![Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrated in Russian cities](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0303%2F62%2F000003036262_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_S29uc3RhbnRpbiBDaGFsYWJvdiAjMzAzNjI2Mg%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-3036262-preview_6679a6ace648623220b730b15eead3ad.jpg)
![Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrated in Russian cities](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0303%2F62%2F000003036262_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_S29uc3RhbnRpbiBDaGFsYWJvdiAjMzAzNjI2Mg%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-3036262-preview_6679a6ace648623220b730b15eead3ad.jpg)
Participants of a rally at the City of Military Glory stela during the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day in Veliky Novgorod.
- Categories: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Veliky Novgorod, Russia
- Event date: 23.02.2017
- Date published: 23.02.2017
- Author: Konstantin Chalabov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4874x3244px, 6.7Mb