The Soviet government announced the victory early on May 9, after the signing ceremony in Berlin. The holiday became a non-labor day in 1965, in certain Soviet republics.
The Russian Federation has officially recognized May 9 as Victory Day since its formation in 1991 and considers it a non-working holiday even if it falls on a weekend (in which case any following Monday will be a non-working holiday.
Photo above shows veterans during a Victory Day Parade in Kyiv in 2011.
Victory Day observances celebrating the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany also take place on May 9 in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
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