""Мой отец герой Советского Союза Кузьма Гребенник в 1938–м воевал вместе с маршалом..." [My father was a hero of the Soviet Union Kuzma Grebennik in 1938, fought with Marshal Blucher on the Lake Hasan, and after the war played in Tokyo witness at the trial of the major war criminals and became the prototype of one of the characters in the film]. fakty.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-28.
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