85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
There were 64 of them: Who are they, Heroes of the Soviet Union from the Republic of Tajikistan
01.05.2020https://www.asiaplustj.info/news/tajikistan/society/20200416/ih-bilo-64-kto-oni-geroi-sovetskogo-soyuza-iz-tadzhikistana
For a long time it was assumed that in the Republic of Tajikistan there were 63 Heroes of the Soviet Union, but in fact there are 64 ...
On April 16, 1934, the Decision of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR established the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union - the highest distinction awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the state. We recall the names of Tajiks, all Heroes of the USSR and their heroic deeds.
300 thousand soldiers from the Republic of Tajikistan fought on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War. Today we publish photos and a brief description of the exploits of 64 Heroes of the Soviet Union, of which 54 are envoys of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, 5 Tajiks by nationality who went to the front from other republics: Mirzoev T., Nazarov T., Rakhimov. A., Khabiev V., Khakimov A., and four Heroes who linked their post-war life to Tajikistan Nedoshivin V., Seytveliev S., Filippov G., Khanzhin P.
Two years ago, Karsybay Spataev was first brought into the ranks of the Heroes drafted and departed to the front from the Republic of Tajikistan, taking the oath in Stalinabad and fighting as part of the 13th separate horse-drawn battalion, 61 cavalry division formed in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.

Veniamin Nedoshivin
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On January 27, 1944, on the brink of the city of Gatchina, Lieutenant Nedoshivin, at the head of a platoon, burst into the village of Pizhma, but was surrounded by enemу. Having organized a circular defense, inspiring the soldiers to the victory, the twice-wounded officer remained at duty and steadily turned the enemy back until augmentation arrived.