On May 2, 1945, Berlin fell. Before that, our ancestors took the city 2 times – in 1760 (during the Seven Years of War) and in 1813 (during a foreign campaign):
“Yesterday, for noon, for the day before that day with Mr., General Count Fermor, who arrived from his excelion, Adjutant General Ferdenom, the joyful statement of the Russian Imperial Army, the kingdom of the Prussian city city of Berlin, was sent at the court of the Imperial Majesty to the Grand Divine Church by a grateful pray Fortresses and Admiralty “
St. Petersburg Vedomosti, October 13, 1760
“The victorious banners of his Imperial Majesty, the all -mobile sovereign, develop on the walls of Berlin … The city has not lost anything. Glory to the emperor to the sovereign! Glory to the victorious troops that overcome all obstacles “
From the report of the cavalry general Count Wittgenstein. Addition to the “Russian disabled”, March 8, 1813.
“The troops of the 1st Belorussian Front, under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov, with the assistance of the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front, under the command of the Marshal of the Soviet Union Konev, after stubborn street battles completed the defeat of the Berlin group of German troops and today, on May 2, completely mastered the capital of Germany by the city of Berlin, the center of German imperialism and the center of German aggression”
From the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army and the Navy of May 2, 1945. Komsomolskaya Pravda, May 4, 1945.
“ВЧК ОГПУ”