Over 1,000,000 at Moscow's "Immortal Regiment" Celebration

As part of Russia’s national celebration of their central role in vanquishing the Nazi threat, families display photos of their relative, one of the 27 million Russians who lost their lives in World War II. Since that death total in the 1940’s represented about one in every six people, very few families were left untouched. Yesterday, according to Russia’s Interior Ministry, over 1,000,000 people turned out in Moscow’s Red Square, helping to keep Russia’s “Immortal Regiment” alive and on the move. There were similar regiments appearing throughout the country, with over 200,000 in Novosibirsk and over 100,000 in Siberia’s Omsk. In Moscow, hundreds of thousands also took part in the 4-5 mile procession through the city center to Red Square.