Thread: "Wag" Haw & Order of Lenin
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Old 9th January 2011, 01:48
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Re: "Wag" Haw & Order of Lenin
I think being greeted and treated as a 'Hero of the Great Patriotic War' was a reality for any veterans returning to the USSR and I have heard similar stories of RN Sailers and Merchant Seamen who sailed on the Arctic Convoys getting the same treatment in Leningrad in 1970-80s (now St Petersburg). But now that the USSR is no more I think the chances of an official reception and or free passes are much less, though there are now many of the younger generation in Russia who would be interested in meeting any old timers still with us today.
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