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People of Russia,

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Our dear veterans,

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Foreign guests,

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Soldiers and sailors, sergeants,

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warrant officers and ensigns, Officers, generals and admirals,

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I wish you all the best on the 75th anniversary of Victory 

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in the Great Patriotic War.

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A victory that determined the future of the planet for decades to come 

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and went down in history as the grandest in its scale,

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significance and moral value.

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This year, the traditional Victory Day celebrations are 

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being held in Russia on June 24.

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Exactly 75 years ago, the legendary victors paraded right here,

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along the Kremlin wall, to commemorate the end of the Great Patriotic War.

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That parade went down in history as a triumph of unprecedented scale,

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the triumph of good over evil, of peace over war, and life over death.

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On behalf of all the defenders of the Fatherland,

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they threw the defeated banners and standards of the Nazis down 

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to the ground with contempt, as a sign of just retribution and dire warning.

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The combined regiments of various fronts and fleets marched 

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through Red Square. And everyone who fought for their homeland bravely,

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not sparing themselves, who returned with Victory,

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as well as millions of soldiers who remained forever 

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on the battlefields invisibly joined their firm measured march.

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Today we bow our heads to the sacred memory of all those who never came back, 

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to the memory of sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandfathers,

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husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, fellow soldiers,

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relatives and friends.

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We grieve over the veterans who have already left us.

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I proclaim a moment of silence.

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(A moment of silence.)

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We will always remember that Nazism was crushed by the Soviet people –

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by millions of people of different ethnicity from all 

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republics of the Soviet Union.

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At the front and in the rear, in partisan groups and underground resistance, 

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they fought and worked relying on their courage and unity.

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Having defended their homeland,

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they continued to fight.

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They liberated European countries from the invaders,

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put an end to the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust,

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and saved the people of Germany from Nazism with its deadly ideology.

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It is impossible to even imagine what would have happened to the world 

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had it not been for the Red Army that stood up to defend it.

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Its soldiers did not want war, or other countries, or glory, or honours.

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All they wanted was to finish off the enemy,

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to gain victory and return home.

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And they paid an irreparable price for Europe’s freedom.

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Many hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in foreign lands.

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Our duty is to always remember this.

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Remember that the Soviet people shouldered the main burden 

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of the fight against Nazism.

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In 1941, over 80 percent of the armed forces of Germany and its satellites  

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were concentrated to fight the Soviet Union.

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But this ruthless armada proved powerless against 

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the cohesion of the Soviet people.

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It was our people who defeated the terrible, total evil,

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crushed more than 600 divisions,

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destroyed 75 percent of the total number of Nazi aircraft, tanks,

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artillery units, and walked their righteous and infinitely sacrificial 

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path to the end, to their victorious destination.

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This is the main truth about the war, honest and clear. 

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We must protect and defend it,

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and pass it on to our children,

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grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Today’s military parade is a tribute to this sacred truth,

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to the outstanding generation of victors who determined 

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the outcome of the entire World War II.

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Representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan,

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Kyrgyzstan, China, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,

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and Uzbekistan will march in this parade along with Russian soldiers.

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We are happy to welcome our friends,

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guests from various countries who came to Moscow to pay tribute 

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to everyone who defended peace on the planet.

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We will never forget our allies’ contribution to the common victory,

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the significance of the second front that opened in June 1944.

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We honour the brave service members of the armed forces of all 

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countries of the anti-Hitler coalition,

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and respect the feat of all fighters against Nazism who 

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battled fearlessly in Europe.

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In the context of the challenges the planet is facing today,

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we also know, and are especially keenly aware of what the greatest 

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value is – people, their dreams, joys, hopes,

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and a peaceful, tranquil and creative life.

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We understand how important it is to strengthen friendship and trust 

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between nations, and are open to dialogue and cooperation on the most 

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pressing issues on the international agenda.

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Among them is the creation of a common reliable security system,

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something the complex and rapidly changing modern world needs.

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Only together can we protect the world from new dangerous threats.

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Friends,

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The surviving veterans of the Great Patriotic War now live 

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in many different countries.

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But their great joint feat of saving entire nations from eradication,

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barbarism and enslavement cannot be split and divided.

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That heroic deed, without any exaggeration,

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is the legacy of all humankind.

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Dear veterans, our gratitude to you is immeasurable.

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You have proven with your life and your fight how important it is to be 

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able to defend the values of peace, humanism and justice.

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We will do everything in our power to ensure that the memory of your 

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heroic accomplishments never fades.

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It is our duty of conscience and our responsibility 

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to the present and the future.

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Glory to the generation that defeated Nazism!

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Glory to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War!

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Hoorah!