President Putin laid a wreath at the Glory Obelisk, a memorial dedicated to those killed in the Great Patriotic War that was unveiled on May 9, 1983. Over 3,000 officers and soldiers are buried inside 10 common graves there.
Mr Putin also laid flowers at the graves of 12 sailors who died aboard the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine in the Barents Sea in August 2000.
See also
60th Anniversary of the Battle of Kursk
August 19, 2003