The only surviving son of a Leningrad factory worker, he was born after what the Russians call the Great Patriotic War, in which they lost more than 26 million people.

作为列宁格勒一位普通工人唯一活下来的儿子，他出生在俄罗斯人称之为“伟大的卫国战争”之后(俄罗斯在这场战争里损失了2600万人)。

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The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war.

爱国阵线经过3个月的内战后夺取了政权。

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