It is noted that among the materials, including previously unknown to the general public orders, awards documents, information about the famous Battle of Kursk and the legendary tank battle near Prokhorovka, as well as a section dedicated to the heroic deeds of the soldiers-tankers.
"Opens the section Order of the Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR No. 27 of July 16, 1946" On the Establishment of the Annual Holiday - the Day of Tankmen ". The document states that "taking into account the especially important importance of tank and mechanized forces and their outstanding services in the Great Patriotic War ...", the Tankmen Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of September and is marked by twenty artillery salvos, "the press release said.
As clarified in the department, with some published materials filed classified "secret."
On August 12, on the Day of the Russian Air Force, the Defense Ministry published documents on the history of military aviation.