The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia’s deep ...

A red banner symbolising the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany ... The banner, a replica of the Soviet flag raised by three Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag building in Berlin, on ...

Chinese servicemen hold their national flag as they attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, ...

The Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army participates in the parade at the Red Square in Moscow marking the ...

This story appears in the December 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... In December 1991, just months before he was born, the Soviet flag came down over the Kremlin and the Russian ...