WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.780 --> 00:00:11.520 Fellow citizens of Russia and esteemed veterans, soldiers and sailors, 2 00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:16.009 sergeants and master sergeants, 3 00:00:16.009 --> 00:00:21.225 warrant officers and chief warrant officers, officers, 4 00:00:21.225 --> 00:00:24.340 generals and admirals. 5 00:00:24.340 --> 00:00:28.282 Congratulations on Victory Day! 6 00:00:28.282 --> 00:00:36.661 An occasion where joy, memory and grief have merged. 7 00:00:36.661 --> 00:00:40.375 May 9 is both a public and a very personal, 8 00:00:40.375 --> 00:00:46.355 family holiday. It became a symbol of the sacred relationship between 9 00:00:46.355 --> 00:00:49.501 Russia and its people. 10 00:00:49.501 --> 00:00:54.160 It is in this unity and loyalty to the Fatherland that our 11 00:00:54.160 --> 00:00:59.161 strength, confidence and dignity lie. 12 00:00:59.161 --> 00:01:05.300 We are united by deep, sincere feelings for our fathers, 13 00:01:05.300 --> 00:01:08.360 grandfathers and great-grandfathers. 14 00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:13.420 We would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to all those who are 15 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:20.060 living, who are near, and we do not conceal our pride and tears. 16 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:29.121 We would like to pay tribute to sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, 17 00:01:29.121 --> 00:01:35.880 grandfathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, 18 00:01:35.880 --> 00:01:43.040 comrades-in-arms and friends – all those who never came back 19 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:49.262 from the war, who are gone. 20 00:01:50.342 --> 00:01:54.481 I would like to announce a minute of silence. 21 00:01:54.481 --> 00:02:55.609 [A minute of silence] 22 00:03:00.209 --> 00:03:06.898 This year marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War: 23 00:03:06.898 --> 00:03:10.093 on June 22, 1941, 24 00:03:10.093 --> 00:03:13.760 the Nazis treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. 25 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:19.040 The life of a huge country changed in an instant. 26 00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:24.432 And at this tragic turning point, there was but one choice, 27 00:03:24.432 --> 00:03:29.916 a superior choice to be made – saving the Fatherland became 28 00:03:29.916 --> 00:03:33.480 the top priority for the entire people. 29 00:03:33.480 --> 00:03:38.980 A heroic and sacrificial road to Victory ensued. 30 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:44.100 A host of the most challenging tasks had to be solved without hesitation. 31 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:48.000 One of them was evacuating millions of citizens 32 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:51.020 and industries to the east. 33 00:03:51.020 --> 00:03:54.920 All of this was to be done in the most difficult conditions 34 00:03:54.920 --> 00:03:58.320 of the enemy’s assault, in the heat of the war. 35 00:03:58.320 --> 00:04:03.401 Now it is hard to comprehend what extraordinary efforts it took 36 00:04:03.401 --> 00:04:08.440 to relocate and restore more than fifteen hundred plants. 37 00:04:08.440 --> 00:04:15.081 In several months, they started continuously supplying tanks, aircraft, 38 00:04:15.081 --> 00:04:18.721 ammunition and military equipment to the front. 39 00:04:18.721 --> 00:04:25.081 This greatest, unprecedented labour victory allowed our army to push 40 00:04:25.081 --> 00:04:30.840 the enemy back and smash an aggressor that harnessed the economic 41 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:34.080 potential of almost all of Europe. 42 00:04:34.080 --> 00:04:39.900 The deeds of home-front workers demonstrated the vital force of our 43 00:04:39.900 --> 00:04:48.581 people, its unity, victorious spirit and love for the Fatherland. 44 00:04:48.581 --> 00:04:53.921 Our fathers and grandfathers defeated a powerful and merciless enemy 45 00:04:53.921 --> 00:04:58.240 that many countries gave in to. 46 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:03.761 It was the Soviet people that brought freedom to other peoples. 47 00:05:03.761 --> 00:05:09.200 It was our soldiers who paid back the Nazis and their allies in full 48 00:05:09.200 --> 00:05:13.741 for the millions of victims, for all the barbarities 49 00:05:13.741 --> 00:05:17.920 and atrocities on our land. 50 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:21.080 The war lasted for nearly four years and became an epoch 51 00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:24.025 for our entire country. 52 00:05:24.025 --> 00:05:26.641 An epoch of courage and bravery, 53 00:05:26.641 --> 00:05:30.361 of the toughest trials and tragic losses, 54 00:05:30.361 --> 00:05:36.040 of bright hope and boundless faith in Victory. 55 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:40.761 The Great Patriotic War will always be an outstanding, 56 00:05:40.781 --> 00:05:45.781 sacred deed of our people, a call to live honestly, 57 00:05:45.781 --> 00:05:49.881 hold high the bar of truth and justice and pass these 58 00:05:49.881 --> 00:05:54.540 values on from one generation to the next. 59 00:05:54.540 --> 00:06:00.800 Comrades, history lessons teach us that peace on Earth is not 60 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:05.281 established by itself; that one needs to be cautious; 61 00:06:05.281 --> 00:06:10.600 that double standards as well as shortsighted indulgence of those who 62 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:13.600 nurture criminal plans are impermissible. 63 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:21.241 Today, civilisation is again facing cruelty and violence: terrorism has become a global threat. 64 00:06:21.261 --> 00:06:26.800 We must defeat this evil; Russia is open to joining efforts with all 65 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:31.160 states and is ready to work on creating a modern, 66 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.801 non-aligned system of international security. 67 00:06:34.801 --> 00:06:38.901 Our soldiers and commanders have proven that they are worthy successors 68 00:06:38.901 --> 00:06:42.600 of the Great Patriotic War heroes and that they honourably protect 69 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:46.360 the interests of Russia. 70 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:51.480 I am sure that today the veterans are proud of their grandsons 71 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:55.560 and granddaughters – they have not let them down and will always be 72 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:59.601 looking up to the Great Victory, 73 00:06:59.601 --> 00:07:04.201 to the deed of a heroic generation of victors! 74 00:07:04.201 --> 00:07:04.201 Введите текст 75 00:07:04.201 --> 00:07:04.201 Введите текст 76 00:07:04.201 --> 00:07:04.201 Введите текст 77 00:07:04.201 --> 00:07:11.140 Congratulations on the anniversary of the Great Victory! Hurray!