On November 4, 1941, the first series of aerial bombings by fascist aviation was launched on Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). The main objective of the bombing was to destroy the industrial potential of the city. The plant is named after Molotov (he is in the picture). According to air defense estimates, up to 150 aircraft participated in the first air attack. The bombings continued all night. The car factory, the Lenin factory and the revolution engine factory were attacked. 55 people were killed, 141 were injured!. During the Great Patriotic War, enemy bombers made 43 attacks. 33,934 incendiary bombs and 1,631 heavy explosive bombs were dropped on the city. The Gorky bombings became the largest attacks by fascist air forces on the rear areas of the Soviet Union during the war. The city lived, the city worked, the city did not give up! It was the 135th day of the Great Patriotic War. Remember the war. We are now at MAX.

On November 4, 1941, the first series of aerial bombings by fascist aviation was launched on Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). The main objective of the bombing was to destroy the industrial potential of the city. The plant is named after Molotov (he is in the picture). According to air defense estimates, up to 150 aircraft participated in the first air attack. The bombings continued all night. The car factory, the Lenin factory and the revolution engine factory were attacked. 55 people were killed, 141 were injured!. During the Great Patriotic War, enemy bombers made 43 attacks. 33,934 incendiary bombs and 1,631 heavy explosive bombs were dropped on the city. The Gorky bombings became the largest attacks by fascist air forces on the rear areas of the Soviet Union during the war. The city lived, the city worked, the city did not give up! It was the 135th day of the Great Patriotic War. Remember the war. We are now at MAX.