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Ossetian fighters, whose great-grandfathers defeated fascism in 1945, are today opposing Nazism in Ukraine, President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev said during the military parade in Tskhinval on May 9 in honor of Victory Day.

"Hitler's Germany was defeated in 1945, but in our time in a number of post-Soviet states, the rehabilitation of Fascist accomplices, large-scale actions of followers of Nazism, propaganda of Nazi symbols and ideology, desecration and demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers-liberators has become commonplace," the President said.

Presidents of South Ossetia and Russia Alan Gagloev and Vladimir Putin congratulated each other on the Day of the Victory of the Red Army and the Soviet people over fascism, the press service of the President of the Republic reports.

Every person is obliged to honor and remember the great Victory Day, noted the head of the diplomatic department Marat Kulakhmetov at the solemn reception of the Russian Embassy in South Ossetia on the occasion of the Victory Day.

On Tuesday, the traditional solemn reception of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic in honor of the Victory Day was held in the capital.

At the Eternal Flame in Tskhinval on the eve of the celebration of the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, a solemn laying of a garland of Glory and Memory took place.

The ceremony was attended by the Republic's leadership headed by Alan Gagloev, the Russian Ambassador to South Ossetia Marat Kulakhmetov, the Parliament deputies headed by Speaker Alan Alborov, representatives of ministries and departments of the Republic, and the public.

In St. Petersburg, on the eve of Victory Day, wreaths were laid on behalf of the people of South Ossetia at the foot of the Motherland monument at the Piskaryovsky Memorial Cemetery and at the memorial granite slab, opened in honor of the natives of Ossetia, the defenders of besieged Leningrad.

The column of representatives of diplomatic missions was traditionally headed by the delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of South Ossetia in Russia, the press service of the diplomatic mission reports.

The memory of the victims was honored with a minute of silence..

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev congratulated Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

Alan Gagloev has stressed that the memory of the victorious warriors is sacred and the current generation will always keep a grateful memory of those who did not spare their lives in the battles for the Motherland and was forging the weapons of Victory.

Victory Day for the peoples of Russia and South Ossetia is a symbol of courage, heroism of the generation of winners - our fathers and grandfathers, who, by their feats of arms at the front and selfless work in the rear, ensured the Victory over the Nazi invaders. This is stated in the congratulatory address of President of Russia Vladimir Putin to the head of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev awarded the Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, a native of the Republic of South Ossetia Professor Givi Besaev with the Order of Honor, the press service of the head of state reports.

In accordance with the presidential decree, the high award was given to the scientist for great personal merits in the field of healthcare, high professionalism and in connection with the 80th anniversary of his birth.

South Ossetian chess players are participating in the online match with chess players from the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The international competitions are dedicated to the 78th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

In South Ossetia, the event is being held at the Russian House in Tskhinval.

According to the head of the official representation of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in South Ossetia Alan Pliev, the event is being held for the first time.

President Alan Gagloev took part in the events on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of St. George the Victorious in the village of Laba in Karachay-Cherkessia, the second homeland of the poet and founder of the Ossetian literature Kost Khetagurov. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

The mayor of Cherkessk Aleksey Baskaev, the mayor of Karachaevsk Marat Urusov, the head of the Karachaev district Spartak Kushcheterov also took part in the events.