Today Krasnodar and other Kuban cities hosted military parades and festive events; flowers and wreaths was laid to memorials in various parts of the region.
In Krasnodar the parade started at 11:00 a.m. Moscow Time, it involved about 2,200 people. Then 22 items of military hardware passed along the square.
Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratiev in the morning attended the Victory Parade on Krasnodar’s downtown. Also he took part in an Immortal Regiment march to mark the 71st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
For Kondratiev, like for an absolute majority of Russians, the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 is a part of his family’s history.
The Immortal Regiment public event was first held in the Siberian city of Tomsk in 2012. In 2013, it was already held in 120 cities, and in 2014, in 500 cities and towns in seven countries. The action officially became all-Russian since 2015.
According to official data, about 27 million Soviet citizens, including both civilians and servicemen, died in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941-1945, tass informed.
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