the soldiers and their loved ones, and also conveyed congratulations from defense minister sergei shaigunnstrate in battle loyalty to military duty, loyalty to the oath, loyalty to russia, real patriots, real defenders of the fatherland, we are proud of you. an important date in the history of the great patriotic war, exactly 80 years ago the red army liberated veliky novgorod. in folk the feat of soldier officers, fighters of partisan detachments, novgorodians, everyone who defended and liberated veliky novgorod will forever remain in memory, the president’s telegram notes. i remembered the day when i left my hometown with my family following the soldiers of the red army , as soon as we reached the leningradskoe highway, planes with swastikas appeared in the air, people rushed into the roadside ditch, they started shooting with a machine gun, yes, it was like hail was still flying , they also started throwing bombs, i’m getting out of there, my dears, you need to see this, this is a real meat grinder, the front has not moved far from the ancient russian city, there were many attempts to