Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the ‘Pact of Steel’; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last ‘Tonight Show.’
Thousands carry portraits of World War Two soldiers as they take part in the ‘Immortal Regiment’ march in Moscow: Russia was marking on Thursday the 74nd anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Preparations for Russia’s World War II Victory Day celebrations took place on Moscow’s Red Square on Monday. The centre of Moscow was filled with a wide array of military vehicles which were driven around the square after an infantry marching rehearsal.
The Victory Parade will take place on May 9 to mark the 74th anniversary of the official capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union.
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Highlights of this day in history: The Boston Massacre; Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech; The Soviet Union’s dictator Josef Stalin dies; Comedian John Belushi found dead; Country singer Patsy Cline killed in a plane crash. (March 5
Vladimir Putin has likened development of Russia’s cutting-edge Avangard hypersonic glider to the 1957 launch of Sputnik-1, the world’s first artificial satellite built by the Soviet Union.
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Highlights of this day in history: The U.S. battleship Maine explodes in Havana harbor, bringing America closer to war with Spain; The Soviet Union’s last troops leave Afghanistan; Astronomer Galileo and suffragist Susan B. Anthony born. (Feb. 15)
Thirty years on, former mujahideen fighters recount the days of battling the Red Army in Afghanistan after the Soviet Union invaded the country in December 1979. The Soviets left the country for good on February 15, 1989 having suffered 15,000 losses — many in the unforgiving mountain passes of Panjshir.
A tour of one of three Soviet bunkers which were presumably used to store nuclear arms, in the Polish village of Podborsko.
Polish archaeologists and scientist are certain that the facilities, which during Soviet times were officially reported as warehouses for communications troops, were in fact used to store nuclear weapons.
The top secret facilities were equipped with the most advanced security systems, including the protection from shockwaves.
The massive bunkers were built by the Soviet Union in the 1960s, in the midst of the Cold War.
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