Word Blog humble servant.Russia celebrated the 'first defeat of the German army' in World War II on Wednesday — here's what it looked like
Russia celebrated the 'first defeat of the German army' in World War II on Wednesday — here's what it looked like Christopher Woody 19h Russian soldiers in Red Army World War II uniforms sit in the back of a GAZ AA during the November 7 parade, with St. Basil Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower in the background, in Red Square in Moscow, November 7, 2018. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko When Soviet troops marched through Moscow on November 7, 1941, they were marking the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution that swept communists into power and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. Those troops didn't stop in Moscow, however. They continued on to meet Nazi troops, whose leading elements were closing in on the Soviet capital after invading in June that year. The November 7 parade has continued in the decades since. Under Russian President Vladimir Putin, the occasion has been used to mark the Soviet triumph in World War II more so th...