俄罗斯庆祝二战胜利闭口不提当年西方军援

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VOA Chinese, Mar 26, 2015.
www.voachinese.com/content/russia-ww2-20150326/2695279.html

Note:
(a) "曾撰写盟国援助相关书籍的俄罗斯历史学家苏普隆说，美国援助主要根据租借法案中项目，许多都是无偿的。美援总金额达130亿美元，换算成今天的美元，价值高达2000亿美元。"

Lend-Lease
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease
(enacted on Mar 11, 1941; This program effectively ended the United States' pretense of neutrality and was a decisive step away from non-interventionist policy, which had dominated United States foreign relations since 1931)

(b) "苏普隆说，苏联北部摩尔曼斯克港的外国人数量当时远远超过今天。盟国海上运输编队的船只数量最多时能达上百艘，抵达苏联港口的外国水手人数最多时能达上万人，可见援助规模之大。"
(i) Murmansk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmansk
(a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast; The port of Murmansk remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic Current [qv])

The city name comes from its location on the Murman Coast, a sea coast.  
(ii)
(A) Murman – a Coast of Hope; Where is Murman, and why do we call it 'a coast of hope'?   Murman; The Coast of Hope, undated.
www.coast-of-hope.no/
("The Murman Coast extends eastward from the current Norwegian-Russian border. * * * It is a common belief that the word “Murman” is a russification of the Norwegian word 'nordmann' (Norwegian)")

The country code "no" in the URL stands for "Norway."
(B) Click "About" in the top horizontal bar, and the new Web page states, "This website is part of the exhibition 'Murman – the coast of hope. The history of colonization 1860 – 1940,' which opened on July 1st 2012 at Ekkerøy, Vadsø [a municipality in northern Norway; which is part of Murman Coast].
(C) Both Murmansk and Murman in "Murman Coast" have the accent in the first syllable.

Murmansk
www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/murmansk

(c) "美英等国当年对苏援助通过多条线路。有的货物经过俄罗斯北部的摩尔曼斯克和阿尔汉格尔斯克两个港口上岸。另一条线路经过远东的符拉迪沃斯托克（海参崴）和纳霍德卡。第三条重要线路经过伊朗和阿塞拜疆。"
(i) 阿尔汉格尔斯克: "英语：Arkhangelsk，為Archangel的俄語拼法." zh.wikipedia.org

For its location, see Arkhangelsk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkhangelsk
(ii) 纳霍德卡  Nakhodka
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhodka
(by "Sea of Japan, about 85 kilometers (53 mi) east of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the [Primorsky] krai")

For oblast and kari, see Federal subjects of Russia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia
(section 1 Terminology)

(d) "苏普隆说，苏联经济能力有限，无法满足战争需要。比如，二战期间苏联总共生产了20万辆卡车。而美英当时向苏联援助的卡车数量为40万辆。 * * * [to Soviet Union] 美国提供了1万4千架飞机。这些飞机被美国和加拿大飞行员开到阿拉斯加后，再由苏联飞行员从阿拉斯加开到西伯利亚。苏联红军为此特别组建了5个飞行团。"

(e) photo captions:
(i) "历史学家苏普隆撰写的介绍美国援助的书《租借项目和北方船队1941-1945》。"

Northern Fleet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Fleet
(1933- ; of Russian navy)
(ii) "二战中苏军著名的喀秋莎火箭炮（右）。喀秋莎火箭炮都架在美国援助的斯图贝克（左）等型号卡车上。莫斯科去年夏季的武器展。"
(A) Katyusha
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha
(or Katusha; diminutive of Katya; may refer to "Katyusha rocket launcher, Soviet rocket launcher of World War II, named after the song")
(B) 斯图贝克  Studebaker
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker
(1852–1967; Headquarters  South Bend, Indiana; section 1 History)
* The Dutch, German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname Becker: "a baker of bread, or brick and tiles, from backen ‘to bake’"
* German English dictionary
backen (v): "to bake"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/backen