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75th anniversary of the Great Victory

75th anniversary of the Great Victory is the day, celebrated jubilee of Germany’s unconditional surrender of it’s armed forces to Red Army and Allied forces. This day was celebrated in Russia and Belarus on 9 May as the end of Great Patriotic War.

Celebrations on 9th of May.

Large scale events were to be held to celebrate the jubilee, however due to pandemic of COVID-19 the majority of ceremonies were canceled, including a military parade, a march of The Immortal Regiment and fireworks display. Only showcase of aviation was held. The new date of parade was set to be on 24th June 2020. Because of lockdown a new format of celebrating was introduced. The Immortal Regiment was held on-line. Nonetheless, in other cities of Russia originally planned celebrations were still held. Saint Petersburg held parade of 4.5 military troops, including hundred pieces of machinery. In Volgograd, fifteen hundred soldiers took part in the parade. The major – scale display of airforce took place in Khabarovsk. It included thirty aircraft and helicopters, which flew past over the city. The performance was broadcast on local TV. The annual parade in Moscow took place on 24th of June.

This date was chosen to celebrate the historic Moscow victory parade of 1945. It involved estimate of 21 thousand of people. The parade was watched by 3.6 million Muscovites. Although, the original plan included contingent from 20 foreign countries, to march on the parade, including groups from CIS, France, the United Kingdom, the USA among others. However, due to coronavirus pandemic these plans were canceled. Only contingent of Turkmenistan took part in the parade.

After the parade Russian president Vladimir Putin, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, accompanied by heads of Abkhazia, Belarus, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Serbia, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan and South Osetia. Participated in ceremony of laying flowers at Eternal Fire in Aleksandrovsky Sad.