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How Putin uses the USSR's victory in World War II to rally support for him and the war in Ukraine
Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday, reflecting its wartime sacrifice. But it's also used by the Kremlin to bolster patriotism and regain the superpower prestige it lost when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
History Today: When Soviet Union celebrated Victory Day, marking the end of World War II in Europe
On May 9, 1945, the Soviet Union celebrated Victory Day, marking the official end of World War II in Europe. This date commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces, a
May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, the most important and ...
Victory Day is a holiday commemorating the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. The holiday is observed in different parts of ...
Vladimir Putin's comments were widely seen as a response to Donald Trump's recent post, which angered many in Russia.
Great Britain, the United States, and other Allied nations celebrated Victory in Europe Day as World War II came to an end in ...
World War II certainly brought the strands of world history together, with its global reach and its acceleration of the end ...
As World War II fades from living memory, its place in the German collective consciousness is as complicated as ever.
The battle for Berlin, unfolding in front of me in the town of Dubna, is one of many events in Russia for the 80th ...
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For Ukrainians, Russia's invasion is a 'continuation' of World War IIFor Yuriy Savchuk, the director of Ukraine's War Museum, Russia's invasion has stark parallels with the fight for survival ...
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