Defender of the Fatherland Day in Caracas

On February 23 in Russia we celebrate “Defender of the Fatherland Day”. On that day in 1918, near the villages Bolshoe and Maloe Lopatino, near Pskov, soldiers of the 2nd regiment of the Red Army fought with the advanced detachment of German troops, which was advancing on Petrograd. On the initiative of the Petrograd Soviet, February 23 was considered the day of the creation of the Red Army. 75 years later, in 1993, Russia adopted a resolution on the establishment of a significant day for the Russian Federation - Defenders of the Fatherland Day. In this resolution it was stated: Paying tribute to the historical tradition of respecting military work and taking into account the important socio-political significance of the existing practice, February 23 will be celebrated as the “Day of all Defenders of the Fatherland.” In this way, for the first time, the professional holiday of the military was formalized, which had a National significance, with February 23 becoming a holiday; Despite this, there was no official document, it was celebrated as the birth of the Red Army. On February 23, mass rallies were held in Petrograd, Moscow and other cities, it was a call for workers to rise up to defend their homeland. It was in 2006 when the name was decided: “Defender of the Fatherland Day.” One day after the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. On February 21, the Embassy of the Russian Federation, on behalf of Ambassador Sergey Mélik-Baghdasarov and the Military Attaché of the Embassy Colonel Sergey Nadiezhkin, hosted the reception to commemorate Defender of the Fatherland Day, the reception was highlighted with the assistance of senior officers of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and Military Attachés from different embassies in Venezuela.

Traduced from spanish by Marye Pabon