July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background center, chairs a meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) National Organizing Committee in the Prokhorovskoye Pole Cultural and Historical Center.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) National Organizing Committee in the Prokhorovskoye Pole Cultural and Historical Center.

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Russian Deputy Prime Smitry Rogozin, front, attends a meeting of the "Victory" organizing committee in the Prokhorovka Field Cultural Historical Center, 12 July 2013.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) National Organizing Committee in the Prokhorovskoye Pole Cultural and Historical Center.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Oga Golodets and First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly Alexander Torshin attend a meeting of the "Victory" organizing committee in the Prokhorovka Field Cultural Historical Center, 12 July 2013.

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Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, left, and Governor of the Belgorod Region Evgeny Savchenko attend a meeting of the "Victory" organizing committee in the Prokhorovka Field Cultural Historical Center, 12 July 2013.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background center, during an informal meeting with WWII veterans, participants in the Prokhorovka tank battle on July 12, 1943, in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, during an informal meeting with WWII veterans, participants in the Prokhorovka tank battle on July 12, 1943, in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, during an informal meeting with WWII veterans, participants in the Prokhorovka tank battle on July 12, 1943, in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, front, is seen during Russian President's informal meeting with WWII veterans, participants of the Prokhorovka tank battle, in the Prokhorovka Field Military Historical Museum-Reserve, 12 July 2013.

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Governor of the Belgorod Region Evgeny Savchenko, left, is seen during Russian President's informal meeting in the Prokhorovka Field Military Historical Museum-Reserve with WWII veterans, participants of the Prokhorovka tank battle, 12 July 2013.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, second right, talks to people by the Bell Tower memorial in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, and WWII veterans at the Bell Tower memorial in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, and WWII veterans at the Bell Tower memorial in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin and WWII veterans lay flowers at the Bell Tower memorial in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, and WWII veterans lay flowers at the Bell Tower memorial in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, and Kursk Region Governor Alexander Mikhailov, left, at the Bell Tower memorial in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with WWII veterans in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, meets with WWII veterans in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, meets with WWII veterans in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background center, during an informal meeting with WWII veterans, participants in the Prokhorovka tank battle on July 12, 1943, in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin meets with WWII veterans in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, meets with WWII veterans in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, bottom, right, meets with WWII veterans in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin during an informal meeting with WWII veterans, participants in the Prokhorovka tank battle on July 12, 1943, in the Prokhorovskoye Pole historical museum and nature reserve.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, front, and Governor of the Belgorod Region Evgeny Savchenko is seen here as he visits the Prokhorovka Field Military Historical Museum-Reserve, 12 July 2013.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is seen here as he visits the Prokhorovka Field Military Historical Museum-Reserve, 12 July 2013.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, visits the Saints Peter and Paul Church, built with money donated by the public. The church was built on the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in honor of those killed in the tank battle near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. Left: Belgorod Reigon Governor Yevgeny Savchenko.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, visits the Saints Peter and Paul Church, built with money donated by the public. The church was built on the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in honor of those killed in the tank battle near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943.

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July 12, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, visits the Saints Peter and Paul Church, built with money donated by the public. The church was built on the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in honor of those killed in the tank battle near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. Right: Belgorod Reigon Governor Yevgeny Savchenko.

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