Makhmut Gareev Quotes

1923–2019 Russia

Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev (Russian: Махмут Ахметович Гареев) (Tatar: Мәхмүт Әхмәт улы Гәрәев) (23 June 1923 – 25 December 2019) was a Russian General of the Army and an author of several books on the history of the Second World War. A decorated veteran of the Second World War, he had a lifelong career in the Soviet Armed Forces starting from the Junior Lieutenant in the beginning of the war and reaching general rank in the 1970s.

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The Americans insisted on the creation of their bases on the territory of the Soviet Union for the war with Japan. For example, in the Kuril Islands. But it was clear that if they took these places, then at least they would not leave soon. And such proposals were also rejected.

The people of our country together defended the honor and dignity of the Motherland and its independence. The core of the state was preserved. Therefore, the defense of the Fatherland remains our duty, regardless of what state system exists.

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