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THE Great Patriotic War has left its mark on the collective memory of all peoples of the former Soviet Union, all member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and representatives of various ethnic and religious groups living in countries with different political, economic, and social systems. In recent years, the desire to preserve the memory of wartime events and of the Soviet people's heroic efforts that led to the Great Victory has encountered active resistance from Western revisionists seeking to rewrite history to suit the current anti-Russian ideological narrative. The position of Western revisionists often gets a positive response and support from representatives of the former republics of the Soviet Union and countries of the Eastern bloc.
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