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![Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrated in Russian cities](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0303%2F61%2F000003036145_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_TWFrc2ltIEJvZ29kdmlkICMzMDM2MTQ1_116%3A95_sputnik-3036145-preview_c5e46b847bc41ff3a35d497930da05ea.jpg)
Soldiers 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, 4771x3175px, 7.1Mb