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By Emma SimpsonRussia is staging its annual Victory Day commemorations, marking the defeat of Nazi1 Germany in World War II. The focus of the events has once again been on Red Square where thousands of soldiers, dignitaries and veterans, took part in a huge parade. Emma Simpson reports for VOA from Moscow.
Russian troops march during a parade to mark Victory Day in Moscow's Red Square, 09 May 2007 |
This is one of Russia's most important national holidays, a day when the country remembers its great victory over the Nazis3. The loss of human life was staggering - about 27 million Soviet citizens died.
The role of the Red Army is still viewed as sacred among most Russians and this year those marking Victory Day are concerned Russia's small Baltic neighbor Estonia has dishonored the army's sacrifice.
An Estonian government decision to move a Soviet war memorial from the center of the city to a military cemetery4 in the capital, Tallinn, resulted in outrage5 and violent demonstrations6 earlier this month in Moscow.
Russia says the relocation of the statue was an insult to those who sacrificed their lives liberating7 Estonians from the Nazis. But for Estonians, the statue was a symbol of Soviet occupation following the end of the war.
The dispute has led to a sharp increase in tensions between the two countries.
Speaking from the podium in front of Lenin's Tomb, President Putin made a thinly veiled attack on the Estonian decision.
"Those who are trying today to disparage8 those who died in the Great Patriotic9 War, those who defile10 monuments to war heroes, they insult their own people and sow disagreements and new distrust between countries," he said.
President Putin described Victory Day as a holiday of huge moral importance. Like the heroic feats11 of their fathers and grandfathers, Russians today, he said, would also selflessly defend the interests of their motherland.
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n.纳粹分子,adj.纳粹党的,纳粹的 | |
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adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃 | |
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n.(德国的)纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 );纳粹主义 | |
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n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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证明( demonstration的名词复数 ); 表明; 表达; 游行示威 | |
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解放,释放( liberate的现在分词 ) | |
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v.贬抑,轻蔑 | |
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adj.爱国的,有爱国心的 | |
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v.弄污,弄脏;n.(山间)小道 | |
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功绩,伟业,技艺( feat的名词复数 ) | |
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