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Servicemen during the wreath-laying ceremony by the Eternal Flame in Victory Park, Kazan, on the Defender of the Fatherland Day.
- Categories: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
- Event date: 23.02.2017
- Date published: 23.02.2017
- Author: Maksim Bogodvid
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4516x3006px, 7.1Mb