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Berlin has a large Russian population, and on May 9 many came out to celebrate and commemorate the 77th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. There are several large Soviet war memorials in Berlin that pay homage to the tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers, among them Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, who died in 1945 in the final push from the east to take Berlin. At the Treptower Park memorial Russians laid flowers at an event organized by the Russian Embassy, and at the Tiergarten memorial people came solemnly with portraits of relatives who fought in the war. Of course the current Russian war in Ukraine overshadowed the annual event. Police were on hand to prevent disruptions, though small arguments and altercations broke out anyway, some between Russians and Ukrainians, others apparently between fellow Russians who have different opinions on the Ukraine war. #gettyimages #gettyimagesnews #veday #victoryineurope #ww2 #worldwar2 #russia #berlin #photojournalism #war