antonina alexandrovna was 9 years old when sevastopol met our troops.re were weapons in sevastopol, the ships were shooting, these same machine guns were shooting, they were shooting in our yard. it was such joy, i saw such fireworks, that’s all, such shooting. the vladimir cathedral, the nazis tried to destroy even before the start of our assault, this is evidenced by archival aerial photography, part of the unique collection of the museum of ancient khersanes-tavrichesky was hidden back in the forty-first, what remained was plundered, crimea and sevastopol were a sacred place for the third reich, here by order. they were looking for the holy grail, a symbol of power and immortality. an antique slab with the image of the griffin, the symbol of hersanes, was miraculously saved by the museum caretaker; the nazis wanted to present it to one of the ideologists in verma. in boxes already boarded up, on which there was a sign to the conqueror of ukraine, erich vonmannstein, commander-in-chief of the eleventh army, the one who expected to take crimea on the m

alexandrovna’s family remembers how they were in a prisoner of war camp with their mother. antoninahe soldiers. at the beginning of the war, for a short time, the jubilant conquerors of sevastopol agreed to hand over soviet soldiers to those who could prove their kinship. the prisoners threw notes with their names over the fence. women they confirmed that the prisoner was indeed their relative, and thus antonina alexandrovna’s mother saved 20 people. i brought him home, we were there. they washed him, they fed him there, we couldn’t leave him with us, because the germans were checking, and they, my mother , took them to the cemetery, there were crypts there, so to go to the cemetery, because there was a curfew, my mother took me with her and said, as if as soon as we were detained by a patrol, my mother was carrying it, this is ausweiss, my mother was there carrying food. and the mother of the liberation of sevastopol residents gathered i explained to the german that i was lost and my mother found me, and we were going home. 2 days before , in one place, they began to load groups on

the women confirmed that the prisoner was indeed their relative, and thus antonina alexandrovna’s mothershe brought him home, we washed him there, fed him there, we couldn’t leave him with us, because the germans checked, they, my mother took him away. them to the cemetery, there were crypts there, so you could go to the cemetery, because curfew, my mother took me with her and said, as soon as we were detained by a patrol, my mother said - this is okay, so my mother was there bringing food, some clothes for them, the germans detained us twice, i started crying, and my mother explained to the german that i was lost and my mother... found me and we were going home. 2 days before the liberation of sevastopol, residents were gathered in one place and began to be loaded in groups onto self-propelled barshas, ​​which were supposed to deliver them to labor camps in germany. eight ships have already set sail from the shore. the last one remained. luckily for us , two of our planes began to circle over this school like stars. and the germans fled. they hid in basements, schools, because they thou

which was already practically wiped off the face of the earth, our sappers. driven to germany, antonina alexandrovnaen sevastopol met our troops. all that in sevastopol there were weapons, ships were shooting, these same machine guns were shooting, they were shooting in our yard, it was such a joy, i saw such a fireworks, like this... i wish i had in sevastopol, i would no longer hear, sevastopol panorama, a victory flag is hoisted on its dome. the vladimir cathedral, the nazis tried to destroy even before our assault began, this is evidenced by archival aerial photography. part of the unique collection of the museum of ancient khersanes-tauride was hidden back in 1941; what remained was plundered. crimea and sevastopol were a sacred place for the third reich, here. by order of hitler, they were looking for the holy grail, a symbol of power and immortality. an antique slab with the image of the griffin, the symbol of hersanes, was miraculously saved by the museum caretaker. the nazis wanted to present it to one of the wehrmacht ideologists. in the boxes, already boarded up, on which there was a sign

antonina alexandrovna remembered this spring day on the forty-fourth forever.opol, she was seven. then it was only by a miracle that the girl and her family were not driven away to germany. when the germans entered sevastopol, they immediately established a new order here. they hanged three young men on pushkinskaya street to intimidate them. shell fragments and a german cossack are a reminder of the war. all this. nina aleksandrovna found it in the yard of her house. the battles for every centimeter of sevastopol were brutal and bloody. during the defense of the city, the density of fire here was the highest in the entire history of the war. and this record was broken. only during the liberation of sevastopol. here's a medal for sevastopol. the medal for courage is one of the most expensive for evgeny fedorovich rogov. in may of '44 he was only 19 years old. defender of stalingrad, he liberated sevastopol. after the battles on the northern side of the city, he crossed the sevastopol bay. we are on an inflatable sapper boat. the entire platoon swam across the n

may 9, 1944 , liberated sevastopol watched the fireworks for the first time; antonina was among the spectators alexandrovna years old. all that in sevastopol there were weapons, ships were shooting, these same machine guns were shooting, they were shooting in our yard, it was such a joy, i was so blessed, and i never heard such shooting in sevastopol. stopol panorama, the victory flag is hoisted on its dome. the population of the city was reduced to 3. the nazis killed 27 thousand civilians, 42,000 sevastopol residents, and were taken to forced labor in germany. the city of russian sailors was practically wiped off the face of the earth; only 6% of houses and buildings survived. the city lay in ruins, burnt stones, a large sea, lenin, everything. at the memorial of the heroic defense of sevastopol , the black sea people paraded in parade formation, and the leaders of the city and fleet laid flowers at the eternal flame. first deputy head of administration. the president read out vladimir putin’s congratulations on the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of sevastopol, which has always occupied a specia

and distributed it to the officers and soldiers, from then on on the ninth day of every may antonina alexandrovname this holiday morning pilot cosmonaut, hero of russia, anton shkaplerov. anton, good morning, happy holiday. good morning, happy holiday to you. thank you, we are fellow countrymen, crimeans, you were born in sivastopol, right? yes, olga. how is victory day celebrated in sevastopol? today is a special day, today. it’s 80 years since the liberation of my hometown of sevastopol from fascist invaders, so today is a double holiday in the city, today is not just victory day, today is liberation day. city ​​hero of sevastopol, what are your favorite places in sevastopol, well, most importantly, this is mine my favorite balaclava, this is the very south of sevastopol, the small bay in which i was born and grew up, you came with a photograph of your heroic grandfather, tell us about him, yes, this is shkaplerov ivan stefanovich, who at the beginning fought in the finnish war, this is still 39-40, then he returned home when the war began and volunteered for the great patriotic war. after the