Photo: englishrussia.com
Amid all the violence, the turmoil and possibly the threat of war, Russia's average Joeski still finds time to have a good laugh. The country is getting ready for national holiday to celebrate the Nazi capitulation and many folks are dressing their cars and vans to look like tanks, hoping to draw attention on May 9th.
This picture, for example, is a van that's been painted and converted to look like a Katyusha rocket launcher. You can almost imagine the average delivery man leaving his job early to paint his work van for the even.
Other Russians have put piping on their cars to make them look like tanks or camouflage paint. The event for which they are doing all this is called Victory Day and marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union.
The favorite slogan of this makeshift army of fake tanks is "Get Berlin!", favored by the Soviet army in the last months of the war, as they were trying to reach the German capital before the Anglo-Americans could.
However, this year, some added "and Maidan" to that, based on the name "Euromaidan" given to the ravaged Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
Victory Day is generally celebrated on May 9th. It's extremely popular, despite the end of the Soviet era.
The Second World War is actually known as The Great Patriotic War and is considered a cataclysmic event in the nation's history, claiming 27 million Soviet citizens' lives. Ironically, before all this turmoil in the Caucasus started, the Russians and Ukrainian celebrated Victory Day together. In 2010, the navies of both counties paraded in the streets of Sevastopol.
Other Russians have put piping on their cars to make them look like tanks or camouflage paint. The event for which they are doing all this is called Victory Day and marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union.
The favorite slogan of this makeshift army of fake tanks is "Get Berlin!", favored by the Soviet army in the last months of the war, as they were trying to reach the German capital before the Anglo-Americans could.
However, this year, some added "and Maidan" to that, based on the name "Euromaidan" given to the ravaged Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
Victory Day is generally celebrated on May 9th. It's extremely popular, despite the end of the Soviet era.
The Second World War is actually known as The Great Patriotic War and is considered a cataclysmic event in the nation's history, claiming 27 million Soviet citizens' lives. Ironically, before all this turmoil in the Caucasus started, the Russians and Ukrainian celebrated Victory Day together. In 2010, the navies of both counties paraded in the streets of Sevastopol.
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