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Berlin Schönholzer Soviet memorial (#0402)

Berlin Schönholzer Soviet memorial (#0402)
обнажите головы!
здесь покоятся вечным сном
советские воины
герои великой отечественной воины
1941-1945
они отдали свои жизни за ваше счастье

This is closer to the translation on the Wikipedia page of: "Uncover your head! Here are Soviet soldiers, heroes from the great war 1941-1945, laid to eternal rest." Here the last line translates to: "They gave their lives for your happiness (or fortune)"

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 Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)
Don Barrett (aka DBs… club
обнажите головы! This first line must be a colloquial way and even in English comes out weird -- we don't tell people to 'take off your hat' ('bare your head')

здесь покоятся вечным сном советские воины Roughly, 'here lies our Soviet warriors'

герои великой отечественной воины Heroes of the great patriotic war
1941-1945

они отдали свои жизни за ваше счасть They gave your lives for our welfare (happiness)

I was a Russian linguist in the U.S. military in the 1960's, which resulted in a very poor Russian, but at least some sense of how to translate.
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.

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