SYKT

photo diary of a provincial Russian town

2013 Moscow Victory Day Parade, now

© RIA Novosti

Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, was the date Soviet and American troops met at the River Elbe, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe.

© ITAR-TASS / © Life Magazine

Russian Red Army in Berlin on May 9, 1945

© RIA Novosti / Yevgeny Khaldei