MOSCOW, 13 APR – RIA Novosti. The soldiers of the red army’s entry into the territory of Austria during the great Patriotic war were ordered mercilessly to act against the Nazis and not to offend the peace of the Austrian population, to be declassified, the Russian defense Ministry archival documents.
on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Vienna from Nazi troops, the Ministry has opened on its website a special section “the Viennese waltz of the Victory”, which published the declassified historical documents from the collections of the Central archive of the defense Ministry. There you can find a copy of the orders, journals of the fighting, politonline, newspaper articles and award sheets at the most distinguished men.
In placed in the document it is reported that “the Red army does not mix the Austrians from the German occupiers, freeing Austria, the Red army fighting with the German occupiers, not with the population of Austria.”
it Documented that communication about the provision of the Soviet government assistance was gladly received by the inhabitants of the city. The Soviet Union came to the rescue when the food situation became critical. Themselves crowns talked about the fact that they have “gone was the fear of starvation, and the generosity of the Soviet people has exceeded all expectations”, according to the materials.
the Newspapers published for the soldiers of the 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian fronts in the spring of 1945, published articles, notes, poems of the battles in Austria, on the streets of Vienna, the attitude of Soviet soldiers to the Austrian culture, the local population, the heroes who distinguished themselves in battle during the liberation of the country and its capital.
the Publication of declassified documents about the liberation of Vienna from Nazi invaders from the funds of the Central archive of the Ministry of defense of Russia is the continuation of the defence Ministry aimed at the preservation and protection of historical truth, countering falsification of history, attempts to revise the results of the great Patriotic and Second world wars, the press service of the defense Ministry.
