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Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

Article about: Today I am going to start a thread about a place or rather about a series of places, but also about a long battle in which Spaniards and Germans fought side by side against Soviet troops. Bu

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    Superb thread! Thank you very much.

    Cheers, Ade.
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    Default Novgorod under german occupation

    Due to the proximity of Novgorod to the scene of this thread and as there are not too many images of this city during WWII I am going to upload here, to close the thread, what I can share about Novgorod.

    Veliky Novgorod (Russian: Вели́кий Но́вгород, Known as Novgorod the Great, or Novgorod Veliky, or just Novgorod (meaning "newtown")
    Is one of the oldest and most important historic cities in Russia, with more than 1,000 years of history.
    Administrative capital of the Novgorod Oblast.
    Its population in 2010 was 218,000 inhabitants.
    Located 190 kilometers southwest of Saint Petersburg.
    The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow from Lake Ilmen and is situated on the
    Conquered by the Germans in August 15th 1941.
    It was liberated by the Red Army on January 19, 1944.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.
    The conquest of Nowgorod 08.15.1941

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.
    A column of German cyclists enters the captured Novgorod. August 1941

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    Wehrmacht captures the Novgorod Kremlin. August 1941

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    The city was always right on the front line

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.
    Spaniards in Novgorod

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    Germans in Novgorod

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    But a famous monument caught the attention of the German occupants. The Millennium of Russia, a huge bronze monument in the Novgorod Kremlin. It was erected in 1862

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.
    Soldiers in the city

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.
    The Saint Sophia Cathedral

    The truth is that the city suffered terrible devastation during the German occupation. And the Russian Millennium Monument, and its many bronze statues was dismantled and the statues were scattered on the esplanade of the city's Kremlim.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Picture titled "The Flight of the Nazis from Novgorod", by the Russian painter Kukryniksy, 1944-1946.

    The cathedral bells were also removed from the temple and some were broken.

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Picture of what the Novgorod Kremlin looked like after liberation in January 1944

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    But it all ended one day in the month of January 1944.....

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.
    Soviet troops contemplate the smashed monument

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    German prisoners set out on their way to captivity.

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    The signs of the occupants are removed.

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    The Huge monument was already restored at the end of the same year 1944

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    The Millennium and the Cathedral of Saint Sophia are a must for tourists who go to Novgorod.

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    To the German military cemetery in Pnkovka - Novgorod, several hundred bodies of Spanish soldiers from the Blue Division have been transferred from numerous minor burials in the sector.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    There is a monument that remembers the Spanish fallen. Relatives and descendants of those soldiers organize summer visits.

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    Until next time, mates.

    Santi

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    I could not finish this thread without talking about something that could also be included in the "German Soldier's Trench Art" section because it is probably one of the most characteristic objects of this soldier craft, of the entire war.

    I mean the Volkhov’s stocks.

    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    I have collected a few images of these curious objects that are almost always displayed with pride and satisfaction by their owners.

    The strocks were carved by soldiers for their senior ranks, and by wounded soldiers who spent their time crafting these individual works of art as an remembrance piece for time serving in the Volkov´s Front.

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

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    Geography of the USSR: The Ass of the World.

    The wood used was indigenous to the area: light and resistant and each cane is a unique piece. Some are very simple, but others are true works of art of wood carving.
    Last edited by TabsTabs1964; 08-01-2020 at 01:40 PM.

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    Sometimes there are curious details like misspelled names or swastikas carved inside out on wood.

    Traditional early sticks are four-sided with a top hand knob and taper from top to bottom. The sticks would carry geometric designs and Wehrmacht-style eagles and other details that make each one special.

    The most common variant is a round stick, carved in essentially the same way.

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