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City's Birthday - Vladikavkaz
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Vladikavkaz is the capital city of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic at the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, situated on the Terek River. Vladikavkaz is one of the most populous cities in the North Caucasus.
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Andrei Antonovich Grechko (17 October 1903 – 26 April 1976) was a Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense
Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783) was an adjutant-general, director-general of engineers and general-in-chief of Russia
Besides, Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov was the President of the Free Economic Society during Catherine times and one of the earliest propagandists of the Slavophile idea of the emancipation of the Christians from Ottoman rule. It is interesting to note that in order to rekindle Catherine's affection, Grigory presented to her one of the greater diamonds of the world, known ever since as the Orlov Diamond.
ReplyDeleteAs a World War II commander, Andrei Antonovich Grechko took part in the liberation of the Caucasus, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. In 1953 he assumed command of Soviet troops in East Germany, suppressing the East German workers' rebellion of that same year. He became first deputy minister of defense in 1957, under the ailing Marshal Malinovsky. Assuming the top defense post in 1967, he deftly organized the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet and other Warsaw Pact troops to suppress liberalization in that country. In 1973 he became a member of the Politburo. He is credited with modernizing the Soviet army.
ReplyDeleteHe has been awarded five Orders of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of Suvorov First Class, two Orders of Kutuzov First Class, the Order of Suvorov Second Class, the Order of Bogdan Khmel’nitskii First Class, and many foreign orders, as well as medals.
Another event took place on October 17, and I'd like to share some information about it. The October Manifesto (Russian: Октябрьский манифест, Манифест 17 октября), officially The Manifesto on the Improvement of the State Order (Манифест об усовершенствовании государственного порядка), is a document that served as a precursor to the Russian Empire's first constitution, which would be adopted the next year. The Manifesto was issued by Emperor Nicholas II, under the influence of Count Sergei Witte, on 17 October [O.S. 30 October] 1905 as a response to the Russian Revolution of 1905.
ReplyDeleteAs for Andrei Antonovich Grechko, born in a small town near Rostov-on-Don, the son of Ukrainian peasants, he joined the Red Army in 1919, where he was a part of the “Budyonny Cavalry”.
ReplyDeleteGrechko was an active member in the Communist Party, and was a member of the Politburo. As Minister of Defense, Grechko helped modernize the Soviet Army, and was greatly responsible for maintaining the strength of the Soviet state. The urn containing his ashes is buried by the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
His Honours and awards
ReplyDelete- Hero of the Soviet Union, twice (1 February 1958, 16 October 1973)
- Six Orders of Lenin (December 1942, 1945, 1 February 1958, October 1963, 22.02.1968, 16 October 1973)
-Order of the Red Banner, three times (1941, 1944, 1950)
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class, twice (1944, 1945), 2nd class (February 1943)
- Order of Kutuzov, 1st class, twice (1943, 1944)
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class (January 1944)
- Honorary weapon with gold National Emblem of the Soviet Union (22 February 1968)
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
- Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (5 October 1969)
- Virtuti Militari, 1st class (Poland)
- Cross of Grunwald, 1st class (Poland)
- Order of Klement Gottwald (East Germany)
There is a tendency in the central bank of the Russian Federation to make coins with pictures of major facts of the history of Russia. There are a lot of cities which are heroes of the Great Patriotic War. As for me, I collect such coins. So coins with the emblem of Vladikavkaz are widely spread in our district.
ReplyDeleteBy the way Vladikavkaz is the motherland of my favorite football coach V.G. Gazaev who led the local team "Alania" to championship and who made my favorite team - CSKA Moscow the owner of the UEFA CUP in 2005. Also one of the best players of CSKA Alan Dzagoev was born there.
Yekaterina Gamova(born October 17, 1980 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Women's World Championships, and the silver medal in both the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She is 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) tall with EU size 49 feet, making her one of the tallest female athletes in the world.
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