Ambassador of Uzbekistan in India H.E. Dilshod Akhatov at the webinar to commemorate 80 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War held on June 22: Today we honor the blessed memory of our fathers and grandfathers, who showed real heroism in battles of World War II and selflessly worked for the sake of the freedom, of today's peaceful days.
The people of Uzbekistan, along with all progressive humanity, from the first days of the war, entered the struggle against fascism, mobilized all their forces and capabilities to defeat the enemy.
In this regard, I would like to recall some of the most significant figures and facts established recently.
It is known that in 1941 the population of our republic was over 6 million 800 thousand people. During the war about 2 million of them were sent to the front. More than 500 thousand people dear to us, real heroes, died in fierce battles.
Every year on May 9, on the Victory Day, we talk about this again. And these are not just numbers. Behind them - incomparable grief and suffering of our beloved mothers and grandmothers, courageous fathers, all our people.
No numbers, neither words can express this pain. After all, over 500 thousand lives lost at the war, that caused millions of human tragedies. Thousands of women became widows, millions of children lost their parents. So many years have passed, but this terrible wound in the heart of our people will never heal, this endless grief and sorrow will not subside.
The people of Uzbekistan, whose losses are enormous, made an invaluable contribution to the defeat of fascism. A striking proof is the fact that more than 200 thousand of our soldiers and officers were awarded military orders and medals. 301 of them received the highest award - Hero of the Soviet Union, all three degrees of the Order of Glory were conferred on more than 70 people.
In those harsh years, when the fate of mankind was being decided, Uzbekistan turned into a reliable logistics base to support the front.
The appeal "Everything is for the front, everything is for Victory!" became the main meaning, the leitmotif of the life of our country. Our people worked tirelessly day and night, uninterruptedly supplying to the front a large amount of food, clothing, weapons and medicines. About 170 plants and factories were evacuated to Uzbekistan from the territories in a short time were put back into operation.
The republic received more than 1 million 500 thousand elderly people, women and children who suffered from the war. Among them are over 200 thousand orphans.
During the harsh war years, our republic showed an example of the highest humanism. The people of Uzbekistan showed disinterested and outstanding spiritual generosity and sincere concern for people of different nationalities evacuated to the republic, shared everything with them, sometimes the last piece of bread. It is proven that “Tashkent is a city of bread” («Ташкент – город хлебный»), “Uzbekistan is a land of kindness and mercy” («Узбекистан – край доброты и милосердия»).
The courage and nobility of our people have been recognized all over the world, and we are rightfully proud of this.
In recent years, a lot of work has been carried out to comprehensively study the huge contribution of our people to the Great Victory and to widely familiarize the public with the data obtained.
Currently, new information and facts are being discovered, unique evidence of the history of our republic during the War. Scientific research is being carried out, many literary works, films, albums, paintings and monuments are being created on the memory of the losses on War.
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