The Soviet Union was able to withstand the blow that Germany inflicted on June 22, 1941, only thanks to the sacrifice and incredible efforts of its people.

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

"It really was worth the titanic forces of the whole people. Here it is necessary to note the other side of the coin, but were such colossal sacrifices justified? We know that people in the Red Army were not considered during the war, we know about thousands of victims during the taking of the bridgehead on the Dnieper, we know how many victims were worth the defense of Stalingrad, Leningrad or Moscow, "the historian said..

According to Birchak, only a victory over Nazism can justify such losses.

"This is a colossal loss of the people, including the Ukrainian people. Can they be justified? Perhaps in the context that Nazism was defeated. Only in this way they can be justified, "he concluded..

"This is a colossal loss of the people, including the Ukrainian people. Can they be justified? Perhaps in the context that Nazism was defeated. Only in this way they can be justified, "he concluded..

As reported by the "Observer", earlier Birchak said that the head of the special operation of the Soviet special services to destroy the leader of Ukrainian nationalists, Stepan Bandera, until 2008, resided in the capital of independent Ukraine.

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