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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
During the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, a group of foreign friends of different faiths and races traveled great distances to war-torn China. On the main battlefield in the East during the World Anti-Fascist War, they, together with the Chinese people, wrote a majestic chapter about the victory of justice over evil, light over darkness, and progress over reaction.
Grigory Akimovich Kulishenko, commander of a bomber squadron of the Soviet Air Force
Pictured left: Grigory Akimovich Kulishenko. Pictured right: Martyr Kulishenko Cemetery, Wanzhou, Chongqing.
On October 14, 1939, G.A. Kulishenko, leading a bomber group of the volunteer air force to aid China, raided the Japanese airfield in Hankou and inflicted serious damage on the Japanese army. On the way back, G.A. Kulishenko's plane was intercepted by the enemy, and one of the engines was shot down, as a result of which he was wounded in the chest and left shoulder. In order to protect the plane and people on the ground, the commander refused the parachute and made an emergency landing on the surface of the Yangtze River in the Chenjiaba area of Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. Two of his comrades swam to the shore, but the wounded Kulishenko was carried away by the current, and he died a heroic death at the age of 36. 20 days later, local residents found the pilot's body. They held a memorial service and funeral in his honor.
The Chinese and Russian peoples have cemented their deep friendship with their blood and lives, laying a solid foundation for Sino-Russian relations and a lasting friendship between the two peoples for many generations to come.
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