St. Petersburg marks Victory Day with military parade, concerts

STORY: St. Petersburg marks Victory Day with military parade, concerts DATELINE: May 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of military parade, concerts marking Victory Day in St. Petersburg STORYLINE: St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia, held a series of events on Tuesday, including a military parade and concerts, to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. The parade was held on the Palace Square, with the participation of about 4,000 military personnel and more than 80 items of military equipment from the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. Concerts dedicated to the anniversary were held in various districts of St. Petersburg, with the main concert of "Courage. Memory. Victory" staged at the Palace Square. A veterans parade in vintage cars and flower-laying ceremonies were held in the city. Victory Day is a celebration of the victory of the Soviet Unio

RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-VICTORY DAY-PARADE

RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-VICTORY DAY-PARADE

(230509) -- ST. PETERSBURG (RUSSIA), May 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Veterans salute during a military parade to mark the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 9, 2023. St. Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia, held a series of events on Tuesday, including a military parade and concerts, to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

Ex-Japanese soldiers return to Japan after Soviet detention

Ex-Japanese soldiers return to Japan after Soviet detention

Former Imperial Japanese Army soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II and assigned to hard labor as prisoners of war mainly in Siberia walk on Japanese soil on June 27, 1949, after arriving at Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture aboard the vessel Takasago Maru from Nakhodka in the Soviet Union. After the war, about 660,000 veterans and civilians returning from the Soviet Union, China and the Korean Peninsula arrived at the western Japan port through 1958.