The five-volume book “The Great Victory“ in Greek About the participation of Cypriots in the Second World War: “There were no military operations on the territory of Cyprus, but the Cypriots took an active part in the resistance to fascism in Greece, Spain, and Egypt.

The local population en masse enlisted in the volunteer army and went to the front.

The Cypriot regiment that fought in Greece in 1940-1941 was about 6,000 men.

Along with the male population, 778 women, mostly serving in aviation, fought bravely in the Cypriot volunteer army. He also recalled that in 1995 a memorial dedicated to the heroes of the Second World War was opened in Nicosia. There are 358 names of the fallen soldiers inscribed on it.

In 1946, similar monuments were opened in Limassol, in 1997 in Paphos and in 2004 in Larnaca.

According to M.M.Zyazikov, since 2017, no event on the island dedicated to the Great Victory Day can do without honoring the veterans of the Second World War by the Russian side.

“We value and honor the memory of generations of heroes.“