Sixty-five years ago, military correspondent Alexander Ustinov wrote: “In the early hours of May 9, 1945, most Muscovites were awake. At 2:00 am, a radio message said there would be an important announcement. At 2:10 am, radio announcer Yury Levitan read the German Instrument of Surrender and the Decree by the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council declaring May 9 Victory Day. I took my camera and went out onto the street.”
© RIA Novosti . Runov / Go to the mediabankSixty-five years ago, military correspondent Alexander Ustinov wrote: “In the early hours of May 9, 1945, most Muscovites were awake. At 2:00 am, a radio message said there would be an important announcement. At 2:10 am, radio announcer Yury Levitan read the German Instrument of Surrender and the Decree by the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council declaring May 9 Victory Day. I took my camera and went out onto the street.”
Sixty-five years ago, military correspondent Alexander Ustinov wrote: “In the early hours of May 9, 1945, most Muscovites were awake. At 2:00 am, a radio message said there would be an important announcement. At 2:10 am, radio announcer Yury Levitan read the German Instrument of Surrender and the Decree by the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council declaring May 9 Victory Day. I took my camera and went out onto the street.”
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabank...People were running out of their homes. They congratulated each other over the long-awaited victory.
...People were running out of their homes. They congratulated each other over the long-awaited victory.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabank...Red banners appeared. More and more people were taking to the streets, heading to Red Square.
...Red banners appeared. More and more people were taking to the streets, heading to Red Square.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabank…A spontaneous celebration began. Joyful people sang and danced to the accordion.
…A spontaneous celebration began. Joyful people sang and danced to the accordion.
…Later in the evening, a fireworks display was held.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThousands of mortars fired a 30 round salute in honor of the Great Victory.
Thousands of mortars fired a 30 round salute in honor of the Great Victory.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabankNikolai Kryuchkov, a military transport aircraft navigator, recalls: …On May 9, 1945, the commander allowed me to go to Moscow for three days. It is impossible to describe everything that happened that day in Moscow…
Nikolai Kryuchkov, a military transport aircraft navigator, recalls: …On May 9, 1945, the commander allowed me to go to Moscow for three days. It is impossible to describe everything that happened that day in Moscow…
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy…Everybody, young and old, rejoiced.
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…Everybody, young and old, rejoiced.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabank…It was difficult even to walk past all the people who enthusiastically wanted to greet and kiss the soldiers.
…It was difficult even to walk past all the people who enthusiastically wanted to greet and kiss the soldiers.
© RIA Novosti . Anatoliy Granin / Go to the mediabank…I was lucky to buy a liter of vodka at the train station when I arrived, because it was impossible to buy any later. We celebrated Victory Day with our families, landlords and neighbors. We drank to the victory and to those killed, wishing to never see such a massacre again. There was no vodka in Moscow on May 10, we drank it all.” Photo: May 9, 1945. Muscovites on Gorky (Tverskaya) Street.
…I was lucky to buy a liter of vodka at the train station when I arrived, because it was impossible to buy any later. We celebrated Victory Day with our families, landlords and neighbors. We drank to the victory and to those killed, wishing to never see such a massacre again. There was no vodka in Moscow on May 10, we drank it all.” Photo: May 9, 1945. Muscovites on Gorky (Tverskaya) Street.
© RIA Novosti . Anatoliy Granin / Go to the mediabankMay 9, 1945. The U.S. Embassy on Moscow’s Mokhovaya Street.
May 9, 1945. The U.S. Embassy on Moscow’s Mokhovaya Street.
© RIA Novosti . Anatoliy Granin / Go to the mediabankMay 9, 1945. Nina Yemelyanova, a pianist with the Moscow Conservatory, performing on Mayakovsky Square in Moscow.
May 9, 1945. Nina Yemelyanova, a pianist with the Moscow Conservatory, performing on Mayakovsky Square in Moscow.