February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Chairman of the Council of the Alexander Nevsky Decoration Holders Club at the Moscow House of War and Armed Forces Veterans, participant in the Victory Parade in Moscow Col.-Gen. Sergei Stychinsky at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War and Chairman of the City Council of the Veterans of the Great Patriotic War Alexander Untilov from Kaluga at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Russian Federation Col. Pavel Syutkin (Ret.) from the Krasnodar Territory at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, participant in the Victory Parade in Moscow Vladimir Zhuk at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Senator, and Chairman of the Moscow City Council of the Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law-Enforcement Agencies Vladimir Dolgikh at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, participant in the defense of Kerch and Chairwoman of the Commission at the Council of the Veterans of War, Labor, and Law-Enforcement Agencies in the city of Zhukovsky Nina Sokolova at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, and participant in the Battle for Kursk Alexei Pikalov at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, and participant in the hostilities at the Kursk Bulge Vyacheslav Panfilov from the Leningrad region at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Chairman of the Moscow Regional Council of Veterans (Pensioners) of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law-Tnforcement Agencies Viktor Azarov at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, participant in the Battle for Kursk, Hero of the Soviet Union and Head of the Kursk Region War Veterans Council Mikhail Bulatov at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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February 20, 2015. Former tankman, veteran of the Great Patriotic War Col. Valentin Gavrilov (Ret.) at the award ceremony in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Vladimir Putin presents war veterans with medals commemorating the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. .

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Lieutenant General Sergey Stychinsky, participant of the first Victory Parade in Moscow, president of the club of Cavaliers of the Order of Alexander Nevsky at the Moscow House of War and Army Veterans, during the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. From right: Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, and war veterans Yevdokia Lemayeva, Mikhail Bulatov and Valentin Gavrilov seen here in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace prior the ceremony held by Russian President Vladimir Putin of awarding medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45."

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20 February 2015. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War at the ceremony held by Russian President Vladimir Putin of awarding medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Hero of the Soviet Union Boris Runov, member of the Presidium of the Russian Veterans' organization, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Air Force Colonel Anatoly Kokorev at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Pavel Syutkin of the Krasnodar Territory, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Yevdokia Lemayeva, a participant of the guerrilla movement in the Bryansk Region, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Nina Sokolova, a participant of the defense of Kerch, chairman of the Culture Commission at the Veterans' Council of Zhukovsky, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Grigory Yurkin, participant of the defense of Leningrad, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Captain I Rank Vladimir Maidannikov, deputy chairman of the Northern Fleet Veterans' Council of Severomorsk, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Reshetnikov at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Reshetnikov at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and ISergey Kolesnik of the Belgorod Region, a participant of the Battle of Stalingrad, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vladimir Zuk, a participant of the first Victory Parade in Moscow, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Israfil Makeyev of North Ossetia-Alania, a participant of the Battle of Stalingrad, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Nikolai Gaitukiev, Chairman of the Veterans' Council of the Republic of Ingushetia, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vladimir Ananyev of the Volgograd Region, a participant of the Battle of Stalingrad, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Nikolai Belyaev, the last living participant of the storming of Reichstag, at the ceremony held by Russian President Vladimir Putin of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Aleksandr Untilov, Chairman of the Veterans' Council of city of Kaluga, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and war veteran Valentina Kovalyova at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Israfil Makeyev of North Ossetia-Alania, a participant of the Battle of Stalingrad,at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Senator Vladimir Dolgikh, Chairman of the Veterans' Council of Moscow, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vladimir Zhuk, participant of the first Victory Parade in Moscow, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vasiy Dobritsa, a Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vakha Gakayev, Chairman of the Veterans' Council of the Chechen Republic, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Nikolai Gaitukiev, Chairman of the Veterans' Council of the Republic of Ingushetia, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Bulatov, Head of the Veterans' Council of the Kursk Region, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Nikolai Belyaev, the last living participant of the storming of Reichstag, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. The medal "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin to veterans of the Great Patriotic War in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left and a veteran following the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) with veterans following the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and war veteran Vladimir Ananyev at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Viktor Azarov, President of Moscow Region Veterans' Council, at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) speaks at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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20 February 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the ceremony of awarding veterans of the Great Patriotic War with medals "70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45" in St. George's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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