The Order of Victory is officially the most expensive honor in the world. If it could theoretically be posted at any auction, and the starting price would be more than 20 million U.S. dollars.

In November 2023, Russia’s 155th Marine Brigade, usually based 5,500 miles away in Vladivostok on Russia’s Pacific coast, was ambushed near Vuhledar and suffered up to 1,000 soldiers killed.

People attending a demonstration in St. Petersburg, Russia, for Victory Day on May 9, 2022. PA/ANATOLY MALTSEV. Russian forces destroyed at least one bridge in the city in order to deny the ...

The Soviet Union, of which Russia was the bulk, paid an unimaginable sacrifice for its victory. More than 26 million people were killed in the war, almost a quarter of the entire population.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously used the Victory Day celebrations as a moment to push his propaganda, including a rallying cry to "denazify" Ukraine in 2021.

"Victory Day" has been rebooted since Vladimir Putin took the reins of Russia over a decade ago. May 9th is the official day that marks the end of what Russians call "The Great Patriotic War ...

Russia's Victory Day commemorations yesterday marked 80 years since the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. More than 20 foreign leaders attended the military parade in Moscow, reflecting a ...

Russian-Israeli World War II veterans wear their uniforms with medals during a march in the Jerusalem to mark Victory Day, May 9, 2017. Israeli World War II veterans from the former Soviet Union ...