Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 7 /Xinhua/ – China and Russia, which won the great Victory with enormous sacrifices, will never give it up to anyone, said Galina Kulikova, First Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (RCFS), recipient of the Order of Friendship of the People’s Republic of China.
“Since 1931, China has been fighting against Japan, which means it was holding back Japan’s forces when Germany attacked the Soviet Union. If China had not waged such a heroic fight, Japan could have sided with Germany and started a war on the Eastern Front. That would have been very bad for us,” she said.
According to her, the USSR helped China in the heroic struggle of the Chinese people against Japanese aggression, but China, despite the difficult years of struggle, held Japan back. “China sent the USSR both food and some rare metals that were needed for the front… and our pilots defended the skies of China. Therefore, we have every reason to say that the 80th anniversary of the Victory is the victory of Russia and China over world fascism,” the deputy chairwoman of the ORKD emphasized.
For G. Kulikova, that war is not just history. It is also her personal experience, personal memories. “I myself belong to the generation of children of war, because I was very young when the war began. I remember Moscow on the defensive, I remember Moscow being bombed. I myself spent the night at the Mayakovskaya metro station with my mother and grandmother, because my father went to the front,” she said.
According to her, friendship born in battle is the strongest friendship. Friendship born during the war is strong, it continues and develops. –0–