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75th Anniversary of the Great Victory is the massive celebration of Soviet Union’s wining the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). 75 years ago Soviet army defeated fascism. A special emblem was created for this event alongside with the list of the events that should have happened throughout this year. However, due to the pandemic of coronavirus infection, plans were changed in order to prevent the spread of the virus and keep everyone safe.

Planned Events During the Anniversary
First of all, Vladimir Putin declared 2020 to be a year dedicated to the Great Victory. Secondly, many local events were planned in all Russian regions.

There were two main events planned - Military parade on Red Square and March of the Immortal Regiment. The parade was supposed to be on 9th May (the Victory day) but took place on 24th June which was symbolic as it was the day of the first parade in 1945. All countries from the former Soviet Union were invited to join Russia during the event. March of the Immortal Regiment was postponed until it will be safe to hold it.

People
Only because of the global cooperation and negotiation, initiated by Russian president Vladimir Putin, it was possible to plan the 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory.

Many special local concerts coordinated by volunteers were performed for veterans all over Russia as well as other things (producing videos about the heroes of the Patriotic war, declassification of the documents took place in order to honor all people who participated in Victory.

Locations of the Celebration
All former Soviet Union alongside with many other countries are participating in the events of the 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory. At the same time, Moscow is the key city in honoring the Victory since the biggest events of this celebration were coordinated and happened here.

Monument
The biggest monument built especially for the 75th Anniversary is Rzhevsky memorial to the Soviet Soldier. It was opened 30th June, 2020. It seems that it is flying above the ground.