Today, I received word that greeklish.org has been honored as SovLit.com’s “Comrade of the Month” for our section on Soviet Heroine Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya:The Story of Zoya & Shura
"Here, comrades! Why do you look so gloomy? Be brave. Fight on, fight on!"
Seventeen-year-old Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was one of the most endearing Soviet heroes from the Great Patriotic War. She was a member of the partisan resistance movement in the western USSR and took part in sabotage and reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines. She was captured and tortured by the Nazis, but she bravely refused to give up any information. For her stubborn heroism, the Nazis sentenced her to the gallows. Unbowed, before her execution, she taunted her captors: "There are two hundred million of us! You can't hang us all!"
Zoya's brother, Shura, who fell in battle near Koenigsberg, was also recognized as a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Zoya and Shura's mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, memorialized her children with her book, The Story of Zoya & Shura, the entire text of which is now available on-line.
For posting this text and honoring these two great Soviet heroes, Michael Bessler and greeklish.org are recognized as SovLit.com's Comrade of the Month.
(click here to see the original article from SovLit.com)
"Here, comrades! Why do you look so gloomy? Be brave. Fight on, fight on!"
Seventeen-year-old Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was one of the most endearing Soviet heroes from the Great Patriotic War. She was a member of the partisan resistance movement in the western USSR and took part in sabotage and reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines. She was captured and tortured by the Nazis, but she bravely refused to give up any information. For her stubborn heroism, the Nazis sentenced her to the gallows. Unbowed, before her execution, she taunted her captors: "There are two hundred million of us! You can't hang us all!"
Zoya's brother, Shura, who fell in battle near Koenigsberg, was also recognized as a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Zoya and Shura's mother, Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya, memorialized her children with her book, The Story of Zoya & Shura, the entire text of which is now available on-line.
For posting this text and honoring these two great Soviet heroes, Michael Bessler and greeklish.org are recognized as SovLit.com's Comrade of the Month.
(click here to see the original article from SovLit.com)
It is a distinct honor to receive this recognition from such a prestigious website as SovLit.com. SovLit.com is an outstanding project that serves to provide important resources to workers and students. We extend our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to SovLit.com as well as to our readers and supporters around the world. Aluta continua!
