Victoria Hnap,
bank employee
My grandparents both went through the whole war and May 9 is a great day to celebrate for me. As for that case, that Poland was attacked, I don’t even know what to say and what to believe in, because history was rewritten several times.
Oleg Tkachuk,
accountant
It’s hard to clarify what actually happened. Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Poland, but it was always disputed territory. The huge territory included Warsaw, which used to be part of the Russian empire. Anyway, everything ended well and we can just forget this.
Vitaliy Lysenko,
pensioner
I was born in 1941 and for me it’s not a celebration day, but a day to remember those who died. Everybody knows the war actually started not in 1941, but in 1939, when the Soviet government signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It was no surprise after the genocide perpetuated on its own nation.
Sofiya Turta,
musician
I think that in 1939 all actions were just in Europe and of course, any attack is bad, but let historians figure it out. I think that, in any case, memories about wars will fade away soon.
Nikolay Solovyov,
pensioner
It was a question of strategy. In 1939 the German army was quite powerful and armed, so the Soviet Union had to gain some time. They chose to sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, pretending to be friends with Germany to increase the strength of the Soviet army.
