"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote:

:You are a fool.
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:The Soviet Army included Georgians, Armenians, Ukranians, ByeloRussians,
:Uzbeks, Kazajhs etc. etc.

Uh, on this one, you may be, too, Keith. Combat units tended to be
90%+ ethnic Russians. The lesser races were relegated to support
formations.


Its certainly the case that SOME nationalities such as the Uzbekhs
tended to end in pioneer units but thats not universally true

Kristapor Ivanian an Armenian commanded the Red Army artillery
during the battle for Berlin

One of the two soldiers who raised the flag over the Reichstag was
Meliton Kantarija, a Georgian

The army photographer who captured the image was Yevgeni Khaldei,
a Ukranian. In fact around 25% of the red army were Ukranians.
The Soviets could not afford such niceties during WW2.

Keith