Russia builds replica Reichstag so children can recreate 1945 victory
Source: The Guardian
Russia builds replica Reichstag so children can recreate 1945 victory
Defence minister says model will allow re-enactment of Red Armys
capture of Berlin in 1945 a patriotic rallying point for Putin
Shaun Walker Moscow correspondent
Wednesday 22 February 2017 17.35 GMT
The Russian defence ministry is constructing a replica of the Reichstag at a military theme park on the outskirts of Moscow, to allow patriotic Russian children to recreate the storming of the building during the Soviet capture of Berlin in 1945.
Russias defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, announced the plan for the replica during a speech to the Duma, Russias parliament, on Wednesday.
We are constructing the Reichstag in Patriot Park, he said. Not in full, but still. Now our Youth Army guys can storm not just any old thing but the actual building.
The Youth Army was created in 2015, to allow children as young as 10 to receive basic military training and patriotic education. President Vladimir Putins opening of Patriot Park the same year fits into a pattern of rising Russian nationalism following the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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