1941: Battle for the Motherland:

Invasion

In June 1941, the number of detained violators of the Soviet border increased 3.5 times. Many - from ordinary soldiers to the ambassador to Germany, Shulenburg warned of the upcoming invasion and called it the date. But the Soviet leaders continued to convince the army and people: there would be no war. From Hitler’s appeal to the German people on June 22: “Moscow treacherously violated the conditions of our Covenant about friendship ... Now approximately 160 Russian divisions are on our border and violate it for many weeks. Now we need an hour when we need to oppose the warfare and Jews from the Moscow Bolshevik Center. May God help us!” From the order of the People’s Commissar of Defense S. Tymoshenko of June 22: "At 4 a.m., German aviation made raids on our airfields and cities without any reason. At the same time, in different places, German troops crossed our border. In connection with an impumement by the impudence by the German attack, I order the troops with all its strength and means to collapse on enemy forces and destroy them." The invasion army totaled 3.3 million people. The Germans had a multiple superiority of forces in the directions of the main blows. They managed to quickly penetrate deep into the territory of the USSR, since the fortifications on the old state border of the Soviet Union (before the section of Poland in 1939) were brutal, and on the new border - were not built (so as not to provoke the Germans). From the letter of the daughter of the political instructor Viktor Levin: “At midnight, dad said:“ Sleep calmly! ” - and went on duty. At 3 o’clock in the morning, it was rustled, my mother thought that it was a thunderstorm and ran to the window. About horror! Everything was in smoke, the shots were rattling ... Our border guards fought bravely, but the father went on a bunch. Pomegranate, rushed to the enemy tank and died ... ". From the diary of the murdered German officer for June 26: “Everything looks scary on our way. The means of transportation of different types, shot and burned, are visible on some traces of the caterpillars of our tanks. Above this whole picture of the destruction, a cadaveric smell is hanging ... We also beat all kinds of weapons that are in service with our army. It is only a pity that there are not enough ropes to hang these treacherous trees Skotov ". The order of the German commandant of the city of Lida dated July 10: "Everyone who hides Jews, Commissars or Red Army soldiers must give them to the German command within three days. For violation - shooting." The confusion in the Kremlin from the memoirs of a member of the Politburo A. Mikoyan: “At about 4 hours on June 22, I was woke up: the war. Immediately the Politburo gathered at Stalin. They decided that we had to speak on the radio. They offered that Stalin did it - let Molotov be performed. Of course, this was a mistake. But Stalin was in such a depressed state that he did not know that he was not to say. From the memoirs of N. Khrushchev: "Stalin was completely depressed morally. He made this statement:" Lenin left us the proletarian Soviet state, and we have been licked him "..." I, - says, - I refused the leadership. "He said and left. He got into the car and went to the nearest cottage." By the end of June, nevertheless, it was possible to collect the randomly retreating units of the Red Army into a fist and inflict several sensitive blows to the Germans. At the same time, the Soviet leadership felt the ground for an agreement with Hitler. From the explanatory note of General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs P. Sudoplatov to the Council of Ministers (1953): “At the end of June 1941, I was summoned to Beria’s office. He ... ordered me to find out on what conditions Germany would agree to stop the war against the USSR. Beria would have to raise the question ... Whether the Germans would arrange the transfer of such Soviet territories as the Baltic states, Bessarabia. For this purpose, I was offered to meet with The ambassador of Bulgaria in Moscow Stamenov as with a person close to the Germans ... ". Not for life, but for death the separate world did not take place. The Führer intoxicated by the first victories did not want to hear about the end of the war. In the first month alone, the Germans advanced deep into the Soviet Union by almost 600 kilometers, having lost 150 thousand people killed. The losses of the Red Army were 10 times more. However, the very first battles dispelled the myth of a "light and imminent victory." Soviet troops resisted stubbornly and desperately, and more and more Germans understood that Germany was hopelessly losing the chances of victory. From the memoirs of General V. von Blumentrost (Munich, 1958): "We were opposed by the army, which, in its combat qualities, far exceeded all other armies with which we had ever met on the battlefield." The milestone day is Artem Anfinogenov, I do not know the day that left me a deeper mark than June 22 of the forty -first year. A radio broadcast from the capital overtook me, a Perm schoolboy, on the corner of Lunacharsky and Gorky. The rumor was cut the word "aggressor", which disappeared from everyday life after concluding an agreement with Germany. It flashed from the open window of the corner house, where on the ground floor there lived a disabled person, a hero of battles by Lake Hassan. He received the receiver he received as a reward by public use, exposing it on the windowsill. Passing this window, I have always involuntarily accelerated a step with the awkwardness of a healthy small one. But at that moment I got up with a tennis racket, like a dug, under the rain that interrupted the competitions on the courts of the Wings of the Soviets. Then he rushed to run and burst into the house with a cry: "War!" "Are you crazy?!" - Mom did not believe and cried ... One of the first decisions of those minutes: "keep a diary!" The intention performed, contrary to army prohibitions, and in a flight school, and at the front. The records of that day were preserved. Here are a few lines of them. “In the district committee of our 21st school, Tolya Stolyarov, Oleg Zhitnikov, Volodya Levin and I were on duty.“ You will spread the summons, ”they told us. But there were no summons. They are waiting for the news from the district committee of the Semenov, ask about recording to the Sanjems, the storerooms show their readiness.“ I am a full senior lieutenant! Completely! " - one of them joyfully declared and looked at us with superiority. The anxiety and resentment of our graduation evening was not forgotten, but they went away, faded. Deep at night in Semenov’s office in the light of a table lamp from the green lampshade, we sat alone. Tolya Stolyarov, leaning, depicted" as if, now in the Kremlin, comrades Stalin thinks over the map ... ". Stolyarov, who wrote good verses, died in the forty -second near Volchan, Lieutenant Oleg Zhitnikov - in the forty -fifth, in Eastern Prussia. This day of the second bloody Sunday, on January 9, 1905, the faith of the people was shot in the royal power The monstrous socio -political default of the forty -first year simply did not go to the stutter about it, they did not stutter - it was not in the thoughts, no one answers the ailment of Russian society, paralyzing the growth of folk self -consciousness In essence, the shameful, mocking media campaign for the creation of the “new version” of the war of 1941 - 1945, according to which it was neither great, nor liberation, nor folk, but was the Stalinist aggressive war to establish world domination.

In June 1941, the number of detained violators of the Soviet border increased 3.5 times. Many - from ordinary soldiers to the ambassador to Germany, Shulenburg warned of the upcoming invasion and called it the date. But the Soviet leaders continued to convince the army and people: there would be no war.

From Hitler's appeal to the German people on June 22:

"Moscow treacherously violated the conditions of our friendship pact ... Now approximately 160 Russian divisions are on our border and violate it for many weeks. Now the hour is coming when we need to oppose these arsonists of the war and Jews from the Moscow Bolshevik Center. May God help us!"

From the order of the People's Commissar of Defense S. Tymoshenko of June 22:

"At 4 a.m., German aircraft raids on our airfields and cities without any reason. At the same time, in different places, German troops crossed our border. In connection with the impudence by the arrogance of the attack by Germany, I order the troops to collapse on enemy forces and destroy them."

The invasion army totaled 3.3 million people. The Germans had a multiple superiority of forces in the directions of the main blows. They managed to quickly penetrate deep into the territory of the USSR, since the fortifications on the old state border of the Soviet Union (before the section of Poland in 1939) were brutal, and on the new border - were not built (so as not to provoke the Germans).

From the letter of the daughter of the political officer Victor Levin:

“At midnight, dad said:“ Sleep calmly! ” - and went on duty. At 3 o’clock in the morning it was rustled, swore, my mother thought that it was a thunderstorm and ran to the window. O horror! Everything was in smoke, the shots were rattled ... Our border guards fought bravely, but tanks went on them. Father, taking the grenades, rushed to the enemy tank.

From the diary of the murdered German officer for June 26:

"Everything looks scary on our way. The means of transportation of different types, executed and burned, are visible on some traces of the caterpillars of our tanks. Above this whole picture of destruction, a cadaveric smell is hovering ... We also hit all types of weapons in service with our army. It is a pity that there are not enough ropes to hang these insidious cattle."

Order of the German commandant of the city of Lida of July 10:

"Everyone who hides Jews, Commissars or Red Army soldiers must give them to the German command within three days. For violation - execution."

Confusion in the Kremlin

From the memoirs of a member of the Politburo A. Mikoyan:

"At about 4 hours on June 22, I was woke up: immediately members of the Politburo gathered at Stalin. They decided that we had to speak on the radio. They offered Stalin to do it, but he refused - let Molotov perform. Of course, this was a mistake. But Stalin was in such a depressed state that he did not know what to say."

From the memoirs of N. Khrushchev:

"Stalin was completely depressed morally. He made such a statement:" Lenin left us the proletarian Soviet state, and we went through it "..." I, - says, "I refused the leadership." He said and left. He got into the car and went to the nearest cottage. "

By the end of June, nevertheless, it was possible to collect the randomly retreating units of the Red Army into a fist and inflict several sensitive blows to the Germans. At the same time, the Soviet leadership felt the ground for an agreement with Hitler.

From the explanatory note by General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs P. Sudoplatov to the Council of Ministers (1953):

“At the end of June 1941, I was called to Beria’s office. He ... ordered me to find out on what conditions Germany would agree to stop the war against the USSR. Beria ordered the question of ... whether the Germans would give them the transfer of such Soviet territories as the Baltic states, Ukraine, Bessarabia. For this purpose, I was offered to meet with the ambassador of Bulgaria in Moscow Stamanov as a person close to Germans ...”.

Not for life, but for death

The separate world did not take place. The Führer intoxicated by the first victories did not want to hear about the end of the war. In the first month alone, the Germans advanced deep into the Soviet Union by almost 600 kilometers, having lost 150 thousand people killed. The losses of the Red Army were 10 times more. However, the very first battles dispelled the myth of a "light and imminent victory." Soviet troops resisted stubbornly and desperately, and more and more Germans understood that Germany was hopelessly losing the chances of victory.

From the memoirs of General V. von Blumetrost (Munich, 1958):

"We were opposed by the army, which, in its combat qualities, far exceeded all other armies that we had ever had to meet on the battlefield."

Rubber day

Artem Anfinogenov

I don’t know the day that left me a deeper mark than June 22, the forty -first year. A radio broadcast from the capital overtook me, a Perm schoolboy, on the corner of Lunacharsky and Gorky. The rumor was cut the word "aggressor", which disappeared from everyday life after concluding an agreement with Germany. It flashed from the open window of the corner house, where on the ground floor there lived a disabled person, a hero of battles by Lake Hassan. He received the receiver he received as a reward by public use, exposing it on the windowsill. Passing this window, I have always involuntarily accelerated a step with the awkwardness of a healthy small one. But at that moment I got up with a tennis racket, like a dug, under the rain that interrupted the competitions on the courts of the Wings of the Soviets. Then he rushed to run and burst into the house with a cry: "War!" "Are you crazy?!" - Mom did not believe and cried ... One of the first decisions of those minutes: "keep a diary!" The intention performed, contrary to army prohibitions, and in a flight school, and at the front.

The records of that day were preserved. Here are a few lines of them.

“In the district committee of our 21st school, Tolya Stolyarov, Oleg Zhitnikov, Volodya Levin and I were on duty.“ You will spread the summons, ”they told us. But there were no summons. They are waiting for the news from the district committee of the Semenov, ask about recording to the Sanjems, the storerooms show their readiness.“ I am a full senior lieutenant! Completely! " - one of them joyfully declared and looked at us with superiority. The anxiety and resentment of our graduation evening was not forgotten, but they went away, faded. Deep at night in Semenov’s office in the light of a table lamp from the green lampshade, we sat alone. Tolya Stolyarov, leaning, depicted" as if, now in the Kremlin, comrades Stalin thinks over the map .... "

Private Tolya Stolyarov, a painful boy who wrote good verses, died in the forty -second near Volchansky, Lieutenant Oleg Zhitnikov - in the forty -fifth, in East Prussia.

But this is not all and, perhaps, not even the main thing that I am obliged to say today about the Rubezhnaya day on June 22, 1941. Perennial archival searches, freeing the day of the beginning of the war from the propaganda camouflage, led to an understanding of this day as a bloody Sunday. The second bloody Sunday. On January 9, 1905, as we were taught, the faith of the people in the tsarist power was shot. On June on June of the forty -first year, the people paid for their faith in the regime of the Stalinist dictatorship.

Another event, which would so powerfully contribute to the acceleration and development of the vice of irresponsibility, cannot be found in our polebra history. About someone’s responsibility for the monstrous socio-political default of the forty-first year, it simply did not talk. They did not stutter about her, they could not hint - it did not exist in thoughts. No one is to blame, no one is responsible for anything - the ailment of Russian society produced metastases, paralyzing the growth of popular self -awareness. Hence Afghanistan, from here Chechnya - everything is allowed by uncontrolled power. From here, in essence, the shameful, mocking media campaign for the creation of the "new version" of the war of 1941 - 1945, according to which it was neither great, nor liberation, nor folk, but was the Stalinist aggressive war to establish world domination.