Cutting through the patriotism in Russia’s Victory Day march.
Celebrating the end of the Great Patriotic War. Photo: Jana Bakunina Every country has a national holiday which defines it. For Russia, it is Victory Day, celebrating the end of the Great Patriotic War, as the World War II is referred to by the Russians. When the peace treaty had been signed late on 8 May, 1945 in Berlin, Moscow (being in a different time zone) received the news in the early hours of 9 May. For the past 70 years, 9 May has been a public holiday in the Soviet …read more
Source: New Statesman
