VICTORY DAY
This day celebrates the end of The Great Patriotic War, as Russians know it, in which Russia lost 27 million people. This is a holiday with tears in the eyes. We must remember those soldiers, those brave people who stood up till death for their homes, their country and their believes.
They were not politicians, they were not thinking about anything except protecting their homes.
We must be grateful to those who put their lives on the altar of the USSR victory. We must keep their memory carefully and appreciate everything they did for us, as we are living just because they are dead.
Victory Day is a national holiday in Russia. Public offices, schools and most businesses are closed for the celebrations. There may be changes in public transport routes due to parades and street performances.
Many people watch the fireworks at night on Victory Day. The biggest parade is in Moscow’s Red Square, showing Russia’s military forces. Most veterans wear their medals as they head to the parade . Another tradition is to give flowers, usually red carnations, to veterans in the street and to lay wreaths at the war memorial sites
Symbols
St. George ribbon
people wear this black-and-yellow ribbon on their clothes
Red carnations – blood red is the color of the Soviet flag under which the veterans had fought.
Red Star medal – a military distinction for bravery .
- The Great Patriotic War is considered 1941-1945 the largest armed conflict in the history of mankind. On huge front which was stretched from Black to the seas Barentseva, from both parties battled about 12 million persons, it was applied from 5 to 20 thousand tanks and self-propelled artillery installations, from 150 to 320 thousand tools and mortars, from 7 to 19 thousand planes. And concentration of such big weight of a military technology the history of wars yet did not know such huge scope of operations .
Only Russian casualties are estimated to be up to 27 million people; whole British Commonwealth – 12 million. For example: population of Australia is about 20 million, North Korea – 23, Belgium–10 Germany- 82.
It’s death, pain, losts and tears. Broken lives, which will never see the sun, will never hug the children, will never feel the mother’s care; will never support their wives and husbands. This is the end, for them, for those who died. But not for us, for us this is a victory through tears.
This is a victory day—a great day!! !
Dear veterans! Thank you, for no war we live in, For not hearing the noise of terrible years, For giving your life away for us to live!
Congratulations to the veterans
and their ancestors on the Great Victory Day !
