Photo credit: anvel / pixabay.com The awards of Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Maksimov, discovered by Estonian search teams at the battle sites have been handed over to the Russian embassy. They will be sent to the relatives of the Red Army soldier in the Ulyanovsk region, Sputnik...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov thanked his Norwegian counterpart Anniken Huitfeld for the caring attitude to the memory of Soviet soldiers who died on the territory of the country during World War II. The bilateral negotiations between the heads of the...
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The anniversary of the founding of the Russian Empire is celebrated today. Russia was declared an empire by Peter the Great on October 22, 1721, after the victory in the Northern War. 300 years have passed since this date,...
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The Russian Heritage in the UK society has announced a fundraising appeal for the memorial of Russian...
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Veterans, siege survivors, Russian diplomats and compatriots living in Canada celebrated the 4th anniversary of the installation of the Victory Memorial near Toronto. Flower-laying ceremony and fireworks were organized with the support of the...
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The Russian House in Bucharest has opened a historical exhibition entitled "Not subject to oblivion." The ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Turkmenistan, representatives of public organizations in Romania took part in the opening ceremony,...
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Russian-speaking bikers from Germany made a motorcycle rally to the Soviet cemetery in Dusseldorf, where the remains of more than 1,500 prisoners of war from the USSR are buried. The bikers planted red tulips at the foot of the memorial, Russkoy Pole...
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The Finnish National Archives will several volumes of documents proving the crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices from the Russian Historical Society (RHS), RIA Novosti reports.
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The "Stalingrad in British History" exhibition has kicked off in Coventry, TASS reports. Historical documents from Russian and British archives telling about the Battle of Stalingrad, cooperation between Moscow and London during World War II are...
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The German authorities are going to pay an additional pension to Jews who survived the siege of Leningrad, TASS reports. It will amount to 375 euros. The corresponding agreement was reached during negotiations between...
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The remains of four Soviet soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War have been buried in Finland, TASS reports. According to Russian diplomats, the reburial ceremony took place last weekend. The deceased were prisoners of a German concentration...
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Several expositions opened in Maribor in memory of Soviet prisoners of the Stalag XVIII-D concentration camp, which existed in Slovenia during World War II. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of Slovenia, Russian diplomats and historians,...
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The Battle of Moscow, one of the key events of the Great Patriotic War and World War II, started 80 years ago. The defensive operation started on...
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Russian war drama Sobibor was shown to viewers in Zimbabwe, TASS reports. Konstantin Khabensky's directorial debut was screened in Harare. The creening was organized with the participation of the Russian Embassy and the Harare film society public...
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The exhibition entitled "Not To Be Forgotten" has kicked off in the Slovak capital, TASS reports. The historical and documentary exposition tells the story of the crimes of the fascists directed against the civilians of the Soviet Union in...
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Reconstruction of the battle of Soviet soldiers against the Nazis took place in the tank museum of Oshava (Canada). The reenactors of the 191st Infantry Division came to Canada mainly from Russia. They conduct military and historical events in...
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The Union of Russian Societies in Sweden will hold a memorial day for Soviet sailors kept at the Bühringe camp. The event will take place on September 25 near the former camp, the program includes a flower-laying ceremony and an introductory...
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The head of The Soviet War Cemetery Foundation from the Netherlands Remco Reiding has been taken care of the war memorial near Leusden and Amersfoort for more than twenty-five years. There are 865 Soviet prisoners of war and victims of Nazi concentration camps buried in the Rusthof Memorial Cemetery. More than 700 of them are still considered to be missing. 
The biker movement emerged in the mid-20th century in Western countries. Its members sometimes interpreted the laws and rules quite freely. To this day, columns of motorcyclists in leather jackets cause puzzlement among police, drivers, and pedestrians. Russian-speaking bikers who open clubs and join associations in different countries around the world make efforts to change this attitude toward people on motorcycles. They take care of the Soviet soldiers graves, hold motorcycle rallies to commemorate war memorials, and help the authorities in keeping order.