title: Soviet field of honour, Leusden, the Netherlands: Then and now
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metadata.value: Myachinskaya, Elvira
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metadata.value: Demers, Natalia
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metadata.value: Demers, Bert
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-09-11T11:18:29Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-09-11T11:18:29Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Myachinskaya E., Demers N., Demers B. Soviet field of honour, Leusden, the Netherlands: Then and now. Scandinavian Philology, 2020, vol. 18, issue 1, pp. 198–212.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu21.2020.113
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19428
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Sovjet Ereveld — Soviet Field of Honour or the Soviet/Russian War Cemetery in
  Leusden/Amersfoort in the Netherlands are various names of the cemetery where Soviet soldiers are buried. The Soviet Army never stepped on Dutch territory and all the
  men lying there were prisoners of war. The story told here is about 101 soldiers, Soviet
  Uzbeks, of whom 24 were martyred in the Amersfoort concentration camp and the remaining 77 were executed by the Nazis in the Koedriest forest on 9 April 1942. Together
  with other Soviet warriors, totaling 865, they are buried in Leusden under similar grey
  tomb plates, with illegible Cyrillic names that are often misspelt. These soldiers were
  forgotten until 1999 when a young journalist Remco Reiding started his investigations
  and attracted public attention to the fate of the soldiers. Now the Dutch people visit the
  graves, bring flowers and light candles, adopt the graves, contact the next of kin, and
  make it possible for them to come to the Netherlands and learn that their grandfathers
  were not lost in action, but rather they have found peace and remembrance in a strange
  land. Who are the people carrying out these activities, what makes them act this way,
  and what do they themselves think about it? These and other questions were included
  in a questionnaire conducted by the authors; the results are partly presented in the
  article. The responses demonstrate deep compassion, gratitude to the Soviet army for
  fighting the Nazis, emotional involvement, human and political wisdom, and a degree
  of openness that is emotionally powerful.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 18; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet Field of Honour
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet prisoners of war
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cemetery
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leusden
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Netherlands
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Remco Reiding
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: survey responses
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: volunteers and adopters
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: memory of the buried
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Soviet field of honour, Leusden, the Netherlands: Then and now
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
resources.filename: 198-212.pdf
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