Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9 marking the final defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union in World War II.
Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9 marking the final defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union in World War II.
Photo: An officer and his grandson next to BM-32 vehicle after a military parade in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East
Photo: An officer and his grandson next to BM-32 vehicle after a military parade in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East
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Victory Day Parade in Irkutsk, East Siberia
Osa air defense missile complex on Palace Square in St. Petersburg
Students of St. Petersburg University of the Russian Interior Ministry at the parade in St. Petersburg
Veterans in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg
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Participants of the event in the Siberian city of Tomsk, dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II
Participants of the Bessmertny Polk (Immortal Regiment) at a military parade in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far East, dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II
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Veterans in Irkutsk, East Siberia, during the parade
The Siberian garrison on Lenin's Square in Siberia’s Novosibirsk
Commander of the Western Southern Military District, Lt. Gen Anatoly Sidorov, at the parade on Palace Square in St. Petersburg
Veterans in St. Petersburg
Parade in St. Petersburg
Students release pigeons at a flower-laying ceremony at the Memorial during the Victory Day celebrations in the Black Sea resort of Sochi
