Kyrgyz people hold candles at a memorial ceremony on Victory Square on the eve of the “Great Patriotic War of 1941” that began when German troops attacked the Soviet Union during World War II, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 21 June 2023. The “Great Patriotic War”, as dubbed in the then Soviet Union, started on 22 June 1941 and ended on 09 May 1945. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)
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