A man reacts during an event marking the 82nd anniversary of German invasion into Soviet Union in World War Two on the eve of Day of Sorrow and Remembrance of Victims of War in Moscow, Russia.21.06.2023#8464924
People hold lit candles during an event marking the 82nd anniversary of German invasion into Soviet Union in World War Two on the eve of Day of Sorrow and Remembrance of Victims of War in Yekaterinburg, Russia.21.06.2023#8464945
People gather near lit candles forming the Order of the Patriotic War during an event marking the 82nd anniversary of German invasion into Soviet Union in World War Two on the eve of Day of Sorrow and Remembrance of Victims of War in Vladivostok, Russia.21.06.2023#8464735
Cadets attend a ceremony held on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day to mark the 81st anniversary of the Nazi German invasion into Soviet Union, at the Brest Hero Fortress war memorial complex in Brest, Belarus.21.06.2022#8221420
Patriotic action "Memory Line" on Krymskaya Embankment along the Moskva-River to commemorate those who perished in the Great Patriotic War. Participants in the action made an installation from 1,418 candles, each symbolizing one day of the war.21.06.2017#3136618
Participants in the Memory Vigil: Eternal Flame 2017 patriotic campaign lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow's Alexander Garden to honor the memory of those killed in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.22.06.2017#3136723
Participant in the patriotic action "Memory Line" lits a candle on Krymskaya Embankment along the Moskva-River to commemorate those who perished in the Great Patriotic War. Participants in the action made an installation from 1,418 candles, each symbolizing one day of the war.21.06.2017#3136616
June 22, 2018. President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the obelisks to the hero cities as part of the ceremony of laying wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Gardens on the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow.22.06.2018#5549518
The Central museum of Armed Forces. A wall at a casemate of Brest Fortress's north-western part. The words: "I am dying but I won't surrender. Farewell Motherland. 20/VII-41."01.05.1965#760832
A participant in the Memory Vigil: Eternal Flame 2017 patriotic campaign before laying flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow's Alexander Garden to honor the memory of those killed in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.22.06.2017#3136727
Spectators at the event devoted to the Day of Memory and Grief over those who perished in the Great Patriotic War in Brest.22.06.2017#3136788
Fortress’s ruins. The Memorial complex "Brest Hero-Fortress." The fortress was constructed in the middle of the 19th century. The Byelorussian SSR.01.07.1966#560436
The Kholm Gate at the "Brest Hero-Fortress" memorial complex in Belarus. The fortress was originally erected in the mid-19th century.01.07.1966#560440
Soldiers bandage wounded comrade on the South Front during the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.22.06.1941#65718
June 23, 1941. Enlisting for the front. Recruits entering Voroshilov Barracks in Moscow.23.06.1941#662758
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Moscow residents listen to the June 22 government radio announcement on the treacherous invasion of Nazi Germany.22.06.1941#636800
In 1940 Hitler signed the main directive #21 code-named Barbarossa. June 22, 1941 the German aviation went bombing Soviet cities. Germany started a war against the USSR.22.06.1941#443413
Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. June 22, 1941. Nurses helping first wounded soldiers after Nazis bombing near Kishinev. 22.06.1941#169337
A commander instructing recruits before their departure to the front. A shot from the documentary "Muscovites in 1941">01.09.1941#2150
Soldiers of the Voroshilov Regiment training before going to the front line. // Moscow, August 1941.30.08.1941#640805
Maria Shishko and other nurses going to the front line. A shot from the documentary "Muscovites in 1941".01.07.1941#2149
Vladivostok. Cadets lay flowers at the Eternal Flame of the Military Glory of the Pacific Fleet memorial during the Day of Memory and Sorrow.22.06.2015#2648522
Chita. Flowers near the Eternal Flame of the Trans-Baikal Memorial of Combat and Labor Glory.22.06.2015#2648608
Participants in the Memory Line patriotic campaign light candles on the Krymskaya Embankment along the Moskva River to commemorate those who perished in the Great Patriotic War. Participants in the campaign made an installation of 1,418 candles, each symbolizing one day of the war.21.06.2017#3136662
Memorial Candle campaign marking Day of Memory and Grief at the Mass Grave, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Eternal Flame in Petrozavodsk.22.06.2016#2878505
