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On the 69th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Russia remembers those who fell in the Great Patriotic War.One hundred cities across Russia, as well as other former-Soviet countries like Belarus and Ukraine, have lit candles and laid flowers in a memorial ceremony to pay tribute to victims of the war.In Moscow, fifteen hundred young people participated in an event along with war veterans.Other ceremonies and concerts will take place later on Tuesday.The Great Patriotic War is considered to be the most devastating page in Russia’s history, with an estimated 27 million citizens and military killed in the fight against fascism. RT