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February 23 All the men are celebrated especially soldiers Women are also celebrated A lot of places close including school (YAY)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =AbtkhaBxpUA
1914 of August: Germany declared war on Russia in defense of AustriaHungary. November 1917: Bolsheviks overthrow the Kerensky government and install Lenin as leader of Russia ("october revolution")
Celebrated in 1919 for the creation of Red Army In 1938, believed that Red Army won an important victory over German invaders on February 23, 1918 First named Soviet Army and then Navy Army After fall of Soviet Union in 1991, President Vladimir Putin declared it a state holiday called Defender of the Fatherland Now Defender of the Fatherland
ARMY
The Battle of Stalingrad on September 1942 Pavlov and his platoon were to retake a building captured by Nazis Only Four men held the building down until reinforcements came A year later Germany was defeated and all
Do you Remember
Question 1: What is Defender of the Fatherland day and when is it? Question 2: What was one of the main reasons that this Holiday was created?
Works Cited
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/soviet.html http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/russia/fatherland-defender http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/soviet.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards_%28Russia%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?174828Today-s-photos-Tuesday-February-23-2010/page2 http://shark-tank.net/2013/09/11/president-vladimir-putin-thenew-leader-of-the-world/ http://www.cracked.com/article_18550_5-true-war-stories-thatput-every-action-movie-to-shame.html http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/sounds/mp3/proletariat01/Varshavjanka.mp3