Moscow & other Russian cities decorated for the 80th Victory Day (PHOTOS)

In 2025, Russia is widely celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (which is how World War II is commonly known as in Russia). Take a minute to marvel at the cities in their festive decorations!

Moscow. Smolenskaya Square

Arina Antonova / TASS
Arina Antonova / TASS

Moscow. Smolenskaya Square

Arina Antonova / TASS
Arina Antonova / TASS

Moscow. State Historical Museum on Red Square

Vladimir Smirnov / TASS
Vladimir Smirnov / TASS

Moscow. State Historical Museum

Yevgeny Messman / TASS
Yevgeny Messman / TASS

Moscow. Central Children's Store on Lubyanka Square

Arina Antonova / TASS
Arina Antonova / TASS

Moscow. Lubyanka Square

Arina Antonova / TASS
Arina Antonova / TASS

Moscow. Victory Park

Arina Smirnova / TASS
Arina Smirnova / TASS

Moscow. The Triumphal Arch

Arina Smirnova / TASS
Arina Smirnova / TASS

Moscow. Red Square

Alexei Nikolsky / Sputnik
Alexei Nikolsky / Sputnik

Moscow. Manezhnaya Square

Arina Antonova / TASS
Arina Antonova / TASS

Moscow. VDNKh Park

Ramil Sitdikov / Sputnik
Ramil Sitdikov / Sputnik

St. Petersburg. St. Isaac's Cathedral

Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS
Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS

St. Petersburg. Nevsky Prospekt

Mikhail Kireev / Sputnik
Mikhail Kireev / Sputnik

St. Petersburg. Nevsky Prospekt

Mikhail Kireev / Sputnik
Mikhail Kireev / Sputnik

St. Petersburg. Monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad 

Mikhail Kireev / Sputnik
Mikhail Kireev / Sputnik

Sevastopol. Nakhimov Square

Sergei Malgavko / TASS
Sergei Malgavko / TASS

Murmansk. "The North remembers"

Dmitry Dubov / Sputnik
Dmitry Dubov / Sputnik

Krasnoyarsk. Ivan Yarygin Embankment

Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik
Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik

Rostov-on-Don. Bolshaya Sadovaya Street

Erik Romanenko / TASS
Erik Romanenko / TASS

Volgograd. 'Motherland Calls!' monument

Kirill Braga / Sputnik
Kirill Braga / Sputnik

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