The Law of Defensive War of the Persians during the Soviet era – Stalin

Joseph Stalin The leader of the Soviet Union during World War II

Military circular no 227 Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union at the time 28 June 1942 ( 6 امرداد 1321 the sun ) An address was issued to each of the armed men of this confederation, in which the retreat of the soldier in the defensive battle of the time was prohibited without receiving a written order from the senior commanders, and the punishment for violating this directive was immediate execution.. (in the law of war; Defense against foreign aggression is called patriotic battle = sacred.).

At noon of the same day, the radio of Moscow, whose sound was broadcast from the speakers of the barracks for the soldiers to hear, interpreted this directive, which it called necessary and vital, and said: Persians with such a law for a long time 12 century they had a great empire and 225 They were the world's only superpower. In that land, this law was violated twice and their empire was temporarily lost; Once against the invasion of Alexander and another time against the Arab Muslims and the gap between these two cases was more than nine hundred years and the second time they lost their military flag which was sacred to them. (Russians) We should not run away from the Germans.

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They have violated our land very violently without any reason or logic and without being threatened by us, and our defense is a holy, legitimate and patriotic stance, and therefore it should not be done for the sake of temporary survival and at the cost of killing and destroying others. Homeland, let's run away from the aggressor. By escaping and straining, the aggression will not stop ….

This directive and speech, which has formed a page in the history of patriotic wars, caused the Russians to stop and destroy the aggressor.. Bureaucracy (Unscientific administrative structure and so on: I took off), corruption of high officials, selfishness and poverty of patriotic and public thinking; Collapse the Soviet Union from within, not external aggression ….

It is interesting to know that the Soviet army used the epic poems of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh to motivate its soldiers to fight and resist the Nazi army, and the reading of these poems by skilled orators in the army was a daily task and at the same time mandatory. had been given.

The Polish army, which after the complete conquest of their country, was fighting the Nazi German army as a partisan, benefited from the model of the Soviet army and included reading the Shahnameh in its plans..

After Shahrivar 1320 Sunshine and the occupation of Iran by the Allies, the Red Army and the Polish forces, in return for the services they received from Ferdowsi's poems in furthering their goals, presented gifts and memorials to the grave of the great Iranian poet Zemin and the father of the modern Persian language, which is now in Ferdowsi Mausoleum Museum is available.

We have and have the best treasures in our house, but we are always unaware of ourselves . . .