Every year in Russia is widely celebrated on May 9, Victory Day. It serves as a reminder of the great feat of the Soviet people, who, by combined efforts, turned the tide of not only the Great Patriotic War, but the entire Second World War, rebuffing the aggressors and defending themselves. And, taking part in this holiday, we all thereby continue to transmit the memory of Victory Day to future generations.
Previously, WWII veterans always took part in the Victory Parade. But time is merciless, the years take their toll, and since 2000, veterans no longer march. From 1995 to 2008, heavy military equipment did not take part in the May 9 parade. The official peace treaty between Germany and the USSR was signed only ten years later, in 1955. Celebrating Victory Day on May 9 began on an annual basis only a few decades after the end of the war.
Now May 9th is always a day off. However, this day was a working day from 1948 to 1965. Once it was on May 9, on Victory Day, that the largest amalgamation in the history of the Soviet Union was produced. Then about a thousand guns gave thirty volleys. Thus, about thirty thousand rounds of guns were fired. On May 9, 1945, an airplane delivering documents signed by the German side on unconditional surrender landed in Moscow, at the Frunze Airport.
In the United States, people celebrate not one Victory Day, but two at once, over Japan and Germany, as these countries surrendered at different times. In the very first parade on May 9, the banner that the Soviet soldiers planted on the Reichstag building in Berlin did not participate. The Red Army took possession of Berlin a week before May 9, on the 2nd day, but the centers of resistance of German troops remained until the 9th day, until Germany officially signed the surrender.
