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May 9 became a non-working holiday in the Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic in 1963 and only two years later in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1965. May 9 was recognized as a national holiday by the [[Russian Federation]] in 1991 when it ascended as the predecessor regime to the Soviet Union.  In 2010 [[American]], [[British]], [[Polish]], and [[Ukrainian]] armed services were invited and participated in Victory march on [[Red Square]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlXGb0bjdM</ref>

May 9 became a non-working holiday in the Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic in 1963 and only two years later in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1965. May 9 was recognized as a national holiday by the [[Russian Federation]] in 1991 when it ascended as the predecessor regime to the Soviet Union.  In 2010 [[American]], [[British]], [[Polish]], and [[Ukrainian]] armed services were invited and participated in Victory march on [[Red Square]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlXGb0bjdM</ref>

The march of the Immortal Regiment, in which nearly 1 million people participate in Moscow and in cities all over [[Europe]], has been raised to a religious-like ceremony. Marchers carry portraits of family members who fought and died in the [[Great Patriotic War]]. The status of those family members is raised almost to [[saint]]hood in the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] which extensively uses [[icon]]s. Since 2022, participants in some of these marches have also begun carrying portraits of Russian soldiers who died in [[NATO war in Ukraine]]—portraying them as the successors of their grandfathers who fought the [[Nazi]]s.<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/20/in-ukraine-ultra-nationalists-are-the-good-guys/ In Ukraine, Ultra-Nationalists Are the ‘Good Guys’], by Natylie Baldwin, ''Consortium News, April 20, 2025. </ref>

The march of the Immortal Regiment, in which nearly 1 million people participate in Moscow and in cities all over [[Europe]], has been raised to a religious-like ceremony. Marchers carry portraits of family members who fought and died in the [[Great Patriotic War]]. The status of those family members is raised almost to [[saint]]hood in the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] which extensively uses [[icon]]s. Since 2022, participants in some of these marches have also begun carrying portraits of Russian soldiers who died in the [[NATO war in Ukraine]]—portraying them as the successors of their grandfathers who fought the [[Nazi]]s.<ref>[https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/20/in-ukraine-ultra-nationalists-are-the-good-guys/ In Ukraine, Ultra-Nationalists Are the ‘Good Guys’], by Natylie Baldwin, ''Consortium News, April 20, 2025. </ref>

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