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Article: Experience of the Great Patriotic War and current national defense problems.
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- Military Thought
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Dear war veterans,
Dear comrades,
The 60th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War and in World War II as a whole is drawing near. Our country in cooperation with the states of the anti-Hitler coalition and other countries is preparing to celebrate this great occasion in a fitting manner. Russian President Vladimir Putin, chairman of the Victory Day Organizing Committee, has approved an extensive plan of activities for celebrating Victory Day in the capital and in all the regions of the country.
The most important of these is the Victory Day parade in Red Square in Moscow on 9 May, which is to be attended by the ...