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News 10:17/26.04.2005 Border units in North Caucasus reinforced on the eve of VE-Day The Federal Security Service’s regional border department in the North Caucasus received security reinforcements on Monday in the run-up to VE-Day celebrations in May. 09:12/26.04.2005 Izvestia to publish a VE-Day issue supplement On May 6, the daily newspaper Izvestia is scheduled to publish its May 9, 1945 issue as supplement, the newspaper reported Tuesday. 05:40/26.04.2005 Bronze bust of Joseph Stalin to be installed in Krasnoyarsk Bronze busts of Supreme Commander of the Soviet Armed Forces Generalissimo Joseph Stalin and Marshal Georgy Zhukov will be erected in Krasnoyarsk to mark the 60th anniversary of VE-Day if activists have their way. 04:47/26.04.2005 International Victory Marathon to be held in St. Petersburg The presentation of the Russian leg of the International Victory Marathon will be hosted by the Moussorgsky Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet here. The evening will begin with an address by Governor Valentina Matviyenko and presidential representative in the Northwestern Federal District Ilya Klebanov. 04:45/26.04.2005 Photo Exhibition of WWII partisans A photo exhibition of World War II partisans in Moscow is being held in celebration of VE-Day’s 60th anniversary. It consists of 320 photographs from the Russian State Archives of Cinema and Photo Documents taken by Max Alpert, Leonid Velikzhanin, Yakov Davidzon, Georgy Petrusov, Vsevolod Tarasevich, Mikhail Trakhman, Pavel Troshkin, Arkady Shaikhet and other veterans of Russian wartime photography. 04:43/26.04.2005 RIA Novosti photo exhibition opens in Palace of Europe A RIA Novosti exhibition of wartime photographs by Vsevolod Tarasevich will open in the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg in conjunction with Tuesday’s PACE Session. The exhibition is timed for the 60th anniversary of victory in World War II. 04:41/26.04.2005 Access to Red Square to be limited during VE-Day preparations Access to Red Square will be limited during preparations for the Victory parade. 04:38/26.04.2005 Kremlin Palace’s Banquet Hall modernized for victory party The State Kremlin Palace’s Banquet Hall is being overhauled in time for VE-Day’s 60th anniversary celebration on May 9. 22:48/25.04.2005 U.S. veteran awarded Russian medal in Washington The historical linkup of Soviet and U.S. troops on the Elbe 60 years ago signified the imminent end of the war, said Bernard Cohn, who was a sapper in the 84th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during WWII. 21:14/25.04.2005 U.S. veterans awarded Russian medals in Washington The historical linkup of Soviet and U.S. troops on the Elbe 60 years ago signified the imminent end of the war, said Bernard Cohn, who was a sapper in the 84th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army during WWII. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. 7.. 8.. 9.. 10.. 11.. 12.. 13.. 14.. 15.. 16.. 17.. 18.. 19.. 20.. 21.. 22.. 23.. 24.. 25.. 26.. 27.. 28.. 29.. 30.. 31.. 32.. 33.. 34.. 35.. 36.. 37.. 38.. 39.. 40.. 41.. 42.. 43.. 44.. 45.. 46.. 47.. 48.. 49.. 50.. 51.. 52.. 53.. 54.. 55.. 56

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