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World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.

Historical image related to World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog. from February 22, 1944

Red Army

Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars to oppose the military…
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Kryvyi Rih

City in Ukraine

Kryvyi Rih, also known as Krivoy Rog, is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region. Its population is estimated at…
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February 22

Day of the year

February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 312 days remain until the end of the year.
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