Not to be confused with Victory in Europe DayVictory Day or 9 May marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War (also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union). It was first inaugurated in the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the surrender document late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (after midnight thus on 9 May by Moscow Time).
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