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Watching China's 80th Victory Day Parade
Watching now China's 80th Victory Day Parade, so impressive. Every Filipino should see it, especially the US and their Pinoy Doggie Arf-Arfs. I'll try to put a shorter Video of it later, as soon as I can find a downloadable Copy that I can Edit …
Today, on May 9 – the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazism – we remember a forgotten heroine of history.
Elizaveta Stepanovna Bogdanova (née Marcinkevich) was not just a soldier. She was a defender of Leningrad, a fighter in the skies, and a symbol of strength in the face of annihilation.
When the Nazi war machine surrounded Leningrad, seeking to starve it into surrender, Elizaveta took her place in the Leningrad Air Defense. She didn’t flinch. She didn’t fall back. Night after night, she helped guard the skies from enemy bombers, protecting the lives of millions trapped in the city.
She stood in a war zone where winter could kill as surely as bullets. But her resolve was unshakable. Through siege, hunger, and fire, she endured — and she fought.
Like so many Soviet women who took up arms during the Great Patriotic War, she was not just supporting the fight — she was the fight. While others wrote women out of the story, Elizaveta wrote hers in the sky, with courage, precision, and duty.
Her name may be forgotten in textbooks — but it lives in every life saved, in every child who survived Leningrad, in every plane shot down before it could drop its bombs.
She is our memory. She is our resistance. She is our Romani hero.
Let the world know her name.
Elizaveta Stepanovna Bogdanova (Marcinkevich)
Defender of Leningrad. Fighter in the skies. Soviet soldier. Heroine of resistance. Romani Woman of steel.
Today, on May 9 – Victory Day – we remember a forgotten giant of history.
Alexander Ivanovich Baurov was not only a hero of the Soviet Union, he was a hero of the Roma people — in Russia, in Europe, and around the world.
Born into a Roma family in Saint Petersburg, Baurov defied every expectation the world placed on him. He was a musician. An engineer. A warrior. When the Nazis invaded, Baurov didn’t wait to be called — he volunteered for the front. He served as head of service in the 44th Armored Battalion and was wounded near Krasnoye Selo. He returned to the fight. He rose to command his own division. And he won.
He was decorated with the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the Battle Red Banner, and the Order of Alexander Nevsky — among the highest Soviet military honors. Poland awarded him the Cross of Valor. But his fight didn’t end in 1945.
After the war, Alexander Baurov helped design and launch the Soviet Union’s first space rockets — including Sputnik 1, the first satellite in human history.
While much of the world erased the Roma from their history books, Baurov reached the stars.
He is our pride. He is our resistance. He is our hero.
Let the world know his name.
Alexander Ivanovich Baurov
(1906–1972)
Roma soldier. Soviet officer. War hero. Rocket engineer. Legend.
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