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Victory Day en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. Any of various public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.
2. (specifically) 9 May, celebrated as Victory Day in Russia, which commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
   • Victory Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union to mark the 20th anniversary of the German defeat in 1965. What had until then been just another workday became a public holiday which, as Russian historian Kirill Kobrin argues, was used from the outset as a political tool, with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev keen to use the event as a means of boosting the USSR’s image internationally. 2025 May 8, Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii, “The never-ending war : How have Putin’s Victory Day speeches evolved over the past quarter of a century?”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe:

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hi विजय दिवस (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · tg Рӯзи Ғалаба (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · fa روز پیروزی (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · ja 戦勝記念日 (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · be Дзень Перамо́гі (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · sl Dan zmage (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · et Võidupüha (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · he יום הניצחון (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · ro Ziua Victoriei (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · es Día de la Victoria (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · fi voitonpäivä (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · hy հաղթանակի օրն (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · de Tag des Sieges (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · nl Dag van de Overwinning (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · lt Pergalės diena (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · ka გამარჯვების დღე (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · uk День Перемо́ги (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · eo Venkotago (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · la Dies Victoriae (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · mk Ден на Победа (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · sv Segerdagen (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · lv Uzvaras diena (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · tt Җиңү көне (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · sk Deň víťazstva (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · sh Дан Победе (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · az Qələbə Günü (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · gl Día da Vitoria (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · da Sejrsdagen (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · no Seiersdagen (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · tr Zafer Günü (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · bg Ден на По́беда (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · cmn 勝利日 /胜利日 (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · it Giorno della Vittoria (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · sh Dan Pobede (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · ru День Побе́ды (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · fr Jour de la Victoire (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · vi ngày chiến thắng (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · ar عِيد اَلنَّصْر (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · mr विजय दिवस (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · kk Жеңіс күні (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · cs Den vítězství (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · pt Dia da Vitória (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · pl Dzień Zwycięstwa (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · ko 승전 기념일 (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history) · crh Ğalebe Künü (a day to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history)