The courage, steadfastness and unity of the multiethnic people was the main force that destroyed Nazism, President Vladimir Putin said at an opening ceremony for a war memorial at Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow.
Our people will always remember and honour the achievement of the generation of victors who defended the right to live, have their own statehood and culture, and fought to give a future to their children.
The heroic deeds and achievements of this generation will always be a moral beacon and the grateful memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War will be handed down from generation to generation.