On Victory Day, the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik conveyed congratulations from Russian President Vladimir Putin to World War II veteran Elena Rozhdestvenskaya.
“According to good tradition, I came to the veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Elena Ivanovna Rozhdestvenskaya, to congratulate her on Victory Day. I found her in front of the TV – at that time the festive parade in Moscow was broadcast. I gave Elena Ivanovna a letter of congratulations from the President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,” he wrote The head of the LPR in his Telegram-channel.
The Head of the Republic asked the veteran about her health and how she felt about what was happening today.
“The veteran has no doubt that we will definitely win and return peace to our native land. She continues to monitor the situation at the front every day, marks on the map the settlements liberated by our guys. And she still remembers by heart the wonderful poems about the war dedicated to her Our youth should learn such devotion to their ideals,” Pasechnik added.
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Elena Ivanovna Rozhdestvenskaya was born on June 22, 1924 in the Kursk region. Before the start of World War II, the family moved to Stalino (Donetsk). In 1942, at the age of 17, she joined the Red Army. She served in an artillery regiment in the North Caucasus. She carried the wounded regiment commander from the battlefield and received a concussion.
She took part in the battles for the liberation of Kyiv and Budapest. I celebrated the victory in Vienna. She was awarded the Order of the Great Patriotic War, medals “For the Defense of the North Caucasus”, “For Military Merit”, “For the Liberation of Budapest”.
