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Hero City [a] is a Soviet honorary title awarded for outstanding heroism during World War II (the Eastern Front is known in most countries of the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War). [1] It was awarded to twelve cities of the Soviet Union, [2] today located in Belarus (1 city), Russia (7 cities), and Ukraine (4 cities).
Hero City (Soviet Union), awarded 1965–1985 to cities now in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine Hero City of Ukraine , awarded 2022 Hero Cities of Yugoslavia , awarded 1970–1975
Leningrad Hero City Obelisk (Russian: Обелиск «Городу-герою Ленинграду») is a monument in the shape of an obelisk located in Vosstaniya Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to
On October 31, 1943, another Soviet naval landing was launched. The largely ruined city was finally liberated on April 11, 1944. Kerch was awarded the title Hero City by the Soviet Union in 1973. Together with Crimea, the city was annexed and occupied by Russia in 2014. Its title of Hero City was renewed by independent Ukraine in 2022.
Volgograd, [a] formerly Tsaritsyn [b] (1589–1925) and Stalingrad [c] (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres (331.8 square miles), with a population of slightly over one million residents. [11]
The city of Khabarovsk in the Russian Far Eastern Krai of the same name (of which it is the capital city), named after Russian explorer Yerofey Khabarov who built the first of many forts among the Amur River in the 17th century, was in the Second World War the headquarters for the Far Eastern Military District and the command center for the ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as a hero to his nation's citizens and far beyond as the former actor and comedian first elected in 2019 remains in his country at great personal ...
The Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" (Russian: Медаль «В память 250-летия Ленинграда») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 16, 1957 [1] to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the city of ...