Hero of Russia Lt. Col. Vadim Gridnev torching up an eternal flame in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill.27.12.2009#541698
From left: World War II veteran Vladimir Dolgikh and Hero of Russia Lt. Col. Vadim Gridnev with an eternal flame torch in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill.27.12.2009#541697
Chairman of the Moscow City Council of War, Labor and Law Enforcement Veterans Vladimir Dolgikh, Head of the Presidential Affairs Department Vladimir Kozhin, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, First Deputy Moscow Mayor Lyudmila Shvetsova and Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (from L to R) at the Eternal Flame in the Poklonnaya Gora square, Victory Park (Park Pobedy), Moscow.27.12.2009#540460
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov (from R to L) at the Eternal Flame in the Poklonnaya Gora square, Park of Victory, Moscow.27.12.2009#540398
Hero of the Russian Federation Vadim Gridnev holding the torch fired from the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora in the Victory Park (Park Pobedy), Moscow.27.12.2009#540397
An armored vehicle with the torch lighted from the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden in Poklonnaya Gora, Victory Park (Park Pobedy), Moscow.27.12.2009#540396
Hero of the Russian Federation Vadim Gridnev lighting the torch from the Eternal Flame in Poklonnaya Gora,Victory Park (Park Pobedy), Moscow.27.12.2009#540395
Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden extinguished during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora.27.12.2009#540362
Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden extinguished during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora.27.12.2009#540361
The former place of the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden, during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow27.12.2009#540360
Eternal Flame extinguishing in the Alexander Garden on the way to Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow.27.12.2009#540359
Vladimir Dolgikh, chairman of the Moscow City Council of War, Labor and Law Enforcement Veterans (foreground), and Hero of the Russian Federation Vadim Gridnev holding the torch fired from the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow.27.12.2009#540357
Hero of the Russian Federation Vadim Gridnev holding the torch fired from the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow.27.12.2009#540356
Hero of the Russian Federation Vadim Gridnev lighting a torch at the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow.27.12.2009#540355
Hero of the Russian Federation Vadim Gridnev lighting a torch at the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden during the ceremony of passing to Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow.27.12.2009#540354
