Russia And Allies Celebrate Victory Day With Parades And Immortal Regiment Marches

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Russia And Allies Celebrate Victory Day With Parades And Immortal Regiment Marches
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28 Russian cities will see military parades on the 77th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Over 65,000 persons will take part in them and about 2,400 armament and materiel units will be presented.
 
The Victory Day will be traditionally celebrated in Russian cities with parades and fireworks. ‘Immortal Regiment’ marches will resume in a number of regions after two years from the coronavirus pandemic start.

The mass patriotic action will be held in the traditional full-time format for the first time after the pandemic

The ‘Immortal Regiment’ march will be held on the Victory Day in Moscow and other Russian cities and towns and abroad.

The mass patriotic action will be held in the traditional full-time format for the first time after the pandemic, although in some areas it will be staged on line because of the epidemic situation or subject to safety considerations.

The march where people go in the streets with portraits of their nearest and dearest participating in the Great Patriotic War is being held in Russia on May 9 since 2012. The event was online in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The immortal regiment takes place in over 70 countries worldwide, including Venezuela, China, France, Serbia, Macedonia, India, Kyrgyz Republic and all other former Soviet Union countries.

Immortal Regiment March Takes Place in Beijing – Photos

The ceremony was first held in China in 2016, with people gathering at Beijing’s Nanguan park.

 

The Immortal Regiment event kicked off in Beijing, with 350 people marching through the Chinese capital, celebrating the 77th anniversary of the Victory Day over Nazi Germany. This year, the march was held at the Russian Embassy due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

 

“The fact that we are here today proves we remember our history – in the 21st century this is especially crucial and every year becomes more and more important. We, those living today, received this memory from the hands of our fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, and we should carefully pass it to the new generations and ensure they will pass this memory on,” Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov noted, speaking to the participants of the event.

One of the participants, Chinese national Chai Eli born in 1938, told Sputnik that during the war she lived in the International Boarding School in the Russian city of Ivanovo and has attended every Immortal Regiment procession in Beijing.
 

“My grandfather took part in the war, he fought in the Far East as part of the 88th Separate Rifle Brigade, he was a battalion commander,” she said.

Chai said that Victory Day is the most important celebration for her family, and that she plans to watch the broadcast of the Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow on 9 May.

 

The Immortal Regiment event started back in 2012 as an initiative of journalists from the Russian city of Tomsk, who carried portraits of their relatives who had participated in WWII. In 2013, it was celebrated nationwide, and subsequently the Immortal Regiment became a tradition in multiple countries across the globe.

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