{"id":9319,"date":"2022-05-11T02:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=9319"},"modified":"2022-05-13T02:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:48:51","slug":"russia-celebrates-victory-day-on-may-9","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/russia-celebrates-victory-day-on-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why isn&#8217;t Victory Day celebrated in Russia on the same day as Europe?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-05-11T02:06:00+05:30\">11th May 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Every year on May 9, Russia celebrates the Soviet Union&#8217;s victory over Germany&#8217;s Nazi armies during <a href=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/causes-of-world-war-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is &#8220;Victory Day&#8221;?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Victory Day marks the end of <strong>WW II<\/strong> and the Allied Forces&#8217; victory in 1945. On April 30, Adolf Hitler committed suicide by shooting himself. German troops surrendered on May 7. In most countries, it is celebrated on May 8 and is called the Victory in Europe Day (VE DAY).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n><strong>This year&#8217;s relevance:&nbsp;<\/strong>In his annual speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that one of the main goals of his &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in Ukraine is to &#8220;denazify&#8221; the country. The Kremlin&#8217;s choice of words is similar to the Soviet Union&#8217;s stand against Nazism during World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The parallels drawn with the Second World War were one of the major reasons why speculations around Russia&#8217;s actions on Victory Day 2022 keep growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why isn&#8217;t Victory Day celebrated in Russia on the same day as Europe?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n><li>On May 7, an initial document was signed in Reims, France, stating that all hostilities would end at 23:01 Berlin Time on May 8.<\/li><li>On the other hand, Russia claimed that some German troops saw the Reims instrument as a surrender to the Western allies only and that fighting continued in eastern Europe, particularly in Prague.<\/li><li>As a result, the Soviet Union demanded a new signing.<\/li><li>A second surrender ceremony was then held in a manor on the outskirts of Berlin late on May 8, pushing the ceasefire into May 9 due to Moscow&#8217;s hourly time difference.<\/li><li>Both texts stipulated that forces under German command were to cease operations at 11:01 pm Berlin Time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>As a result, in the eyes of the Soviet Union, the head of Germany&#8217;s armed forces personally surrendered to Joseph Stalin&#8217;s representative on May 9, and the instrument of surrender was signed early that morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/russia-victory-day-2022\/article65389296.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why isn&#8217;t Victory Day celebrated in Russia on the same day as Europe? 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