Russian holidays - Day of the liberation of Adygea from the Nazi invaders

The Circassian Autonomous Region, and later the Adygei Region, became part of the USSR in 1922 The residents of the North Caucasus region suffered collectivization, the years of Stalinist repression, and occupation during the Great Patriotic War The heroic victory of the Soviet Union in World War II is the merit of its multinational people, including the Circassians, Adygeans and Abkhazians While men fought on the battlefields, their wives, mothers and children bore the burdens of the occupation on their shoulders In 1943, the long-awaited turning point occurred - the Red Army began to clear its native land of the enemy, inch by inch February 18 is celebrated as the Day of Liberation of Adygea from the Nazi invaders Before the arrival of Soviet troops, a fierce partisan struggle was fought on the territory of the autonomous region In Adygea and Kuban, a detachment of the Maikop bush operated, consisting of 18 associations, which included 14 thousand underground fighters During the occupation of the republic, 5 thousand residents were tortured and raised in fascist dungeons, among them more than 150 partisans The hatred of the invaders is understandable: from August 1942 to February 1943, the underground carried out about 200 operations in Adygea, shooting down 60 planes with military cargo and destroying almost 25 thousand Nazi soldiers The partisans cut telephone cables, blew up cars, bridges, kilometers of railway tracks and fascist ammunition depots The battle for Adygea began after the encirclement in the Stalingrad area and the surrender of German troops led by General Paulus at the beginning of 1943 Fearing that they would fall into the cauldron again, the Nazis began to abandon their conquered positions On January 21, the Red Army began liberating Kuban from the fascists, after which the Black Sea Group of Soviet Forces began expelling the enemy from the Adygea Autonomous Region The last villages to be cleared, on February 18, were Pseituk and Afipsip, Takhtamukai district This date is considered the Day of Liberation of Adygea from the Nazi invaders During the occupation of the republic, the Nazis destroyed more than two hundred collective and state farms, destroyed its industry, schools, hospitals and entire residential areas, and disrupted the operation of communications and other communications But the subversive activities of the underground significantly complicated the existence of the fascists on the territory of Adygea More than 700 partisans were subsequently awarded medals and orders for courage and heroism High awards were given to people from Adygea who were among the fearless defenders of the Brest Fortress, participated in defensive battles near Kiev, and fought in Moldova, the Don and the North Caucasus These and other defenders of the Motherland are remembered annually by the residents of the republic in honor of the holiday of February 18th More than 80 thousand soldiers left Adygea for the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, almost 37 thousand were killed or went missing On the day of the expulsion of German soldiers from the land unconquered by the invaders, they remember both these brave warriors and the partisans, who with their fearlessness brought closer the day of liberation of the republic from the invaders