Tuesday 10 May 2011

9 MAY SOVIET VICTORY DAY CEREMONY IN LONDON


Wreath Laying at Soviet War memorial in London

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion of the USSR on 22 June 1941 and the 66th anniversary of the Soviet and allied Victory over Fascism in WWII. An Act of Remembrance took place at 11am at the Soviet War Memorial.

Embassy officials from republics of the ex-USSR, war veteran organisations and representatives of the Stalin Society, CPGB ML, NCP, CPB and others laid wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Speeches were made and followed by refreshments and a film showing of "Hurricanes to Murmansk", a one-hour documentary organised by the Soviet Memorial Trust Fund in co-operation with the Imperial War Museum tookplace after the ceremony.



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