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May 9th 2020 is the date of 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory in the World War II (1939- 1945) and Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). It is a celebration of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany and the Axis.

Native Hungarians' initiative

In May 9th, Russians living in Hungary along with many other countries celebrated the anniversary of the Great Victory. Wreaths and flowers were laid throughout Hungary on the graves of Soviet soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War. In Debrecen members of the Debrecen community went to Russian cemetery in order to pay respect by laying the flowers, praying and planting a birch. (Birch is considered to be a national Russian tree.)_ In Kaposvár a wreath-laying ceremony took place on the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the embassies of the Russian Federation and Belarus. (source - https://russkie.hu/den-pobedy-2020-fotoreportazh/)

Hungarians took part in Festive European concert «Victory Parade» as well as Croatians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Ukrainians, Russians, etc.

Russian Cultural Centre's initiative

Russian Cultural Centre in Budapest (Director Sokolov Eduard Anatolyevich) and Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Hungary congratulated the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who are living in Budapest. (Belova Evgeniya Mikhailovna, Dyagterev Ivan Savelievich, Komkova Nina Vladimirovna, Tikhomirova Nina Vasilieva, Kholoshi Irina Dmitrievna) (source – russkie.hu, Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Hungary Source- https://russkie.hu/pozdravlenija-veteranam-velikoj-otechestvennoj-vojny-v-budapeshte/)

Immortal Regiment is a Russian national civil event which cause is to pay respects to the fallen heroes and relatives of people. This event is also a reminder, that wars must never happen again. Annual Immortal Regiment in 2020 had to take place online due to COVID-19 pandemic around the world. Specifically because of the quarantine in most European countries, the event was named "Immortal regiment - without borders" to symbolically represent that even in hard situations, nothing can stop the celebration of the Great Victory and that no virus can take that away from people, no matter where they are.

(source - World Coordination Council of Russian compatriots living abroad)