Anniversary of Nazi Invasion of USSR: Putin Takes Part in Commemoration Ceremony

© Sputnik . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabank The Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden.
 The Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.06.2024
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Veterans and senior Russian politicians gather at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow annually on June 22 to commemorate the start of the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a wreath-­laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Red Square to mark the 83rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
On December 6, 1966, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi troops near Moscow, the ashes of an unknown soldier were transferred from a mass grave on the 41st kilometer of the Leningrad Highway and solemnly buried in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall.
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