EVENING BELL:

EVENING BELL: Parade of the departing day On September 16, 1945, the Red Army parade took place in Harbin – the only one in honor of our victory over Japan. By order of Stalin, Harbin emigrants – Russian veterans of the war with Japan in 1904-1905 – were allowed to participate. How can Stalin’s sentimentality be explained? “The defeat of the Russian troops left heavy memories in the people’s consciousness. It was a black stain on our country. Our people believed and waited for the day to come when Japan would be defeated and the stain would be eliminated. We, the people of the older generation, have been waiting for this day for forty years. And now this day has come…”, – the quote from the Supreme Commander’s address to the Soviet people explains everything. The victory over Japan was the leader’s deeply suffered dream and personal revenge of a “man of the older generation”. No city was more suitable for the parade than Harbin. Dear city, proud and graceful, There will be such a ... Source: Lord Of War