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Video and audio testimonies were collected from members of our Golden Age Club. They related their personal stories of service in the former Soviet Union’s armed forces during WW2 as a means of informing younger generations of the service and sacrifices made in defeating the Nazis on the eastern front.

This project was funded by the Department of Premier and Cabinet under the Anzac Centenary/Victoria Remembers Grants Scheme. The memories of all the participants are incredibly moving and being acknowledged after all this time made a big impact on all of them.

We recommend that you spend some time listening to these stories.

Ioury Kossovsky

Ioury Kossovsky

Everyone had their own war

Arkadi Stolin

Arkady Stolin

Warrior and Teacher by the Grace of The Lord

Michael Belkin

Michael Belkin

For the Triumph of Life

Isaac Budovvski

Isaak Budovski

A True Story

Boris Genikhovich

Boris Genikhovich

Let the Guns Go Silent

Jacob Monin

Jacob Monin

In War Everything Seems Simple. The Secret of...

Zigmund Moss

Zigmund Moss

Who Is He?

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Zalman Plotke

Zalman Plotke

The War-Liberation or Occupation?

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Sofia Patent

Sofia Patent

The Photograph on the Wall

Matvei Kouchnitski

Matvei Kouchnitski

My journey from Tiraspol to Melbourne

Toyva Levit

Toyva Levit

There are Different Destinies in a War

Piotr Kravchenko

Piotr Kravchenko

The story of Piotr Kravchenko, a Russian World War 2 veteran

Rudolf Khaikin

Rudolf Khaikin

My Lifelong Monologue About The War

Lev Vaynshenker

Lev Vaynshenker

A True Story

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