decided the outcome of the battle for the city of katon, and after 4 days on august 15 , emperor hirohita announced the surrender on the radio, but the japanese continued to fight. however, after two more soviet landings. the enemy laid down his arms by the decision of the yalta and podzamsk conference, south sakhalin was returned to the ussr captain smirnykh died posthumously, he was awarded the title of hero of the soviet union. the district and two settlements are named after him. sakhalin on this day in 1973, soviet television showed the first series of a film based on the novel by yulian semyonov 17 moments of spring, the picture was staged by scouts before that, but for the first time our illegal immigrant acted in berlin at the very top with the standard furet ress. otto von stirlitz, aka colonel maxim isaev, in order to make the image alive, came up with something that was not in the novel, the touching scene of a meeting with the wife of the nazi leaders for the first time was shown not as a caricature. they were serious smart opponents, great. actor's ensemble. leonid armor oleg