her eyes, asked to send her to the epicenter of warfare. The military enlistment office sent Alexandra Gordeeva to the 17th air army. In the ranks of the army she was involved in liberation of Odessa, passed through the whole Europe, Victory Day was celebrated in Austria.

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May 9th is the most important holiday for the war generation. The whole Vienna rejoiced 62 years ago, the victory was celebrated by all people irrespective of nationality: The elation was so great, I could not remember anything of that kind for all my life. All people cried with happiness”, Alexandra Gordeeva remembers. Supreme Commander-in-Chief Iosif Stalin expressed his gratitude to Alexandra Gurievna Gordeeva for her service in battle. She was awarded by the order of Great Patriotic War, the medal for the Victory over Germany.

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“ Our army was quartered in the outskirts of the Austrian capital. The master of the house where we lived, rolled out several pipes with wine and sliced sausage. We forgot its smell for five years of war”.

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A.G. Gordeeva started to work in Tambov heat-electric generating station, in chemical water-purifying shopfloor in 1960. Then she continued to work in “Tambovenergo”. Remembering these years, the veteran jokes: “Together with my husband our seniority makes up 80 years in power engineering”. Alexandra Gordeeva is awarded by the rank veteran of labour for her long conscientious labour. “ It has been always interesting to work in power engineering. There was a rapid growth of the industry after the war. New substations, electric mains were raised. Electrification got to the most remote places of the Tambov Region. In spite of all difficulties, we had an excellent collective of like-minded persons. Support, assistance have always been the characteristic features of Tambov power engineering specialists. I am glad to notice that all these features and traditions are alive today”, A.G. Gordeeva says.

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There are monuments devoted to heroes and participants of the Second World War such as : The Eternal Fire - a monument of participants of war, near the Tambov recreational park

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A photo of a monument of Zoya Kosmodemjanskaya

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The monument devoted to military medics of World War II

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The Tambovskiy kolhoznik monument (tank) - for the people that raised money for building a tank unit for World War II

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A Plane - a monument near the lyceum #14 , in the north part of the city

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A howitzer D-30, caliber 122 mm

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An open air exhibition of military equipment, near TSTU and shop Ocean on crossing of street Michurinskaya and parkway of Enthusiasts

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« TAMBOV POWERMEN CONGRATULATED WAR VETERANS » « Time holds us away from that victorious May of 1945. Millions of our compatriots do not forget about that epoch, people, who passed through long front roads and held out against the fire of the enemy. Today our hoary with age veterans are the living legend of the present time. By tradition on the eve of celebration of anniversary of the Great Victory over fascism, JSC “Tambovenergo” congratulated veterans of power industry, who took part in the World War II. There are more than eighty war veterans, men serving in rear and rear services and widows, who worked in the power industry, live in the Tambov Region at present time. The Board of Directors of JSC “Tambovenergo” congratulated war veterans and presented them with flowers, gifts and welfare. “ You have passed the severe tests of war times. You have held out and you have triumphed over, liberating the world from the enemy. We bow down before You for your front feat of arms and productive work in power industry in post-war time. The generation of war epoch is the example of courage and heroism, the example of soldier’s and civic duty and responsibility for Russia and Russian people. With all our heart we wish You peace, well, robust health, happiness and relatives’ care! We are sure that glorious pages of heroic chronicle of the Great Patriotic War will be alive in the memory of grateful descendants!”, as written in the message of the Deputy Director General of JSC “IDGC of Center and North Caucasus”, Managing Director of JSC “Tambovenergo” Vladimir Kholoptsov. The war veterans thanked the Board of Directors of the Company for their congratulation and set their hopes that new generations will remember the events of the Great Patriotic War. Today, every power engineering specialist does not forget about the past, and his constructive labour forms the future of the country. People want to be worthy of the heroic feats of his fathers and grandfathers. »

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Thank you very much veterans!