#Velikije Luki (Velikije Luki)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Вели́киеЛу́ки, City in #PskovObl"ast, #Russia (about 150 km SE of SE #Estonia), where the #RedArmy wiped out a #German force of some 7000 in the #BattleOfVelikiyeLuki (1942-3). Also burial place of #Matrossovi A..
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#Matrossovi A. (Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov, 1924-1943)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Young lad, full of zeal, full of bullets. #Hero of the #SovietUnion, reported to have thrown himself in front of a #German machine-gun to allow his comrades to advance, but apparently dragged there
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while its #Swedish ancestor, #tomte, was more benign. The more usual term for ghost is #kummitus as in Estonia's favorite #tonguetwister: Kummikutes kummitus kummitas kummutis (ask someone to explain). Soviet Era renaming (1950-1990): #Matrossovi A..
#Fairytales #Muinasjutud
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