Post date: Sep 02, 2010 9:38:18 AM
For the first time in 65 years Russia marked the official end of World War Two with a ceremony in its far eastern city of Vladivostok.
VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 2, 2010) REUTERS - Russia marked the last day of World War Two on Thursday (September 2) with a wreathlaying ceremony at the eternal flame monument in the far eastern
city of Vladivostok.
On September 2, 1945 Japan signed an act of surrender which ended the war globally.
It was the first time since the end of the war 65 years ago that Russia has officially marked the capitulation of the Japanese army.
The new national memorial day was signed into law by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and approved by the Russian parliament (Duma) earlier this year.
Estimates say around 27 million people of the Soviet Union died during World War Two.
Ceremonies were also held in the eastern Russian cities of Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchenk.