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[[File:Furthest Nazi expansion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Furthest Nazi expansion.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Third-Reich/The-Nazi-empire</ref> Ukraine became a NATO protectorate in 2014; Finland was added in 2022.]]

[[File:Furthest Nazi expansion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Furthest [[Nazi]] expansion.<ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Third-Reich/The-Nazi-empire</ref> [[Ukraine]] became a [[NATO]] protectorate in 2014; [[Finland]] was added in 2022.]]

'''Remembrance Day of Sorrow and Grief''' is June 22 in the [[Russian Federation]] marking the beginning of the [[Great Patriotic War]], known in [[the West]] as [[World War II]]. On that day, a [[coalition]] of [[Axis Powers|Western powers]] invaded [[Russia]] and the [[Soviet Union]] with [[Operation Barbarossa|a one million man army]] to exterminate or enslave the [[Russian]]-speaking population. 27 million Soviet people, men, women, children, elderly and [[soldier]]s were killed in the [[war]].

'''Remembrance Day of Sorrow and Grief''' is June 22 in the [[Russian Federation]] marking the beginning of the [[Great Patriotic War]], known in [[the West]] as [[World War II]]. On that day, a [[coalition]] of [[Axis Powers|Western powers]] invaded [[Russia]] and the [[Soviet Union]] with [[Operation Barbarossa|a one million man army]] to exterminate or enslave the [[Russian]]-speaking population. 27 million Soviet people, men, women, children, elderly and [[soldier]]s were killed in the [[war]].