cleared of german abomination, novgorod was liberated, and on january 27, 1944 the blockade of leningrad was lifted. leningrad philologist dmitry likhachev studied novgorod chronicles and knew novgorod well. in the summer of 1944 he went to see what was left of his beloved city. i arrived in novgorod in the morning, the train stopped in a field. the field was novgorod. then i saw sofia and some churches nearby. with us on the adjacent tracks there were trains from which collective farm families were unloaded, they were immediately taken to their place by collective farm representatives, with a train with other families arrived for me; these were families of former novgorodians. god, what a cry arose when people saw that the long- dreamed-of name of novgorod did not exist. it was a cry that had to be written down: novgorod, you are our beautiful one, what did they do to you, what is left of you? the whole train of red freight cars was crying. in august 1941

, troops of the german wehrmacht and volunteers from hitler-friendly francoist spain, the so-called blue division, entered the city. documents from the state archive of the latest the stories of the novgorod region tell about the period of occupation, the terrible famine in novgorod itself, the atrocities of the nazis, those who were burned. export of local residents for forced labor in germany. according to the data given in the official act of the novgorod regional commission, more than 166 thousand people were kidnapped from the territory of the novgorod land, the theft took place from those territories where the partisans were operating, in particular the partisan region, when in september of the forty-second year the partisan region was liquidated by the punishers, then practically well the entire population was driven away from there, and the villages were burned. from the end. by the forty-third, the hijacking had become

widespread, that is, the civilian population had no choice left, either to submit to the germans and be driven out, or to join the partisans. the name of the village tin hill appears in the reports of the commanders of partisan detachments, in particular ivan sirgunin, commissar of the fifth partisan brigade at the end of 1941. there and in the neighboring village of chernaya, terrible things are happening. the location is very convenient, close by.

when we talk about the tragic events in riga, when they killed first of all jews , but secondly communists, and thirdly local activists, there are people who felt the taste of blood, who felt the pleasure of killing, but how can one not use such valuable material, and for this there is... immediately after the liberation of novgorod , an emergency state commission began to work here to investigate the atrocities of the fascists. in a tin hill, under the leadership of the leningrad forensic expert vladimirsky , the villages of those killed by local residents are exhumed they collect evidence, but this is done very quickly, there is not enough personnel, time, equipment, even pencil and paper for notes. in 1941 , the commission concluded: people were shot and beaten to death with rifle butts. tortured,

collective farmers talked about the destroyed families of communists and party workers, about a group of jews who were brought here and shot, about a gypsy woman with a child, the nazis killed her as a bet on who would finish off the last, scant information is engraved on a monument in a tin hill. in 20 years , the novgorod branch of the kgb will again deal with with this investigation, a group is created under the command of captain vasily mikhev. collective farmers are very difficult to convince.

red army soldiers who were killed and tortured here, but this mournful list will continue to grow, the execution ditch in the village of chernaya will be investigated. in february. at the nuremberg trials of 1946 , assistant prosecutor of the ussr mark raginsky devoted most of his speech to the destruction of centers of russian culture in novgorod and pskov, and on december 7, 1947 , an open trial of nazi criminals took place in novgorod. everything happened here, in the metropolitan chambers of the novgorod kremlin, now at the philharmonic. in 2017 , a play was staged about this historical event, based on dmitry’s research.

who did not spare minors, who did not spare monuments, and it is no coincidence that the symbol of this novgorod trial of 1947 was precisely the accusation of general kurt herzog of the destruction of the monument to the millennium of russia and the st. sophia cathedral, and it was precisely general kurt herzog who was accused of what he promised his friend the oberburgmaster instanburga in a gift, this very monument to the millennium of russia, and only the offensive, only the liberation of novgorod prevented him from doing this. when the red army entered novgorod.

republic, it was completely plundered, iconostasis, mosaics, decor were taken from here , the image of the savior almighty in the central dome was destroyed, frescoes and gilded lining of the domes were damaged, the nazis used it for souvenirs, they made basins and cigarette cases from it. the iconostases were returned after the war. in 2002, it was discovered that the spaniards from the blue division stole a gilded cross from the dove that crowned the cathedral was used to decorate the chapel of the engineering academy in madrid. in spain the cross creaked, but was returned after 2 years. here he is near the iconostasis. the spaniards were given an exact copy of the shrine. blue division chaotic looting. the germans had

a system. teams of art historians determined what was most valuable and should be exported to germany. the novgorod museum alone, think about this figure, lost 30 thousand. masterpieces in 1948, we actually had a joyful event when one of the seemingly forever lost icons from volotov field , that is... behind my back, right here in our main exhibition in public places in the novgorod kremlin, these five icons of the festive rite are presented, here is the central icon of the resurrection of lazarus - this is just such a joyful post-war return . and of course, this topic is actually very important. and the search for icons, which are now still plying through collections in the western market, including the antique market, they arise. monitored and supported by the ministry culture, law enforcement agencies, and the ministry of foreign affairs, of course, we

are trying to return. after liberation , there were almost no residential buildings left in novgorod; people huddled in dugouts. there was a plan by the architect alexei shchusev. he proposed not to restore industry, to make novgorod a tourist and museum center, but this plan was not implemented. presentations were made by a prominent scientist and doctor of historical sciences, artsepovsky. sciences of the ussr union, likhachev. the city was gradually rebuilt, factories and transport structures were restored. novgorod again became an industrial scientific center. in 1951, a sensation occurred: archaeologists discovered the first birch bark letter here. these shots chronicle veliky novgorod in the first post-war decades. restoration did not proceed quickly; the temples remained in ruins for a long time. before the war in veliky novgorod. there are 64 monasteries in the vicinity. now we can see only 25 monasteries or temples

that remain from them. all of them have been restored. one of the successful examples of restoration is the church of the assumption of the virgin mary on volotovo field. now in novgorod is undergoing the second largest restoration since the post-war period. the church of the savior on kovalyovo field and the church of peter and paul on senishcha mountain are waiting in the wings. 11 objects on yaroslavov dvorishche, veliky novgorod. recently it has become one of the most attractive tourist centers in our country. let's return to one of the main themes of the last hours. iraq recalls its ambassador to tehran for consultations in response to iranian missile attacks on iraqi kurdistan. at least five people were killed as a result of these bombings, six more were injured. mitrana said: tehran will protect its own, protect its own sovereignty and punish security violators. iran launched

a massive attack on the territory of iraqi kurdistan at night. ballistic missiles also fell on the capital of the autonomous region, the city of erbil. the local airport suspended operations, the us airbase located next to it, and they tried to attack drones with explosives. she reported that three aircraft were shot down by her forces. there were reports of explosions in the area of ​​the american consulate in irbili. we tracked missiles that struck northern iraq and northern syria. no united states personnel or facilities were harmed. our preliminary assessment is that this was a reckless and inaccurate series of strikes. the authorities of iraqi kurdistan confirmed that several missiles hit the house of local millionaire pishrav dizai. the employer, who, according to unofficial data, actively collaborated with israeli intelligence, and his

relatives died. the agency's sources add that the house was also destroyed a senior kurdish intelligence officer at their headquarters. iran's elite unit, the islamic revolutionary guard corps, claimed responsibility for the attacks. in response to the recent atrocities of the zionist regime, which led to the martyrdom of corps commanders and resistance forces, the islamic revolutionary guard corps, using. his technology and intelligence data, with a precise ballistic missile strike destroyed one of the headquarters of the israeli spy agency mossad in iraqi kurdistan. iran will continue its operations until every drop of the martyrs' blood is avenged. the iraqi government has announced its intention to complain to the un security council in connection with the aggression against the country's sovereignty. the explosions in verbili and other cities occurred at a time when the united states and the entire western world were watching intently . when it became clear that american facilities in kurdistan were either able to fight off

the missiles or were not the target of the strikes at all, the american media did not put this news on the front page, and the state department limited himself to routine condemnation. the united states strongly condemns the iranian attacks in irbili and expresses its condolences to the families of the victims. we oppose iran's reckless missile attacks, which undermine the stability of iraq. new sources of tension are emerging. that due to this they will be able to reboot the system of international relations in a way that is beneficial to themselves, in fact , for this it is necessary to create discord between east and west, they believe that they have separated russia from europe due to illegal sanctions, they believe that they created this artificial wall, they need to extend this wall further -

to the middle east, they did not like the positive trends that russia was implementing, including the creation... as for iran, it launched a missile strike on terrorist camp in the vicinity of the syrian city of idlip. this territory is not under the control of damascus, as tehran claims, the bombing was retaliation for the perpetrators of the january 3 terrorist attack in the iranian city of kerman. 89 people died then. anton dadykin, lead. russia stands for a fair and comprehensive settlement of the problems of the korean peninsula. he stated this at a meeting with the head of the mido of the dprk.

the results showed trump was supported by more than half of those who voted, he had 51% of the votes, his closest rival ron desantis had 21%. well, it’s worth adding that iowa is the first state where the so-called caucuses are held. the former us president turned to his supporters and called for the removal from power of the current head of the white house, who, according to trump, is only capable of destroying the country. we are fighting, and this is essential, we must

admit it, it simply destroys. our country is just being destroyed, i'm going to beat him, we're going to beat him. russia is traditional, modern, technological, original, open, great, so different, but dear to everyone, all of russia is before your eyes.

very beautiful, so worthy of the name porsche, also a case, a case for the stylus in all seriousness, just like that, expensive, rich, among the technical differences of the design version of flexible electronics, the protective glass in honor’s own design, as they say, is not assembled from 500, as usually, but out of 4,000 layers and supposedly amazingly scratch-resistant, they even staged a show in the style of sandpaper. paper versus ordinary glass and unusual glass, however, how much such a demonstration reflects the real durability of the material in real conditions is impossible to understand; for russia , the porschediyin folding smartphone will also arrive, but only... by the end of the year. this is generally an amazing feature of honor: the huge delay between the domestic launch, the global announcement and the actual appearance of the phones on sale outside of china.

for example, the same magic v2, an original non- porsche design, has not officially reached russia yet. at headquarters they explained this to me by saying that from the point of view of software, these are actually different phones. you need to install google services, comply with the requirements of foreign regulators, test everything, and then bring it across china to... this is a couple of weeks around the world, because instead of planes, phones are now carried by ship, according to the official version, for the sake of environmental friendliness. another device that honor announced here in china, and this such a sub-chinese device is the magic 6 pro. what's surprising about it? here he has three cameras, which is not surprising, but pay attention, 50 megapixels, 50 megapixels, 180 megapixels, and if you look closely, the hole under this piece of glass is not... round, it’s rectangular, because this lens is a periscope type, the so-called that is , in fact, this is a large, beautiful telephoto lens, which has been shrunk to the size

of a smartphone module, why is this needed , it is needed to take photographs at a close zoom, for example, we have 2 s2 times 5x, and we continue to zoom in, zoom in, zoom in, but... it’s virtually impossible to hold a 100x lens in your hands, it’s impossible to find something to photograph there, so we quite by accident happened to have this small telephone tripod with us, with which we can already to do something, so we zoom in, zoom in, continue to zoom in, still zoom in, it turns out approximately. so, what does this all mean? this means that actually taking some real artistic photographs with a hundredfold zoom, but

unpromising, but there is one point, even when this zoom race was just beginning, then huawei at the very beginning came up with an interesting thing, with the help of such hundredfold magnifications, it is very convenient to read inscriptions located far away, which are simply not visible, why? because the neural networks built into the camera recognize the letters and improve them well, they turn out clear, and something highly artistic, but not with such a zoom.

we continue our news review of the expansion of cooperation between russia and the dprk, the situation on korean peninsula, these and other topics are in the spotlight at the meeting of the heads of the two

countries, it is being held in moscow. my colleague boris ivanin is joining the broadcast; we’ll get the details from him. boris, greetings, tell us how the negotiations are going? yes, yuri, good afternoon, the conversation between the heads of the two foreign ministries is taking place here, in the reception house of the russian midanovka. the brotherhood is strengthening, i warmly remember my visit to pyongyang last october, and your magnificent hospitality with which you

surrounded our delegation. and certainly very an important event was the tenth meeting of the russian-korean intergovernmental commission that took place in november last year. other bilateral exchanges took place at the departmental, ministerial, and regional levels. of course, these contacts are only the beginning of labor-intensive, but very, very fruitful and rewarding work, which is aimed at the comprehensive development of our relations. today on the agenda, of course, are issues of bilateral cooperation in various fields, these are economic cooperation, political partnership, of course, cooperation in the military sphere, especially since tsoisonghi’s visit here to moscow, let me remind you, she arrived the day before coincided with the statement of the north korean armed forces about the successful and first test of a phinyan ballistic missile this year, this missile has a hypersonic guided warhead, which indicates clear progress by north korea in defense matters. and just

before the new year, north korean leader kim chinneung said that phinyan should be ready to resist. quote: unprecedented confrontational steps on the part of the united states. russia and north korea have many similar views on a number of foreign policy challenges, and first of all , this is, of course, us hegemony on the world stage, when washington seeks to dictate its rules around the world, including in the asia-pacific region, attracting its partners seoul, south korea, vs korea.

and stability throughout northeast asia, corresponding proposals: russia, and independently, together with the people's republic of china, submitted to the un security council, they are on the negotiating table. however, we have to admit that the policy of the united states and its regional satellites to create threats to the security of the democratic people's republic of korea does not at all contribute to progress in a positive direction. we will continue to call for a rejection of any steps that lead to an escalation of tensions. relations between moscow and phil-yang reached a new strategic level, of course, after the meeting of the two leaders, vladimir putin and kim chinin held negotiations at the vostochny cosmodrome in the amur region last september, also, the leader of the dprk came to vladivostok in 2019, already then he invited vladimir

putin to make a return visit to... and it is possible that the current trip of the head of north korean diplomacy here to moscow is connected, among other things, with the preparation of this visit at the highest level, especially moreover, she personally accompanied kimchin on his trip last september to the russian far east, well, north korea itself hospitably invites tourists from russia to visit, weapons organized tours from primorye departing from vladivostok for 4 days with a visit to the main attractions of phinyang and of course the famous north korean ski resort.

another proof that the korean-russian friendly relations with a long history of friendship and traditions are vigorously moving forward in accordance with the plans of the leaders of the two countries. i expect that our meeting with you today, which is being held in the early days of the new year, will become an important moment in raising bilateral relations to a new level this year. negotiations between sergei lavrov and tsoisonkha they mostly took place here in spiredon behind closed doors, and...