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Moscow, May 10 (EFE).- At the age of 97, Russian World War II veteran Zinaida Korneva has taken to her blog to raise money for the families of medical staff who have died from coronavirus.“Dear friends! I’m back with you like every day. Today I’m going to tell you a story about…,” the Red Army veteran tells her thousands of subscribers from around the world.Sat on a wooden bench with her medals proudly displayed on her chest, Korneva doesn’t hear well but she stares straight into the camera with confidence and delivers her tales.Born in the Urals in 1922, she took part in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II at the age of 19 and even made it as far as Berlin.SOUNDBITES OF RUSSIAN WORLD WAR II VETERAN ZINAIDA KORNEVA:"My granddaughter Yelena is always with me. She helps me to formulate the sentences better and is in charge of recording the videos. And in Moscow, my great-granddaughter and her husband edit them.""My relatives showed me the video (from the English veteran) Tom Moore. I liked the idea. And I decided to do the same in Russia. My daughter and granddaughter are doctors. I know their work. Also, due to my age, I have had many operations and diseases. And I had a lot of relationship with doctors who treated me very well. And because of my age, I feel very sorry for the doctors who fight this disease, which can infect and kill them."At first I did not expect to raise that much money. And now I am very grateful for that and for how people have reacted. For all that, I thank them.""I want young people to know the horrors of war so they can take care of the world and never again permit a new war.""Doctors face an even tougher war, as the virus is invisible and unpredictable."“Together we defeated fascism in 1945 and now we are fighting the virus"
The Siege of Leningrad has become a symbol of the endurance of the Soviet people. They were fully surrounded by Nazi forces in 1941 when the city's last road connection was severed. After 872 days of bombings, starvation, and extreme cold, the siege was finally lifted, but up to 1.5 million lives were lost. People trapped in the city had to live off of one pound of bread per day. Can you imagine that?
Can you imagine 27 million of anything? The saying goes that every family in the Soviet Union lost at least one person in WWII, or what's known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Some families were completely wiped out. More than 27 million Soviet citizens died, people gave everything to save their homeland. 27 million is a vast, unfathomable number, so we tried to put it into perspective.
Every family in the Soviet Union lost at least one person in the war. More than 26 million people died, in what's known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Some of those who faced the terror shared their memories of the day that the war began and how they sent their fathers to the front. Here are two personal accounts of tragic loss during WWII.
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