Sunday

Victory Day

On Sat. we got to celebrate Victory Day. Each year on May 9th, Kazakhstan (and the rest of the region) celebrates the Soviet Union's victory and the end of WWII. The day started out with a military parade and tribute to those locals still living who are WWII veterans. The day then was filled with music and performances at numerous venues in town, and concluded with a fireworks show.

I will say, it was kinda odd watching a victory parade celebrating the Soviet Union's victory. Indeed, they were our allies in WWII, but I'm not used to seeing red stars everywhere. Growing up, red stars signified 'the bad guys'. Boy have times changed....

Below are a few pics from the events.


Petro's 'eternal flame' memorial to the fallen soldiers of WWII:

Military parade:
Local WWII veterans:
All day musical performances:
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us-in-kenya said...

I remember all too well the days of the Soviets being the "bad guys". Then you grow up and you start to realize that the "good guys" and "bad guys" are fairly well dispersed throughout the globe. Glad times have changed though!

We are looking forward to another May "victory day" on the 15th! Thanks for scheduling this for my birthday!

May 11, 2009 at 12:43 AM

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