Russian servicemen in historical uniforms form a line in the Red Square Photo: ReutersRussian Soldiers March Through Red Square In Second World War Tribute -- The Telegraph
Thousands of Russian troops marched through Red Square on Monday in an emotional re-enactment of a 1941 Soviet parade that saw soldiers march straight to the front to face the attacking Wehrmacht.
Dressed in period Red Army uniforms and accompanied by immaculately restored T-34 tanks and truck-mounted Katyusha rocket launchers, five and a half thousand men and boys recreated the historic parade as surviving war veterans who took part in the real thing looked on in sub-zero temperatures.
President Dmitry Medvedev said the display looked exactly like cinema reels from 1941, while Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow's mayor, stressed the parade's patriotic nature, a quality the Kremlin is keen to instill in young Russians today.
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My Comment: It is a shame that my dad (a former Soviet soldier who fought in the Second World War) is not alive to see this today.
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