Город-герой Керчь в фотографиях / Hero-city Kerch in photographs: 1941-1944

Город-герой Керчь в фотографиях 1941-1944

Hero-city Kerch 1941-1944

Музыка:
Баллада о Керчи-Музыка: А. Махов Слова: С. Островой. 1975г. Исполняет: Николай Соловьёв, анс. "Мелодия" Исполнение 1975 г.

Music:
Ballad of Kerch- Music: A. Makhov Lyrics: S. Ostrovoy. 1975. Performed by: Nikolai Soloviev, ans. "Melody" Performance of the 1975.

Founded 2,600 years ago as an ancient Greek colony, Kerch is considered to be one of the most ancient cities in the Crimea....

Between 1941 - 1944. Kerch was on the front line during the Great Patriotic War and saw heavy fighting between the Soviet Army and the Axis forces. Following intense fighting, the city was taken by the Germans in November 1941. On 31 December 1941 the Soviet 302nd Mountain Rifle Division recaptured the city following a naval landing operation at Kamysh Burun, to the south of the city, five days earlier.
In 1942 the Germans occupied the city again. The Red Army lost over 160,000 men, either killed or taken POW at the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. On 31 October 1943 another Soviet naval landing operation was launched. Kerch returned to Soviet control on 11 April 1944.

During the occupation the Germans almost completely destroyed the city with 85% of the buildings in ruins. They also killed about 15,000 civilians, of these, 7 thousand were shot in the Bagerovo trench.
Another 14,000 civilians were deported during their occupation. Evidence of the German atrocities in Kerch was presented in the Nuremberg trials.
The Adzhimushkay catacombs (mines) in the city's suburbs were the site of guerrilla warfare against the occupation. Thousands of soldiers and refugees found shelter inside, and were involved in counterattacks. Many of them died underground, including those who died of numerous alleged poison gas attacks. Later, a memorial was established on the site.

On September 14, 1973 Kerch was awarded the title Hero City and in honour of the liberation of the city a memorial was erected on the top of Mount Mithridates in the form of an Obelisk of Glory and an Eternal Flame.....

Видео Город-герой Керчь в фотографиях / Hero-city Kerch in photographs: 1941-1944 канала Nigel Fowler Sutton