EMBLEM OF HONOR
May 01, 2020
2 minutes
THE ORDER OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY
t may seem odd that the Soviet Union would look to embrace a famous Russian prince, more so given that the prince was considered a saint. But, in the dark days of WWII, the Soviet leadership realized that just such a piece of the past would motivate and rally the people. As millions lie dead and the nation’s industrial heartland was occupied,
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