Victory Day celebrations on May 9, 2011
Vladivostok in the Russian Far East was one of the first Russian cities to celebrate the 66th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II. A military parade in the central square.
At the Officer House everyone was treated to “battle front” porridge and the veterans shared out their 100 gram rations.
Veterans at a parade marking the 66th anniversary of Soviet victory in World War II, Volgograd.
Soldiers from the Volgograd Garrison march through Pavshikh Bortsov square in the center of Volgograd on Victory Day.
By tradition, thousands of people go to Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex near Volgograd remember the victims of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Military hardware in the Kaliningrad parade: S-300 air defense systems, BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, BRDM vehicles, large-caliber Giatsint artillery systems and modified Katyusha rocket launch systems Grad.
Victory Parade in Kaliningrad.
Military parade on Dvortsovaya Square, St. Petersburg. For the first time, Iskander tactical surface-to-surface missile launchers were included in the parade.
BM-27 Uragan self-propelled multiple rocket launchers in the Victory Day parade in Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg.
BTR-80 armored personnel carriers during the Victory Day parade in Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg.
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the 2011 Victory Day parade in Kazan.
Suvorov Military School student giving flowers to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War in Kazan.
A World War II veteran at a parade celebrating the 66th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, Kazan.
