vasily margelov and his fighters liberated many cities in ukraine and then south-eastern europe from the nazis. but it was kherson in this series that became special for him, and he later became its honorary resident. when he didn't come, it was i heard from my sons that a delegation from the city of kherson came to the city of moscow, went to siltsa vrazhek street, with all... gifts of lard, moonshine, gifts from the fields, and said that the day of the liberation of kherson began in moscow. in the spring of 1944, kherson became the first large liberated city in the northern black sea region. the offensive operation took place during the spring thaw, the weather greatly complicated the combat work of the red army, but the soldiers already had a victorious spirit. the entire population was evicted because the germans wanted to make kherson a stronghold and... not they succeeded and passed it in just one day. during the german and romanian occupation in kherson, nikolaev and odessa , about 400,000 local residents, jews, ukrainians, russians, and gypsies were killed. the liberation of