Russia is preparing to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II with various events culminating in a grand military parade on Saturday from Red Square through central Moscow.
On a recent Saturday at Moscow’s centrally-located Victory Park, construction workers erected a temporary stage for speeches and fireworks as couples, families, and tourists strolled, biked, skated, and scootered nearby. Large posters of Soviet military leaders in World War II, known officially as The Great Patriot War, bordered the main promenade leading up to the museum dedicated to the war.
At the entrance to the museum are …read more
Source: Voice of America