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Post by TsarSamuil on May 7, 2010 11:10:09 GMT -5
Too bad Yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore, we would probably join the parade. Neither does the Soviet Union, but that doesn't stop ex-Soviet states from sending troops. |
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Post by White Cossack on May 8, 2010 8:46:57 GMT -5
Urgh! Who thought this circus would be a good idea?
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Post by boroslav on May 9, 2010 9:40:10 GMT -5
Neither does the Soviet Union, but that doesn't stop ex-Soviet states from sending troops. Those ex-Soviet states don't rehabilitate their Nazi collaborators. |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 9, 2010 14:02:44 GMT -5
FULL VIDEO of Military Parade in Moscow on Victory Day 2010 - Part 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxPAdmlZCHIRussiaToday — May 09, 2010 — (Part 1 of 2) RT is bringing you full coverage of the Victory Day parade from the Red Square, the heart of Moscow. This year's parade is the largest commemoration since 1945, when Nazi Germany was defeated by the USSR and the Allies. Today, for the first time ever, France, Britain and the U.S. have sent their own soldiers to parade past the Kremlin wall. |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 9, 2010 14:12:39 GMT -5
Vid, en.rian.ru/world/20100509/158947918.htmlWWII Victory parade in Kiev, Ukraine. RussiaToday.com 09 May, 2010, 14:30 The Ukrainian capital is marking the 65th anniversary of the Victory in WWII along with other former Soviet members of the anti-Hitler coalition. Today’s celebrations started with the ceremony of laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and continued with the triumphant parade on Kiev’s central streets. This was the biggest military parade in history of sovereign Ukraine in terms of troop participation and hardware. And it actually is the first time since Ukraine became a sovereign state in 1991after the collapse of the USSR that Russian and Ukrainian troops have marched together in the central street in Kiev. Over 70 servicemen from the Russian armed forces came to Kiev to participate in this parade. This clearly signifies how important this day is for both Russia and Ukraine, which back then in 1945 were a single Soviet state. The celebrations will be happening all across Ukraine as May 9th festivities continue. One of the main festive venues in Kiev is the memorial complex “The National Museum of Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”. Here the veterans and all those celebrating can enjoy a theatrical performance and a concert .There is also military equipment on display. Performances for children are being held in practically every park of the capital. Up to 7 million Ukrainians perished during WWII and many were put into forced labor. Ukraine was one of the worst-affected victims of Hitler’s invasion in 1940s. Hitler saw this part of the world as very strategically important. It was from Ukraine that he planned to direct his attacks further into Soviet territory. Hence capturing Ukraine in the first days of the Great Patriotic War was his priority. The center of Kiev was set ablaze when the Germans were trying to capture it. More than 600,000 people became prisoners after Kiev felt. May 9 is a landmark day for Ukraine. |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 9, 2010 14:47:10 GMT -5
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 9, 2010 15:36:04 GMT -5
Vid by MrBulgarian (he makes lots) explaining the event. "Valor Day" - The Day of Bulgarian Armed Forces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10_9jdpsbU-------- Bulgaria Celebrates Army Valor on St. George's Day. Novinite.com Society | May 6, 2010, Thursday  Bulgaria celebrated Thursday St. George's and Bulgarian Army Day. Photo by BGNES Bulgaria celebrated Thursday, May 6, the Day of Saint George the Victorious, and the Day of the Bulgarian Army. May 6 was pronounced Day of the Bulgarian army with a decision of the Bulgarian Cabinet in 1993. Since 1998 it has been marked as a national holiday, and non-working day. Army Valor Day events are scheduled to take place around the country, including a national army parade in downtown Sofia. Because of financial trouble of the Bulgarian Defense Minister, however, the 2010 Army Day parade will be significantly more modest than last year’s. It will not feature any tanks or armored vehicles in order to save money from fuel, and only several fighter jets and assault helicopters will be witnessed at the event which started to draw a huge number of spectators in the recent years. On the sidelines of the celebrations of the Day of Bulgarian army, May 6 marks also the national feast Gergyovden, the day of one of the most popular saints - St. George, who is among the few venerated by Christians and Muslims alike. Saint George the Victorious (Pobedonosets), canonized by the Church because of his brave deeds, is usually painted on icons as riding a white horse with his lance stabbed in the throat of a beast - the dragon. Legend has it that the dragon used to attack the shepherds and their sheep and steal a sheep or a lamb. The shepherds were desperate. Then St. George appeared and killed the dragon. The holy martyr St. George the Victor has been considered one of the most important Saints ever since Christianity became the official state religion in Bulgaria in the 9th century. In Bulgaria St. George is the patron of spring verdure and fertility, and of shepherds and farmers. His Day, May 6, is believed to set in summer and the new farming cycle. A common ritual is to cook and eat a whole lamb, which is an ancient practice possibly related to Slavic pagan sacrificial traditions and the fact that St. George is the patron saint of shepherds. Special place on the table is attributed to the ritual Gergyovden bread. All sorts of bread are made for the feast - the cross bread, the shepherd's bread, the large ring-bread, as well as small ones, or the special ring-shaped bun baked by the young wife in the house. |
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Post by pastir on May 9, 2010 21:10:34 GMT -5
What unit is this that the French sent?
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 10, 2010 5:32:55 GMT -5
Here, France was represented at the parade by the Normandie-Niemen squadron; the US by a detachment from the 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment; and Poland by 75 service personnel representing the Polish army, air force and navy, the AFP reports.
Britain was represented by 76 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, wearing bright red tunics and tall bearskin caps. |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 10, 2010 6:29:33 GMT -5
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Post by CHORNYVOLK on May 10, 2010 7:53:07 GMT -5
What unit is this that the French sent? it's the surrender cheese monkees |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 10, 2010 10:28:14 GMT -5
What unit is this that the French sent? it's the surrender cheese monkees Lol, haven't heard that one in a long time or "freedom fries" either hehe  |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 4, 2011 12:57:44 GMT -5
Poll: 70% of Ukrainians see Victory Day a great holiday.
KYIV, May 4 /UKRINFORM/. More than two-thirds of those polled by the Razumkov Center (70%) view Victory Day as a great holiday, and for 23.6% of Ukrainians it is a regular holiday, compared to 4.7% who do not consider Victory Day a holiday at all.
The war against fascism the Razumkov center respondents mostly tend to call the Great Patriotic War - this opinion is shared by 66.2%. Almost a quarter of those surveyed (28.6%) call it World War II.
The idea of reconciliation of OUN-UPA and Soviet Army veterans has nearly the same number of supporters (34.6%) and opponents (37.2%). More than a quarter of respondents treated this initiative indifferently or were unable to answer the question. A few more supporters (38.1%) and fewer adversaries (31.7%) has the idea of ??reconciliation of veterans of the Soviet and German armies.
At the same time, Ukrainians are mainly negative about the initiative of establishing monuments to Joseph Stalin in Ukraine's cities. Only 5.7% of respondents supported this idea, compared to two-thirds (68%) who have a negative attitude.
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Post by White Cossack on May 5, 2011 16:18:56 GMT -5
Poll: 70% of Ukrainians see Victory Day a great holiday. KYIV, May 4 /UKRINFORM/. More than two-thirds of those polled by the Razumkov Center (70%) view Victory Day as a great holiday, and for 23.6% of Ukrainians it is a regular holiday, compared to 4.7% who do not consider Victory Day a holiday at all. The war against fascism the Razumkov center respondents mostly tend to call the Great Patriotic War - this opinion is shared by 66.2%. Almost a quarter of those surveyed (28.6%) call it World War II. The idea of reconciliation of OUN-UPA and Soviet Army veterans has nearly the same number of supporters (34.6%) and opponents (37.2%). More than a quarter of respondents treated this initiative indifferently or were unable to answer the question. A few more supporters (38.1%) and fewer adversaries (31.7%) has the idea of ??reconciliation of veterans of the Soviet and German armies. At the same time, Ukrainians are mainly negative about the initiative of establishing monuments to Joseph Stalin in Ukraine's cities. Only 5.7% of respondents supported this idea, compared to two-thirds (68%) who have a negative attitude. Very good. UPA-OUN supporters are a marginal bunch of scum. loud, but tiny. |
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Post by TsarSamuil on May 7, 2011 14:28:56 GMT -5
Vid, video.bgnes.com/view/18447video.bgnes.com/view/18450video.bgnes.com/view/18453Bulgaria's President Attends His Last Military Parade as Commander-in-Chief. Standartnews.com "This is my last parade as commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian Army. It was an honour to me and I am saying it absolutely sincerely," Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov stated as he symbolically said good-bye to the Bulgarian Army during the parade on the occasion of the Day of the Bulgarian Army - St. George's Day (May 6) which took place at Alexander Battenberg square in Sofia. Next year, the Bulgarian Army will be greeted by the new president the Bulgarians will elect this autumn. The parade was also attended by PM Borissov, the speaker of Bulgarian Parliament Ms Tsetska Tsacheva and defense Minister Anyu Angelov. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who is on a three-day visit to Bulgaria also attended the event. Diplomats and war veterans respected the Day of the Bulgarian Army, too. Bulgaria's President pointed out that Bulgaria's armoured forces should be a guarantee of the sovereignty and territorial wholeness of Bulgaria. President Parvanov paid respect to the soldiers and officers who died in the line of duty.       |
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