June 22

... All across Russia, state flags now fly at half-mast on June 22. As a rule, TV channels and radio stations refrain from putting entertainment programmes and commercials on air. The Soviet Union collapsed long ago; this date still unites us. In 2021, June 22 will be marked in countries around Russia, even if under different names. In Belarus, this is the Day of the Nationwide Memory of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War, while Ukraine marks the Day of Mourning and Commemoration of the Memory of the Victims of the War. The historians in these countries may engage in endless debates on the causes of the War, the role of the Munich Agreement as well ...