Historians in the Soviet Union used the term "Great Patriotic War" for historical connection with the war of 1812 against Napoleon.

This is on air "The Observer. LIVE "was told by the historian and archivist Vladimir Birchak.

"Very often in the Second World War we find such promises of the Soviet leadership to the past of Russia and the Russian Empire. The term Great Patriotic War itself was not invented again. It was taken from the Napoleonic wars, when it was simply called the Patriotic War, "he said..

According to Birchak, the same applies to the myth of Sevastopol as a "city of Russian glory".

"This was not invented during the Second World War, but was taken from the Crimean War, when the Anglo-French troops fought against the Russian Empire.

There, indeed, Sevastopol heroically defended himself. But here is the question, but only whether Russian glory? For a moment, but the fourth part of the Red Army was Ukrainians. Remember the famous snipers Ludmila Pavlicenco. And this term the Great Patriotic War for this and was introduced, "- he concluded.

As reported by the "Observer", earlier Birchak told, due to which the USSR managed to recover after the German attack on June 22, 1941.

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