Praha - Smichov - sovetsky tank

Czechoslovakia, Prague 1947. Celebration of 29th anniversary of Soviet Army. The tank on the high pedestal was to commemorate the Soviet liberation of Prague in May 1945. However, Prague was liberated by renegade commander General Andrej Andrejevich Vlasov and his Russian Liberation Army, a fact long denied by Communist historians. After the liberation Vlasov and his men went west to surrender to Allied forces but were turned over to the Soviets. Vlasov was executed in Moscow and many of his soldies perished in Gulag camps. CTK Vintage Photo

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Andrej Andrejevich Commemorate Denied Executed Fact Gulag Historians However Liberated Pedestal Perished Praha Renegade Smichov Soldies Sovetsky Soviets Vlasov

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