The last mass conscription to the army against the German invaders was the conscription of people born in 1925, the same age as my parents. My father didn’t go to the front lines because during the entire war he was grinding the shells at the military plant in Serpukhov. When he started out in 1941, he was given a footrest because he could not reach the lathe. He was not allowed to leave in 1943 despite his desire to be on the front lines, he was reserved occupation. My mother worked in a chemical lab at the military plant in evacuation. First of all, I want to congratulate their peers and other people who waged war and survived to that date. Thank you very much and I wish you good health!
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Yevgeniy Zakharov: With open eyes
A couple wearing a face masks, amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, walk at the Second World War memorial on April 24, 2020.
