Friday, 9 May 2025

May 9th is 'Victory Day' in Russia

A replica T-34 tank at the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, Berlin captured in August 2015. Photo credit: Adeyinka Makinde.

May 9th commemorates the USSR's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.

The signing of the German Instrument of Surrender took place in the late evening of May 8th,1945 which was May 9th, Moscow Time.

© Adeyinka Makinde (2025).

Adeyinka Makinde is a writer based in London, England.



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