Russia keeps celebrating victory day every year. What’s this all about?
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Like Europe’s VE Day on 8 May, the Victory Day Parade was founded in 1945 to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII.
Yet the parade does “not simply commemorate the end of the war,” explained Prof Clarke. “It represents Russia’s defeat over Nazism. As the war was a ‘near-death experience’ for the Soviet Union, the parade marks the deliverance — and so endurance — of Russia.” – Euronews.
May 9 is a national holiday commemorating the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, typically marked by an elaborate military parade in Moscow’s Red Square surveyed by senior Kremlin officials. They call it Victory Day.
It is annual event that marks the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
The parade normally begins at 10am with a review of the troops and a speech by the president. The event, which occurs on May 9 every year, is among the most-watched programs of the entire year in Russia.
Under Vladimir Putin, Victory Day has become a show of strength of troops and military hardware, as well as a chance to remember the sacrifices of World War Two. Twenty-seven million Soviet citizens died, by far the greatest loss of any country, in what Russians call the Great Patriotic War. Source: BBC