🕯 The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the United States of America held a memorial event “Candle of Memory” dedicated to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. 🕓 At 4 a.m. Moscow time, exactly at the hour when 83 years ago Nazi Germany treacherously attacked the USSR without declaring war, diplomatic mission employees, their family members, compatriots as well as Russian journalists lit candles in memory of 27 million Soviet citizens, who gave their lives for the sake of the Great Victory and a peaceful future. 🎖 Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov in his speech stressed the resilience and unity of the Soviet people, who succeeded in demolishing Hitler’s death machine. The Chief of mission emphasized the decisive role of the Red Army in liberating Europe from the fascist yoke and saving many peoples from extermination. Ambassador Anatoly Antonov called on to cherish and honor the winners’ generation, to preserve the truth about the wartime. 🖼 Сranes soaring in the sky were projected on the façade of the Russian Embassy as a symbol of grief for the perished. Students of the Embassy school cited poems about the hard times of the War and the immortal feat of our ancestors. 🏅 Participants of the event were able to explore the exhibition about the main milestones of the Great Patriotic War.