*Count how many times you see the Russian flag colors*

By: Alex Curry

February 23 All the men are celebrated especially soldiers Women are also celebrated A lot of places close including school (YAY)

Remember these words: 1. - celebrate 2. push on or hasten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =AbtkhaBxpUA

1914 of August: Germany declared war on Russia in defense of AustriaHungary. November 1917: Bolsheviks overthrow the Kerensky government and install Lenin as leader of Russia ("october revolution")

January 1918: Poland declares war on Bolshevik Russia

This is during WW1 Old Russian Emperor Army had been demobilized and only had volunteer soldiers called The Red Guard 1918: Trotsky is appointed head of the "Red Army Thus the Red Army was created with its founder, Leon Trotsky

Force people to join the army

 Celebrated in 1919 for the creation of Red Army In 1938, believed that Red Army won an important victory over German invaders on February 23, 1918 First named Soviet Army and then Navy Army After fall of Soviet Union in 1991, President Vladimir Putin declared it a state holiday called Defender of the Fatherland Now Defender of the Fatherland

 There is a conscription in Russia

ARMY

All male citizens from ages 18 27 must

Of course there are exceptions

 The Battle of Stalingrad on September 1942 Pavlov and his platoon were to retake a building captured by Nazis Only Four men held the building down until reinforcements came A year later Germany was defeated and all

Do you Remember
Question 1: What is Defender of the Fatherland day and when is it? Question 2: What was one of the main reasons that this Holiday was created?

Question 3: How do you say push on in Russian?

Works Cited
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/soviet.html http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/russia/fatherland-defender http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/soviet.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards_%28Russia%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?174828Today-s-photos-Tuesday-February-23-2010/page2 http://shark-tank.net/2013/09/11/president-vladimir-putin-thenew-leader-of-the-world/ http://www.cracked.com/article_18550_5-true-war-stories-thatput-every-action-movie-to-shame.html http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/sounds/mp3/proletariat01/Varshavjanka.mp3