Very few of those who took the first flames of German fire survived till the end of the war. Almost none of the boys born in 1922 came back from the war. They are left in the fields under Smolensk, Moscow, Odessa, Sevastopol, Leningrad, Stalingrad, and Kursk. 28.5 million of Soviet people gave their lives for the Victory. 28.5 million, is the official count given by the government.
Historians consider the actual number to be much higher.
But think about this number. 28.5 of only those who were murdered, I think we all understand, that the physical and moral damage is much higher than that. Much higher was the cost our people paid for this victory. Let us remember the tragic fait of the Blockaded Leningrad. The buildings were not heated.