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the Current Voronezh Shady neighborhood was once a farm there and landed two combat groups. One was the head of minow and the other Jacob Moszkowski. In 1941, Leonid G. was arrested and for seven years he landed in the camp, even as many remained in exile. But his role in the history of airborne troops, this does not diminish. Minulym associated with the rapid development of parachuting in our country.

– He was a talented pilot and at the end of the 1920s went on a business trip in the USA, plant for the production of alienarena. There he was allowed to jump with a parachute from height of 500 metres. Minow managed. Soon he took third place at the competition in California, beating the experienced athletes. Back in the USSR with Slava and patent for the production of parachutes, says the Voronezh regional specialist Vladimir Eletsky.

as an instructor minowa sent in a squadron of the 11th aviation brigade of the Moscow military district of Voronezh. Week pilots trained to jump with a parachute one by one, and then landed a group of 12 people. They picked up weapons and ammunition, which were also launched from the air, and on full alert arrived at the assigned point.

– the fact that the exercise took place at Voronezh, in the Soviet time not openly talked about. And I knew about it from the veterans of the 11th aviation brigade and wanted us to have the event immortalized. Though the memorial plaque… – says Vladimir Yelets. – Wrote in the regional newspaper, but the censors put a spoke in the wheel, saying that some geologist (I was then working in the drilling organization) disclose military secrets.

And most importantly – there was no document clearly indicating the place of the first landing. But the order of exercises 1930 enthusiast still looking. So for Voronezh-established the status of “home of the airborne.”

Today in the city there is a plaque on the headquarters building of the 11th aviation brigade, and a monument to the first landing. Though not a historic place, and in the Northern district: the area under the finished monument there was faster. Now the green area around the monument styled Victory Park and even plan to build a Museum of the airborne forces.

Well bust minowa appeared on the “right” place almost by accident. Local TOS a few years fought for the creation of a Park on the street side of the river don. Over 20 acres were hot disputes with adjoining land owners.

Vladimir Eletsky has joined the “war” as a member of the Public chamber and brought under the idea of historical database. And on the eve of the anniversary of the airborne troops bureaucratic wall finally broke. The landscaping won the grant. The monument was cast from spetsbeton local sculptor, and the money for his ransom – 40 thousand roubles, collected all the world.

Now the square plan to decorate sculptures of famous Voronezh.

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Jennifer Alvarez is an investigative journalist and is a correspondent for European Union. She is based in Zurich in Switzerland and her field of work include covering human rights violations which take place in the various countries in and outside Europe. She also reports about the political situation in European Union. She has worked with some reputed companies in Europe and is currently contributing to USA News as a freelance journalist. As someone who has a Masters’ degree in Human Rights she also delivers lectures on Intercultural Management to students of Human Rights. She is also an authority on the Arab world politics and their diversity.