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About 20 Mln People Across Russia Take Part in Victory Day Celebrations

20:56 GMT 09.05.2015 (Updated: 13:17 GMT 02.05.2020)

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Spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry Elena Alekseeva stated that about 20 million people across Russia took part in celebrations commemorating the 70th anniversary of victory over the Nazi Germany in World War II on Saturday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — About 20 million people across Russia took part in celebrations commemorating the 70th anniversary of victory over the Nazi Germany in World War II on Saturday, spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry Elena Alekseeva said in a statement.

"About 20 million people in Russia participated in the celebrations, devoted to the glorious anniversary of the Great Victory," Alekseeva said, adding that some three million people took part in the Victory Day events in Moscow only.

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A fireworks display in Moscow to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.

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Participants during the march of the Immortal Regiment Moscow regional patriotic public organization on Red Square.

© AFP 2023 / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEVAlexander Zaldostanov also known as "Khirurg" (The Surgeon), leader of the Night Wolves bikers' club, shakes hands with a veteran before the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2015

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Alexander Zaldostanov also known as "Khirurg" (The Surgeon), leader of the Night Wolves bikers' club, shakes hands with a veteran before the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2015

© Sputnik / Valeriy Melnikov / Go to the mediabankA ceremony to welcome the participants in the Our Great Victory motor rally by the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Moscow's Poklonnaya Gora.

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A ceremony to welcome the participants in the Our Great Victory motor rally by the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Moscow's Poklonnaya Gora.

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A ceremony to welcome the participants in the Our Great Victory motor rally by the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Moscow's Poklonnaya Gora.

There were about 14,000 commemorating events in more than 6,000 localities across Russia, the statement said.

This weekend, Moscow held its largest-ever military parade to honour the memory of those who fought in the war against fascism. About 30 heads of world's states and governments attended the celebrations in the Russian capital.

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