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Vladivostok's Eternal Flame burning again

October 5 2011 08:08

The Eternal Flame at the Military Glory Memorial in Vladivostok was turned on again on Wednesday morning. The local gas firm cut off supplies several days ago because Russia’s Pacific Fleet, which owns the memorial, owed the firm nearly $3,000. President Medvedev stepped in on Tuesday, ordering an inquiry and demanding punishment for the culprits. →

Babi Yar: tragedy of mankind

September 29 2011 16:53

70 years ago, on 29 and 30 September 1941, the Nazis carried out a series of horrendous massacres in Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, killing thousands of people, mainly Jews. →

Estonian veterans mark 67th liberation of Tallinn from Nazis

September 22 2011 12:35

In Estonia Second World War veterans mark the 67th anniversary of liberation of Tallinn from Nazis. The veterans are to lay wreaths and flowers to the Bronze Soldier monument at the military cemetery in Tallinn. At present, more than 8,000 veterans reside in Estonia and 3,000 of them live in the capital of Tallinn. →

Germany asks for help

September 13 2011 22:23

The UN International Court in the Hague is engaged in solving the problem of paying compensations to Nazi victims again. However, this time it is Germany that is asking for protection from Italian courts which demand reparations from Germany to Greeks whose ancestors were killed in 1944. →

World marks Victims of Fascism Day

September 11 2011 13:04

September 11 marks International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Fascism in World War Two, an annual event that has been celebrated on the second Sunday in September since 1962. The deadliest military conflict in history, the Second World War claimed the lives of more than 55 million people, riding roughshod over territories of 40 countries. →

Keep my sad story

September 8 2011 18:14

“Keep my sad story,” school-girl Lena Mukhina wrote addressing her diary in the far 1942. This heart-rending illustration of courage and fortitude saw light ahead of the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the 900-day siege of Leningrad during WW2. →

70 anniversary of the Leningrad Siege

September 8 2011 15:11

September 8 marks a sad day in the history of Leningrad, now called St. Petersburg. On this day in 1941, the city was completely encircled by Hitler’s troops. →

St. Petersburg remembers blockade victims

September 8 2011 10:22

September 8 marks a sad day in the history of Leningrad, now called St. Petersburg. On this day in 1941, the city was completely encircled by Hitler’s troops. Air raid sirens will wail this morning as the city pays respects to the victims of the siege that lasted into late January 1944. →

St.Pete remembers Nazi blockade

September 7 2011 10:56

St.Petersburg is hosting a string of commemorative events marking 70 years since the Nazis laid a siege on Leningrad in 1941. Residents of St.Petersburg, former Leningrad, will hear Shostakovich’s symphony written in the besieged city and see a film featuring rare footages and photos. →

Open Spirit-2011 over

September 5 2011 18:49

9 highly explosive objects have been found by the sailors of the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Baltic Sea water during the Open Spirit-2011 international mine clearance exercise which has recently closed. →

Russia-US motocross kicks off in New York

September 3 2011 10:22

A motocross with the participation of Russian and US bikers dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War has kicked off in New York. →

Today marks the end of WW II

September 2 2011 10:17

Russia marks the 66th anniversary of the end of WW II. On September 2, 1945, Japan signed the act of unconditional surrender, bringing to an end six years of world war. Flowers are being laid at war memorials all across Russia, and particularly in the country`s Far East- the Amur and the Primorye regions, and in Sakhalin. →

Vladivostok hosts Days of Peace

September 2 2011 09:13

Vladivostok is hosting the Days of Peace in the Pacific Festival in commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. September 2nd 1945 marked the signing of the Japanese surrender agreement and closed the final chapter on the Second World War. Commemorative events are held in cities across the Far East every year. →

The Death Match

September 1 2011 17:13

Russian and Ukrainian filmmakers have been putting finishing touches to a film about a dramatic episode of World War II just several days before September 1st, which marks the day when WWII started in 1939. The film is titled “The Match” and its main characters are football players. Our correspondent Tatiana Zavialova reports. →

Russia marks beginning of WWII allies’ aid shipments

September 1 2011 13:17

During World War II the Soviet Union found itself in a very precarious situation after being invaded by the Nazi German armies. Supplies in the USSR were running dangerously thin. The western allies, including the US and Britain sent convoys of ships, carrying supplies across the treacherous Arctic Ocean. →

Arctic convoy veterans forgotten?

August 31 2011 16:15

70 years ago, on August 31, 1941, two months after Hitler attacked the Soviet Union, the first of the 78 Allied Arctic Convoys docked in the port of Arkhangelsk in northern Russia. From August 1941 through May 1945, more than 1,400 merchant ships escorted by ships of the British, U.S. →

Northern convoys remembered

August 30 2011 19:48

Ceremonies devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Northern convoys are taking place in Archangelsk. During the Great Patriotic War, the convoys shipped to Russia, American and British military equipment,ammunition, foodstuffs and other essential items under the land-lease programme. →

Legendary Soviet spy commemorated

August 28 2011 11:41

Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Agayants, a legendary Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin. Agayants is internationally known as a man who helped foil a German operation to attack the three allied leaders meeting at the 1943 Tehran Conference. →

Battle of Kursk: Tiger and Panther tanks never succeeded

August 23 2011 21:28

Russia marks Day of Military Glory on Tuesday, which coincides with the 68th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kursk, a 50-day WWII event that played an important role in prompting the United States and Britain, then-members of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, to collaborate closer with the USSR. →

68 years since the Battle of Kursk

August 23 2011 10:58

Today Kursk, a Russian City of Military Glory south of Moscow, is marking 68 years since the defeat of Nazis in the Battle of Kursk. War veterans attended a flower-laying ceremony at the monument to war heroes and at the Eternal Flames. →

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