{"id":7492,"date":"2004-05-09T16:34:33","date_gmt":"2004-05-09T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/05\/09\/victory-day\/"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"victory-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/05\/09\/victory-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20040509-victory.jpg\" alt=\"Victory\">Today is a big holiday in Russia &#8211; <b>The Victory Day<\/b>.  On May 9, 1945 Soviet soldiers put the flag of USSR on German&#8217;s government headquarters &#8211; Reichstag, signalling an end of the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p>59 years passed since that day.  Most of the people who survived that war are dead now.  But there are still a few.  And it&#8217;s sad to see how they are living their last years.  My father&#8217;s parents were teenagers during that war and they are still alive.  But it seems that noone cares.  The country is greatful to these people.  That&#8217;s why my granma has a penssion of 12 US dollars per month and my grandpa has 13 bucks.  Some appreciation, isn&#8217;t it?  This is ugly as hell. :(<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I congratulate everyone with this huge holiday and I hope those who were envolved in any way have the chance to celebrate.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Today is a big holiday in Russia &#8211; The Victory Day. On May 9, 1945 Soviet soldiers put the flag of USSR on German&#8217;s government headquarters &#8211; Reichstag, signalling an end of the Second World War. 59 years passed since that day. Most of the people who survived that war are dead now. 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