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Celebrating Victory Day from Vladivostok to Kazan

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Parades and celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 were held in many Russian cities... 10.05.2012, Sputnik International

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Celebrating Victory Day from Vladivostok to Kazan

08:42 GMT 10.05.2012

Parades and celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 were held in many Russian cities. This year’s Victory Day parade in Vladivostok was held on Svetlanskaya Street in the city’s central district.

Parades and celebrations marking the 67^th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 were held in many Russian cities. This year’s Victory Day parade in Vladivostok was held on Svetlanskaya Street in the city’s central district.

© RIA Novosti . Vitaly Anikov / Go to the mediabankParades and celebrations marking the 67th anniversary of the Soviet people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 were held in many Russian cities. This year’s Victory Day parade in Vladivostok was held on Svetlanskaya Street in the city’s central district.

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Three historical companies, as well as battalions and companies comprising the Pacific Fleet’s headquarters, marched down Svetlanskaya Street.

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Demonstrators carried the portraits of deceased war veterans during the “Immortal Regiment” event in Tomsk.

© RIA Novosti . Alexander Kryaszev / Go to the mediabankLenin Square in Novosibirsk. Military parade of the Siberian Military District’s units dedicated to the 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

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Lenin Square in Novosibirsk. Military parade of the Siberian Military District’s units dedicated to the 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

© RIA Novosti . Andrey KozlovThe parade on Lenin Square in Chita involved air-defense systems, Grad (Hail) and Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launchers, as well as 25 pieces of other military equipment.

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The parade on Lenin Square in Chita involved air-defense systems, Grad (Hail) and Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launchers, as well as 25 pieces of other military equipment.

© RIA Novosti . Olesya KothetkovaApart from traditional celebrations and the ceremony of laying flowers at war memorials, the “Ring of Victory” track-and-field race was held in Barnaul, the capital of the Altai Territory.

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Apart from traditional celebrations and the ceremony of laying flowers at war memorials, the “Ring of Victory” track-and-field race was held in Barnaul, the capital of the Altai Territory.

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White doves were released during Victory Day celebrations in Sochi.

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Sochi. War veterans during the ceremony of laying flowers near the Eternal Flame at a memorial to those killed in the Great Patriotic War.

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Celebrations were also held in the capital of Tatarstan.

© RIA Novosti . Maxim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankFreedom Square in Kazan. Fireworks displays were held in most Russian cities in the evening of May 9. Photo: A war veteran before a concert and a parade marking the 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

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Freedom Square in Kazan. Fireworks displays were held in most Russian cities in the evening of May 9. Photo: A war veteran before a concert and a parade marking the 67th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.