80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War

This year, our country celebrates the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany and its allies.

The victory came at a great cost.

Nazi Germany together with its allies set the task of destroying the USSR and Russian statehood.

The victory of the USSR with the allied USA, Great Britain, with the armies of Poland, Czechoslovakia as part of the Red Army, and the anti-fascist Resistance of France, Yugoslavia, Greece, etc. determined the post-war order and the World for decades.

Together with Nazi Germany, the USSR was invaded by the troops of its allies: Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, and Austria.
All kinds of voluntary "fighters against Bolshevism" from Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Spain fought against the Soviet Union in the ranks of the German army and SS units.
In the war against the Soviet Union, the economic potential of all European countries, including even officially neutral ones, was used.

The losses of the USSR amounted according to different sources:
armed forces - up to 10,922,000;
civilians - 17,931,600;
total dead - 26,600,600;

Enemy Armed Forces losses on the Soviet-German front - 11,800,000,
including:
- Germany - up to 5,318,000;
- Hungary - up to 713,767;
- Romania - 332,370;
- Finland - 218,377;
- Italy, 184,000;
- Slovakia - up to 30,000;
- Croatia - over 21,182;
- Czech Republic, up to 1,000;
Volunteers on the German side:
- Czechs and Slovaks - over 69,977;
- French, over 29,000;
- Danes, over 9,506;
- Norwegians, over 7,078;
- Dutch over 14,727;
- Flemish (Belgians, Luxembourgers, French, Spaniards, Albanians, Indians, Arabs) - over 12,507;
- Swedes - over 600;
- etc. These losses do not include the so-called Banderovites, Vlasovites, Forest Brothers.

On June 24, 1945, the Victory Parade took place on Red Square. Trophy banners of the defeated enemy were thrown at the foot of the Lenin Mausoleum.

The holiday was established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 8, 1945 and is celebrated on May 9 every year.
In 1945-1947 and since 1965 Victory Day is a non-working holiday.

On Victory Day, military parades and festive fireworks will be held in many Russian cities, in Moscow - a military parade and an organized procession to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a wreath-laying ceremony.

Happy Great Victory Day!