As my colleague David Filipov wrote on May 9, Moscow is back in orange and black, the informal symbol of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. It was loosely adopted from a ribbon tied to the Order of Saint George, the highest battlefield award in Imperial Russia, established under Catherine the Great in 1769. The colors, one legend goes, represented gunpowder and fire.
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Russia's military-patriotic movement Yunarmiya cadets march at Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017.
