Victory Day

Definitions

1. Any of various public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.
2. 9 May, celebrated as Victory Day in Russia, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
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Examples

“Victory Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union to mark⟳ the 20th anniversary of the German defeat⟳ in 1965. What had until then been just another workday became a public holiday which, as Russian historian Kirill Kobrin argues, was used from the outset as a political tool, with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev keen to use⟳ the event as a means of boosting the USSR’s image internationally.”

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