Sputnik: 10 thousand volleys fired form 15 different sites were ignited to commemorate the Defender of the Fatherland day and Red Army's 100-year anniversary in Moscow.
30 additional volleys providing the accompanying salute were fired from a different site.
Defender of the Fatherland Day commemorates the date in 1918, during the Russian Civil War, when the Red Army conducted its first mass draft.
Originally known as Red Army Day, it was renamed Soviet Army and Navy Day in 1949, and given its current title in 2002.
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Update #1: Russia Marks Red Army's Centenary (RFE)
Update #2: Russia celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day in holiday featuring fireworks, battle sleighs, shirtless races (ABC News Online)
Russia Marks Red Army's Centenary
Update #3: Fatherland day: 100 years since Red Army was founded (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: Only in Russia .... Celebrating Men’s Day in the #MeToo Era (Moscow Times).
2 comments:
They are allowed a "Men's Day?! Yet another reason why the Russians will whip the West's a$$ in a fair fight...
Anon,
I have to agree. Fortunately for us the Russians want peace with us at this time. They know we aren't on the level of them. They don't want to destroy us. They wait hoping we will get this right. I think we eventually will get this right. At some point, I pray and hope will get this right. At some point they will "pull the plug" on us. I pray we get this right before they lose all patience with us!!
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