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RIA Novosti 28.04.2010, 03:42

Victory Day rehearsal underway in Moscow

The Russian military has been holding practice drills for the May 9 parade in Red Square commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Nazis’ defeat and the end of World War II.

05.05.2010, 08:34 1 comment

St George Ribbon campaign bonds the nation in WWII remembrance

Russia has launched its annual St George ribbon campaign to mark the upcoming 65th anniversary of the victory in World War Two. The ribbon is a symbol of remembrance of those who fought and defeated Nazi Germany.

Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile (AFP Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov) 12.03.2010, 13:16 10 comments

New missile launcher to star in upcoming Victory Day parade

Scores of various war machines, including the most modern Topol-M missile units, have gathered near Moscow.

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Never say Neva – riverfront defense key to saving Leningrad

St. Petersburg, known at that time as Leningrad, is one of the Russian cities that suffered most during WWII.

20.02.2010, 15:19 2 comments

Soviet posters causing a stir

“Everything for the front line, all for the victory!” One of this year’s first exhibitions dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Soviet victory in WWII has opened at Moscow’s Central House of Artists.

06.05.2010, 06:00

Victory Day Parade: pilots ‘sweat out’ precision flying

With Victory Day approaching, Moscow has been preparing for a grand military parade with the final rehearsal on Thursday and Russia’s air fleet is doing its best to surprise and impress.

Mamayev Kurgan (RT Photo / Irina Vasilevitskaya) 09.05.2010, 08:52 1 comment

Mamayev Kurgan – a memorial to the heroes of horrendous Battle of Stalingrad

The southern Russian city of Stalingrad, later renamed Volgograd, witnessed one of the bloodiest battles known to man, which marked a decisive turning point in WWII.

R-16 24.10.2010, 18:07

Baikonur remembers killed testers

Baikonur Cosmodrome has suspended its work on Sunday as it remembers test engineers who were killed in a disaster exactly 50 years ago.

08.05.2010, 21:31 18 comments

WWII showed importance of cooperation - Obama

The Soviet Union and the US fought together against Nazism. Decades of Cold War were to follow, but US President Barack Obama told political commentator Sergey Brilev that the Soviet role should not be underestimated.

08.05.2010, 12:28 2 comments

WWII for Russia was a question of “to be or not to be” - analyst

The role of the USSR in WWII was the greatest, thinks Yury Rogulev, from the Roosevelt Foundation at Moscow State University.

New eternal flame lit as Moscow prepares for Victory Day celebrations

Published: 30 April, 2010, 14:20
Edited: 01 May, 2010, 05:29


Moscow is getting ready to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Soviet victory over the Nazis. Today the second eternal flame has been lit in Victory Park – an open-air military museum not far from the city center.

 
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Vladimir May 01, 2010, 05:23 quote
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It is all too much known a fact that SSSR (Russia) alone defeated Nacy Germany. The D day accross the Channel was just a mere cosmetics, because the backbone of the German military had already been smashed before that at Stalingrad and Kursk. Even the UK historians have recently admitted that (they did that only now for the Cold War reasons). Subsequently, Russian (SSSR) forces liberated many other countries, among which was Serbia and its capital Belgrade. It is however a sad fact, and Russian authorities should be aware of that, that the names of some central and prominent streets in Belgrade, that had previously been given names of famous Russian military commanders (general Zdanov, Marshal Biriuzov, Marshal Tolbukhin), have recently been changed into some totally irrelevent names. For example, the street of General-a Zdanov-a is now named Resavska (Resava's) street!!? For those who are not familiar with local Serbian geography I will explain that Resava is a mere geographic area in Serbia that is known by virtually nothing. It is completelly irrelevant area and replacing the street's name from "general Zdanov's street" into "Resavska street" is a nonsence. It miight be that some authorities of the city of Belgrade believe that they will become closer to EU if they remove Russian names of the streets? But the above are not just ordinary Russian names, but the names of famous Russian generals! On top of that, it was these generals who liberated Belgrade! Besides of that, one could get an impression as if some persons in Belgrade want to erode the decissive Russian contribution in defeating Nacy Germany? I am wondering will Medvedev say to Tadic (Serbian President) something on that topic? Russia, do play a bit tougher with Serbs, but at the same time, do forgive us because we have suffered a lot. Sometimes Serbs behave as a puppy dog: after having been bitten it submissively approaches to the one who bit it.

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