(8 May 1995) T/I: 10:49:47
Two days of ceremonies to mark the end of World War Two began in
Moscow on Monday (8/5). President Boris Yeltsin laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Tomb honours the more than 20 million Soviet soldiers and civilians killed by the Nazis. Yeltsin also unveiled a monument to the Soviet war leader, Marshal Georgy Zhukov. The celebrations in Moscow will climax on Tuesday (9/5) when more than 50 world leaders, including US president Bill Clinton will be in attendance. Others to pay their respects on Monday included former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and the right-wing extremist politician, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The visiting Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, was another leader on hand to honour the Soviet war dead. In St Petersburg, tens of thousands of people watched a naval review on
the Neva river. The review featured warships from Russia and the
western allied nations: the US, Britain, France, Belgium and the
Netherlands.
SHOWS:
RUSSIA, MOSCOW and ST PETERSBURG - 08/05
MOSCOW
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
cu flame
arrival of Yeltsin
cu Yeltsin
Yeltsin with officials at tomb with carnations
ws officials
military parade
cu Yeltsin with Grachev (defence minister)
military band
cu Zhukhov monument
gv of veterans
Yeltsin with scissors
unveiling of statue/monument
cu Zhukhov monument
veterans congratulating each other
cu monument with soldier
Zhrinovsky kissing vets
Zhirinovsky with girl in arms
Gorbachev at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Xiang Zemin at tomb
Shevardnadze at tomb
Yeltsin with veterans
ST PETERSBURG:
naval parade re-enacting events of WWII
gvs of security stepped up for VE day celebs.
03.16
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