“From June 1941 to May 1945, more than 500000 Armenians were called up for military service, and it was a significant part of the people (according to the statistics, in 1941 the population of the Armenian Republic was less than 1400000 people). In the Soviet Army there were about 60 Armenian generals and 5 marshals, 106 Heroes of the Soviet Union; 175000 Armenians were killed in the battles.”
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