For perseverance and heroism, 150 thousand soldiers from the Kyrgyz SSR were awarded orders and medals, Askar Dzhakishev recalled.
BISHKEK, April 28 − Sputnik. Together with all the peoples of the USSR, Kyrgyzstanis withstood the most difficult tests with honor during the Great Patriotic War, said Askar Dzhakishev, a professor at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. He spoke as part of a video conference at the Sputnik Kyrgyzstan press center.
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