Immortal Regiment
immortal regiment russian бессмертный полк romanized bessmertnyy polk massive civil event major city russia around world every may victory day celebration also public nonprofit organization created russia voluntary basis aim immortalizing memory home front worker armed force service personnel partisan personnel resistance organization personnel law enforcement emergency service involves people carrying memory war veteran participant carrying picture relative family friend served country labor sector paramilitary unit soviet armed force law enforcement organization second world war – period world war ii known russia belarus great patriotic war war included many lethal battle operation human history soviet civilian military casualty million according latest russian claim accounting third world war ii casualty full demographic loss even greater soviet union existence victory day celebrated throughout ussr soviet satellite state eastern bloc war became topic great importance cinema literature history lesson school mass medium art even name appeared similar action organized city ussr earliest known held marking th anniversary student novosibirsk school number walked street city photograph participant war square fighter revolution art procession mother black robe portrait dead son idea belonged director yulia sinelnikova took place rostov oblast postsoviet year similar event took place russia number country jerusalem citizen took street portrait soldier victory day chairman council veteran tyumen region gennady ivanov conceived parade citizen holding picture procession gaining idea organizing parade victor people portrait frontline relative walked along main tyumen street first event name journalist sergey lapenkov sergey kolotovkin igor dmitriev noticed fewer fewer veteran took part street procession victory day spirit holiday built idea created official organization may became birth date movement modern form column city resident passed street tomsk carried placard photograph relative fought great patriotic war rally called immortal regiment attended six thousand people carried two thousand portrait war participant geographical expansion event – since conceived initiative met unprecedented support coverage regional federal medium led popularity idea proposed creator action increased dramatically may community coordinator different city country began take shape around tomsk december representative city russia expressed desire organize action february number city grown also expanded four country russia ukraine kazakhstan israel hebrew חטיבת הנצח בישראל immortal regiment israel nonprofit nonpolitical organization charge event global promotion since since introduced conducted city moscow washington dc dushanbe berlin yekaterinburg received national status russia immortal regiment therefore become one important element celebration victory day russia immortal regiment held settlement country country moscow organizer proposed march immortal regiment red square obtain necessary permission corresponding request sent president russian federation behalf three public organization immortal regiment moscow allrussian popular front public chamber russian federation may event took place first time red square immediately moscow victory day parade honor th anniversary intention participate procession expressed thousand people according moscow police thousand people took part including russian president vladimir putin procession column passed belorusskaya square kremlin completed procession moskvoretskaya embankment procession cost state budget russian ruble critic even include igor dmitriev founder immortal regiment primarily alleged procession turned attempt government promote domestic foreign policy rather honor memory million perished war also come criticism charge many participant carried random photograph discarded event end summer autumn various leftwing force organized shameful regiment march photograph prominent political figure supported raising retirement age took place part russian pension protest main procession moscow usually follows moscow victory day parade morning televised event aired world front line procession carry banner word bessmertniy polk written belarus nongovernmental independent procession met strong opposition belarusian president alexander lukashenkos government give advantage governmental procession event day since president vladimir putin senior russian official participated procession moscow result covid pandemic russia postponement moscow victory day parade immortal regiment march supposed held may also postponed announced held navy day videoconference president putin defence minister sergey shoygu reason given president putin impossible observe distance definition light pandemic plan later scrapped march postponed de facto immortal regiment held may took form online webcast viewed million time first time something like held medium screen throughout moscow march cancelled pretext security opinion expressed done due fear portrait killed russoukrainian war carried possibly lead antiwar protest organizer recommended use format commemoration instead eg place portrait car windshield badge dress etc april head republic crimea sergey aksyonov announced unilateral annexed crimea may victory day parade immortal regiment march cancelled security reason four day later member organizational committee immortal regiment elena tsunaeva announced russia decided cancel march instead idea flouted display portrait veteran public well street medium screen educational institution armenia – event took place first time country organized jointly armenian immortal regiment ngo ministry defense usually begin aram khachaturian statue yerevan aside honoring memory armenian served second world war home front laborer republic period also honor fell first artsakh war nagornokarabakh clash azerbaijan – event took place first time country belarus – event took place country estonia – event took place first time country georgia – event took place first time country kazakhstan – event took place first time country kyrgyzstan – event took place first time country latvia – event took place first time country although latvia officially recognize may large russian community held procession main event near demolished red army monument riga lithuania – event took place first time country moldova – event took place first time country april president igor dodon ordered postponement diamond jubilee victory day celebration included immortal regiment march liberation day due coronavirus pandemic moldova tajikistan – event took place first time country tajik authority decided go ahead march due security concern islamic tradition approve public display picture deceased people turkmenistan – event took place first time country immortal regiment took place joint turkmenrussian secondary school military parade held square front halk hakydasy memorial complex capital ashgabat procession led cadet berdimuhamed annayev st specialized military school carrying portrait berdinuhamed annayev grandfather president gurbanguly berdimuhamedow ukraine – event took place country celebration victory day nazism world war ii ukraine annual immortal regiment march frequently disrupted nationalist waving flag antisoviet ukrainian insurgent army following annexation crimea russian federation participation kind immortal regiment often seen statement support russia foreign policy ukraine resulted event largely associated prorussian group country uzbekistan – event took place first time country authority uzbekistan refused hold rally partly recognized unrecognized nation abkhazia – event took place first time luhansk people republic donetsk people republic – following establishment russianbacked separatist region hosted event first time due ongoing war region event temporarily moved russianoccupied city mariupol procession also done following country many tradition custom israel victory europe day russia immortal regiment march held city large population red army veteran descendant vladimir putin president russia usually portrait father vladimir spiridonovich putin aleksandar vučić president serbia carrying portrait anđelko vučić grandfather benjamin netanyahu prime minister israel carrying portrait hero soviet union wolf vilenski died israel sooronbay jeenbekov president kyrgyzstan carrying portrait grandfather jeenbek pirnazarov almazbek atambayev expresident kyrgyzstan carrying portrait father sharshen atambayev armen sarkissian president armenia carrying portrait personal friend soviet intelligence officer gevork vartanian igor dodon expresident moldova carrying portrait grandfather george dodon namesake alexander dodon svetlana toma moldovan actress debuted moldovafilm minute silence pobediteli salute america time remembrance reconciliation lost life second world war victory day parade medium related immortal regiment wikimedia common immortal regiment moscow archived wayback machine usa vday remembered immortal regiment march nyc