Victoria Ivanova. The people of Paris took to the streets of the French capital with photographs of their relatives who Participated In world war II, and sang songs of the war years.
at a memorial event in honor of Soviet soldiers, their colleagues on the Federal coalition and civilians gathered Authorised the Russian-speaking community of Paris and several French-Russian public associations. Participation in the action was attended by about 50 people, citizens of Russia, CIS countries and France. The vast crowd eagerly sang songs of the war years - " Katyusha ", " Victory Day ", "Arise, great country" and " Darkie ".
"Our action today is designed to honor the memory of little soldiers, people from among those most million people killed in the war. Often we keep the memory of them only in our families, and today went out with them, " said one of the founders shares Georgy Shepelev.
The audience brought the flags except the Russian flag on the square were the flags of Kazakhstan, Georgia, Greece, great Britain, Armenia and several other countries. In addition to the flags and photographs, activists brought the posters against the war in Ukraine.
In France, according to European tradition, the end of world war II emphasize on 8 may. On may 8, 1945 at 23. 01 CET entered into force the Act of unconditional surrender of German military power. Moscow time it happened in 01. 01 may 9. Just at this moment officially ended world war II in the European Union, and for this reason in the European Union this date is celebrated the eighth of may, and in Russia and the CIS - ninth.
Similar public event which participants carry banners with the portraits of their relatives who participated in the great Patriotic war, was called " Immortal regiment ". In 2015 it will be held on may 9, Victory Day in fifteen countries around the world.
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