Day of Unknown Soldier in Russia

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A serviceman of the Honor Guard holds a torch with the Eternal Flame near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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A serviceman of the Honor Guard holds a torch with the Eternal Flame near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier wall on Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23, 2017.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier wall on Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23, 2017.

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Participants in a solemn rally in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, organized in honor of the Day of the Unknown Soldier, line up in the shape of a star.

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Participants in a solemn rally in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, organized in honor of the Day of the Unknown Soldier, line up in the shape of a star.

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Participants in a solemn rally in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

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Participants in a solemn rally in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

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Citizens at the all-Russian event "Candle of Memory" at the Memorial Complex "Mass Grave and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the Eternal Flame of Glory" in Petrozavodsk.

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Citizens at the all-Russian event "Candle of Memory" at the Memorial Complex "Mass Grave and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the Eternal Flame of Glory" in Petrozavodsk.

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Commemorative events take place on the Glory Square in Samara, dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day.

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Commemorative events take place on the Glory Square in Samara, dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day.

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Members of the Yunarmiya (lit. Young Army) public movement lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

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Members of the Yunarmiya (lit. Young Army) public movement lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

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Opening of the monument to the Soviet Soldier on the territory of the Sinyavinsky Heights memorial in the Leningrad region.

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Opening of the monument to the Soviet Soldier on the territory of the Sinyavinsky Heights memorial in the Leningrad region.

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Military personnel at the flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall, February 23, 2022.

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Military personnel at the flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall, February 23, 2022.

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Cadets of the Ural Fire and Rescue Training Center at a solemn meeting dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day at the the Shirokorechensky Memorial in Yekaterinburg.

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Cadets of the Ural Fire and Rescue Training Center at a solemn meeting dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day at the the Shirokorechensky Memorial in Yekaterinburg.

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A clergyman at the reburial ceremony of the remains of Red Army soldiers discovered by search groups of the Republican Search Association "Donbass" in Amvrosievka.

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A clergyman at the reburial ceremony of the remains of Red Army soldiers discovered by search groups of the Republican Search Association "Donbass" in Amvrosievka.

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Youth participate in the commemorative events dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day in Glory Square in Samara. The Monument of Glory is seen behind their backs.

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Youth participate in the commemorative events dedicated to the Unknown Soldier Day in Glory Square in Samara. The Monument of Glory is seen behind their backs.

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