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Russia honors Chinese veterans from WWII

By Wang Xu,Chen Mengwei (China Daily) Updated: 2015-04-16 03:36

Russia honors Chinese veterans from WWII

Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov presents a medal on Wednesday to Chen Zutao (C), a Chinese veteran who worked in the former Soviet Union, at a ceremony in Beijing marking the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-45). FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY

Twenty-one of the people honored were unable to attend the ceremony due to age and ill health. The embassy will present them their medals either at their home or in the hospital.

Chen Zutao, a representative of the recipients, went to the Soviet Union in 1940 to study.

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