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1st LD: Attempts to rewrite WWII history distort history conception of the youth: Putin

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

There are dangerous tendencies to rewrite history of the Second World War, which would distort the history conception of the youth, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a meeting.

Putin ordered the organizing committee, established for the 70th anniversary celebration of the victory of the Anti-Fascist War on May 9 in Moscow, to effectively counter those worrying attempts.

"This is a very important work to involve the young people in preserving historical memory about the events of the Great Patriotic War, about the key role of the Soviet Union in the victory over Nazism," Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying.

The president asked to make the anniversary celebrations part of "huge enlightenment and information work" at national and international levels. Endi