Happy Russian Victory Day, May 9
May 9, 2008 by ablestmage
I was loading up a 238-count slough of Toothpaste For Dinner LJ picture queues, and I noticed a bunch of the Russian journals were posting the same picture over and over (the one below). I wondered, “What, is this some holiday or something?” According to their embassy, it is. It’s “Victory Day” celebrated every May 9, to “commemorate the millions fallen in World War II. Flowers and wreaths are laid on wartime graves on this day, and veterans come out into the streets wearing their military orders and medals. Alas, there are fewer of them with every passing year.”
So email/text/IM/Skype/whatever your Russian pals and wish them a happy Victory Day!
I’m only guessing that the rest of these are related. I sure hope so ^_^
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