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Decisive Battle of Khalkhin-Gol remembered

Published: 26 August, 2009, 08:47


Planting down standard on Khalkhin-Gol river, 1939. Image from victory.rusarchives.ru

Russia and Mongolia are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the battle of Khalkyn-Gol, when the Soviet Union and Mongolia defeated Japanese forces, preventing Japan from possible invasion of Russia’s Far East.

 
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