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Tuvan tankist became one of the first foreigners to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union |
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24 March 2010 | Views: 809 | Comments: 0 |
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 Today marks 65 years since the day when the legendary tank driver, Khomushku Namgaevich Churgui-ool received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. At the time of victory, he was near Prague, after the war he worked in Tes-Khem kozhuun, in the village of Bert-Dag. He was selected as a delegate to the Supreme Soviet of USSR, and has done much for the village which had become his home. He died in 1978. In the border village Bert-Dag, a monument was raised to the Hero. Today, his compatriots will put a wreath there.
The native of Barun-Khemchik kozhuun, Khomushku Churgui-ool, went to the front as one of the first group of volunteers of TNR. These citizens of Tuva wento pay the international debt: Baikara Biche-ool, Kyrgys Idam, Kongar Tyulyush, Oyun Bartyi-ool, Ondar Dyrtyk, Tyulyush Nursat, Tyulyush Kyzyl-Tac, Tyulyush Shaidun, Tyulyush Uinuk-ool, Khomushku Churgui-ool, and Khovalyg Saiyn-ool. |
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Dina Oyun, translated by Heda Jindrak |
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Event announces | 1) TOMORROW: Last bells ringing in Tuvan schools (Tuva) |
2) 01.06.2012: Children's Day (Tuva) |
3) 15.08.2012: Day of the Republic, National festival (Tuva) |
4) 20.08.2012: Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Peoples Khoomey performer, Huun-Huur-Tu co-founder, turns 52 (Tuva) |
5) 11.09.2012: 80th anniversary of the great khoomeizhi Oorzhak Khunaashtar-ool (Tuva) |
6) 11.10.2012: 68th anniversary of Tuva joining Soviet Union (Tuva) |
7) 03.11.2012: 68th anniverasy of Alexandr Darzhai, Tuvan poet and traslator of Pushkin, Exupery (Tuva) |
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