Lecture No. 109. “It was so far from Berlin. "The combat path of the division commander Vasily Shatylov In the 109th lesson of the School of Geopolitics, we learn about the memoirs of the hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General Vasily Mitropanovich Shatylov, "It was so far from Berlin", published by the military publishing house. These are true and poignant memories of the commander of the legendary 150th Idritsa-Berlin Infantry Regiment of the Kutuzov Division, whose soldiers stormed the Reichstag and hoisted the holy victory flag over the capital of defeated Nazism. Special attention is paid to the incredibly long and difficult path of the Soviet soldier and commander from the tragic border battles of the summer of 1941 to the victorious May of 1945. Open the new Geopolitics Schools app by clicking the button below.