за какое великое дело свободы! gen.

[tobik]

"Помните родные, за что погибаешь, за какое великое дело свободы!"

I am unsure about the grammar of the second part of the phrase (specifically why свободы is genitive).

I currently have it as:

‘Remember my people, what you are dying for, and how a great cause is freedom!’

Is this correct, or have I misunderstood it?

[mikhailS]

Just remember ..... that you are giving your life for the noble cause of (hence the genitive) liberation

[Décodage]

"свободы" here is an attribute, it defines "дело", therefore it is in the genetive case

великое дело свободы = the great cause of freedom

[tobik]

Many thanks