Immortal Regiment

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Immortal Regiment

Local residents in Saint Petersburg take part in the 2016 Immortal Regiment, carrying portraits of their ancestors who fought in the "Great Patriotic War"
Date	9 May (generally)
Duration	1 day
Venue	Central squares and streets
Location	Russia and other countries
Also known as	Undead Regiment
Type	cultural, military

The Immortal Regiment (Russian: Бессмертный полк, romanized: Bessmertnyy polk) is a massive civil event in major cities in Russia and around the world every 9 May during the Victory Day celebrations. It is also a public non-profit organization, created in Russia on a voluntary basis with the aim of "immortalizing" the memory of home front workers, armed forces service personnel, partisans, personnel of resistance organizations, and personnel of law enforcement and emergency services. It involves people carrying on the memory of war veterans, with participants carrying pictures of relatives and/or family friends who served in the country's labor sector, paramilitary units, the Soviet Armed Forces and law enforcement organizations during the Second World War.