Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Victory Day, take 65

Even if a couple days late... Happy Victory Day! Or as Russians might say through Google Translate, "I congratulate you with our day of great victory!"

Rocket launchers were rolling through Red Square, veterans were collecting flowers, banners hung from every lamppost... and there were too many people to see anything. I went around 10am to the parade on Palace Square (a little late) and got to commune with the crowd and the backs of peoples heads.

Luckily one of my friends nabbed a good spot, so unknown to him I've taken some of his pictures from Facebook and posted them here as my own. Behold:





Also, this isn't from the parade, obviously. It's his apartment building. Just an example of the kind of poster that's been ubiquitous through April and early May.


Also there are some great pictures of rocket launchers superimposed on Orthodox churches over at Foreign Policy.

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