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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

C Днем Великой Победы !


Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
From Les Miserables
"Red and Black"


When finally, the exhausted Mother Russia warily took off the protective shroud over her land and children 65 years ago today, the land of Peter the Great still bathed in the blood of angry men, of their wives, and their children.

And it is in honor of that day so many years ago, the day Nazi Germans hung their heads down low, defeated and chased out of great Russia as the night that hovered menacingly over St Petersburg for more than 900 days ended at last.

Today Petersburgers literally painted the town red as they celebrated the 65th anniversary of victory in the war against Nazi Germany. Adorned with the orange-and-black striped St George Ribbon,
man,woman and child bearing carnations and waving flags proudly marched on the streets of St Petersburg, people of a free nation.


" C Днем Великой Победы! " - To the Day of Great Victory!


Decorated veteran and the brave women who once stared war in the face and emerged victorious.


" Мы помним, мы гордимся!" - We Remember, We are Proud !


A child with the grandfather who fought so that his generation, and the ones to come, could live in a free Russia.

For the youths, the fallen ones who never saw the end of the night.


1941-1945. The years that shaped Russia into who She is today.



Patriotism. There's never shame in showing it.



Veteran's Parade all along Nevskiy Prospekt.
"We Remember what you have done for us, Russian Soldiers! "



It was an emotional scene as truck after truck of war veterans waved, sobbed, and accepted carnations from the grateful crowd that cheered "URA!" and chanted "SPASIBO!" (Thank you)



" Remember the War ! "






Read more about the Siege of Leningrad ( St Petersburg in WW2) on

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