The State Duma extended the Second Defense of Sevastopol for a week
The State Duma of the Russian Federation today adopted in the second reading changes to the law “On Veterans”, according to which the defense of Sevastopol began not on November 5, 1941, but on October 30, 1941.
“The adoption of this bill will allow us to restore historical justice,” says the bill developed by the Ministry of Defense.
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Previously, the beginning of the defense of Sevastopol was considered to be the issuance of an order by the commander of the Primorsky Army, Major General Ivan Petrov, on his assumption of command of the troops of the Sevastopol defensive region. But modern historians have established that the USSR army began the defense of Sevastopol on October 30, 1941 in pursuance of the order of the deputy commander for land defense of the Main Naval Base, Rear Admiral Georgy Zhukov.
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