V-Day Salute of 1945 (PHOTO)

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazinform news agency offers readers to acquaint with a photo chronicle of the V-Day fireworks. Yet the main salute lit up the night sky of 1945 with millions of bright lights.

Victory salute of the Red Square in Moscow, May 9, 1945. It was the most exciting and ambitious. Hundreds of thousands flaming flares soared into the sky. The sky was troublous - but now no longer from the roar of enemy planes; it was the sound of the victory salute. Since then, in different parts of the Soviet Union and now the CIS, May 9 fireworks have become a tradition. Victory Day fireworks cause people to feel excitement, thrill and boundless respect for the immortal feat of the Soviet soldiers. Note that May 9, 1945 at 10 p.m. in Moscow Victory salute was made by 30 artillery salvoes of 1000 guns. the night sky was coloured by 160 spotlights rays.