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Moscow / Saint Petersburg (Russia), May 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Yuri Kochetkov / Maxim Shipenkov / Anatoly Maltsev) The Russian Army on Friday held the last rehearsal before the Victory Day parade scheduled for Saturday, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi troops in World War II.FOOTAGE OF REHEARSALS IN MOSCOW (UNTIL MINUTE 3:55) AND SAINT PETERSBURG.
Moscow (Russia), May 5 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky) Moscow on Wednesday was the scene of the rehearsal of the Victory Day air program that will take place in the capital's Red Square on May 9. On that date, the victory of the Red Army of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II is commemorated.FOOTAGE OF THE REHEARSAL IN MOSCOW.
Fireworks are seen over Moscow at night to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, amid the coronavirus outbreak. With cases surging and authorities urging Russians to stay in their homes, celebrations of this year's Victory Day were muted after the Kremlin grudgingly postponed plans for a grand parade with world leaders. IMAGES
The Siege of Leningrad has become a symbol of the endurance of the Soviet people. They were fully surrounded by Nazi forces in 1941 when the city's last road connection was severed. After 872 days of bombings, starvation, and extreme cold, the siege was finally lifted, but up to 1.5 million lives were lost. People trapped in the city had to live off of one pound of bread per day. Can you imagine that?
Can you imagine 27 million of anything? The saying goes that every family in the Soviet Union lost at least one person in WWII, or what's known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Some families were completely wiped out. More than 27 million Soviet citizens died, people gave everything to save their homeland. 27 million is a vast, unfathomable number, so we tried to put it into perspective.
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