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==In popular culture==

==In popular culture==

Former [[GRU]] officer and defector [[Viktor Suvorov]] claims that the order to write a song for the liberation of the German-occupied Europe came from [[Joseph Stalin]]: "Stalin needed a song about the great war against Germany in 1941. And Stalin ordered such a song." ''[[The Sacred War]]'' was written.  [[Youtube]] has identified the song as "inappropriate or offensive for some audiences."<ref*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2N366xn6V4&t=132s The Sacred War! (English Lyrics)]. youtube (Viewer discretion is advised).</ref>

Former [[GRU]] officer and defector [[Viktor Suvorov]] claims that the order to write a song for the liberation of the German-occupied Europe came from [[Joseph Stalin]]: "Stalin needed a song about the great war against Germany in 1941. And Stalin ordered such a song." ''[[The Sacred War]]'' was written.  [[Youtube]] has identified the song as "inappropriate or offensive for some audiences."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2N366xn6V4&t=132s The Sacred War! (English Lyrics)]. youtube (Viewer discretion is advised).</ref>

June 22 is commemorated annually in the [[Russian Federation]] as [[Remembrance Day of Sorrow]].

June 22 is commemorated annually in the [[Russian Federation]] as [[Remembrance Day of Sorrow]].

Einsatzgruppen squads began to carry out mass shootings during the last week of June 1941.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1939-1941/operation-barbarossa Operation Barbarossa | Holocaust Encyclopedia]</ref>  

Einsatzgruppen squads began to carry out mass shootings during the last week of June 1941.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1939-1941/operation-barbarossa Operation Barbarossa | Holocaust Encyclopedia]</ref>

 

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]

*[[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]]