'Your Name is Unknown, Your Feat is Immortal' - Russia Celebrates Unknown Soldier Day
'Your Name is Unknown, Your Feat is Immortal' - Russia Celebrates Unknown Soldier Day
Sputnik International
On December 3, Russia celebrates Unknown Soldier Day – a tribute to those defenders of the Motherland who perished during the World War II (the Great Patriotic War in Russia).
On December 3, 1966, Russia commemorated the 25th anniversary of Nazi defeat around Moscow and the ashes of an unknown soldier were buried near the wall of the Kremlin.The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is illuminated by the Eternal Flame to mark the importance of people’s sacrifices during Nazi invasion. Earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the memory of the heroes who fought against Nazi Germany is “sacred.”
On December 3, Russia celebrates Unknown Soldier Day – a tribute to those defenders of the Motherland who perished during World War II (the Great Patriotic War).
On December 3, 1966, Russia commemorated the 25th anniversary of Nazi defeat around Moscow and the ashes of an unknown soldier were buried near the wall of the Kremlin.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is illuminated by the Eternal Flame to mark the importance of people’s sacrifices during Nazi invasion. Earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the memory of the heroes who fought against Nazi Germany is “sacred.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier wall on Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23, 2017.
Participants in a solemn rally in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, organized in honor of the Day of the Unknown Soldier, line up in the shape of a star.
Citizens at the all-Russian event "Candle of Memory" at the Memorial Complex "Mass Grave and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the Eternal Flame of Glory" in Petrozavodsk.
Cadets of the Ural Fire and Rescue Training Center at a solemn meeting dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day at the the Shirokorechensky Memorial in Yekaterinburg.
A clergyman at the reburial ceremony of the remains of Red Army soldiers discovered by search groups of the Republican Search Association "Donbass" in Amvrosievka.
Youth participate in the commemorative events dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day in Glory Square in Samara. The Monument of Glory is seen behind their backs.
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