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Victory Day: Why does Russia commemorate 9 May?

Russia celebrates 9 May to mark the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II. Victory Day was first commemorated by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1965. While marked sporadically afterwards, Boris Yeltsin revived the holiday in 1995 and Vladimir Putin has reemphasised its patriotic importance since coming to power in 2000

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