Great-great-granddaughter of Tanya Savicheva attended the Victory Day Parade in St. Petersburg with her family

The great—great—granddaughter of Tanya Savicheva, the author of the famous blockade diary, who died at the age of 14, Elizaveta Savicheva, along with her mother and other family members, attended the Victory Day Parade on Palace Square in St. Petersburg on May 9.

"It is a great honor for me to be present at the parade. We celebrate May 9 every year, it is a very important holiday for our family and for the whole country. <...> It is a great honor for me to see veterans, children of the war, to see the children of the siege of Leningrad. And I will pass on the memory of this terrible war, this terrible blockade, as my parents did, as my grandparents do," the TV channel quotes her as saying. 78.ru .

The girl's mother, Anna, a native of St. Petersburg, added that she really associated this holiday "with tears in her eyes." She stressed that every family has heroes who are remembered and honored on this day. According to her, the Victory Day Parade conveys the true spirit of Russia and its people.

The parade on the Palace Square took place in St. Petersburg on the morning of May 9th. It began with the presentation of the National Flag of the Russian Federation and the Victory Banner.

The Victory Day parade was held on Red Square in Moscow. It began with Russian President Vladimir Putin greeting and chatting with veterans, hearing a report on the readiness of troops for the parade, and handing the event over to Defense Minister Andrei Belousov. The march was commanded by Hero of Russia, Commander-in-Chief of the Army Andrei Mordvichev.

As part of the celebration, parade crews of participants in the special military operation (SVO), soldiers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) of the DPRK, as well as representatives of the unmanned systems forces for the first time in history, took place near the Kremlin walls.

After the parade, Putin, accompanied by his foreign colleagues, laid flowers at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden. He also stressed that the crimes of the Nazis should not be allowed to be justified, and added that Russia refuses to divide the Victory into its own and someone else's. According to the President, the peoples of Russia and its allies are united by a sincere attitude to a common history, the memory of those who fought for freedom and the responsibility to preserve the truth about the Great Patriotic War and World War II.