This was just so surreal I couldn't not post about it. Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9 this year. It is a celebration of the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union during World War II. Our apartment was on the main street in Moscow. It leads from the Kremlin north out of the city all the way to Tver. Every year Russia has a big parade down Tvertskaya street. On this night they decided to have "parade practice". They shut down the street at 6 pm and by 7:30 or so the soldiers started appearing. They lined up and down the street behind barricades. The street sweepers came, back and fort up and down the street. Then the Russian military hardware began to show up! Tanks, Missile Launchers, Hum Vs, basically every piece of military machinery they had drove up and down the street! It was crazy! Being in Moscow for the first time as a foreigner can be intimidating let alone seeing massive tanks, and what looked like nuclear weapons parade up and down the street outside your window! We had front row seats! It was amazing and something we will never forget. Check out the pics!
This went on for hours. They would stop occasionally for reasons I don't know. They were very loud too! Tanks aren't meant to go down city streets! In any event by 2 am they were still out there. Lucky for us it had been an emotionally draining day. We were able to sleep through the "war" going on outside. :)
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