VIENNA (Sputnik) – The "Immortal Regiment" march honoring victory over Nazism in World War II has brought together some 300 people in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Sunday, thrice the amount that came to the rally last year, the organizers said.
Sofia Parfenova, the organizer of the event, told RIA Novosti that people from Germany, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and Austria had applied to take part in the event.
The rally was headed by Russian ambassador to Austria Dmitry Lubinsky, while Russian envoy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Alexander Lukashevich also took part in the march.
The "Immortal Regiment" is a patriotic initiative that commemorates WWII soldiers in marches held across Russia and other countries in early May. During the marches, people carry photographs of their ancestors who participated in the war. Some 12 million people have participated in the 2015 Immortal Regiment march throughout Russia.
This year, commemorative marches are held in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and many other countries.
