Each year YPT run a tour to take part in the celebrations. The land of Transnistria is still littered with bunkers, trenches and rusting war remains to this day. The territory was the site of the Jassy-Chisinau offensive, a bloodthirsty push into Bessarabia. It should come as no surprise that one of the best Victory Day parades can be found in the Soviet rebel republic of Transnistria. But there is good news: the days running up to Victory Day are rehearsal days which are open to the public with tanks, preparation military parades and concerts that roll on into the night! 2. The problem is, getting a seat at the actual parade is impossible for the average person, unless you’re close mates with Vladimir Putin or a president of a former Soviet republic. This is undoubtedly the most grand of all Victory Day parades. The parade takes place in Red Square, the place where the captured flags of the Third Reich were lowered and trampled on in 1945. Naturally, the best place to see the parade is in Moscow. With May 9th a staple date in YPT’s tour calendar, we decided to list the best places to watch a Victory Day parade in the former Soviet Union: 1. Typically beginning with a gigantic Soviet-style military parade, followed by patriotic speeches and national displays, the celebrations typically roll on into the night with all sorts of fascinating (and sometimes bizarre) side shows going on. Seeing a Victory Day parade should be on the top of the bucket list of all communist history nerds. It is one of the most important days in the Russian-speaking world and in all countries who fought on the Soviet side in WW2. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender, late in the evening on.

Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of the Nazis in 1945.

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