Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time). The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin. Although the official inauguration occurred in 1945, the holiday became a non-labor day only in 1965, and only in certain Soviet republics.
The German Instrument of Surrender was signed twice. An initial document was signed in Reims on 7 May 1945 by Alfred Jodl (chief of staff of the German OKW) for Germany, Walter Bedell Smith, on behalf of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, and Ivan Susloparov, on behalf of the Soviet High Command, in the presence of French Major-General François Sevez as the official witness.
Since the Soviet High Command had not agreed to the text of the surrender, and because Susloparov, a relatively low-ranking officer, was not authorized to sign this document, the Soviet Union requested that a second, revised, instrument of surrender be signed in Berlin.
A second surrender ceremony was organized in a surviving manor in the outskirts of Berlin late on 8 May, when it was already 9 May in Moscow due to the difference in time zones.
During the Soviet Union's existence, 9 May was celebrated throughout it and in the Eastern Bloc. Though the holiday was introduced in many Soviet republics between 1946 and 1950, it became a non-working day only in the Ukrainian SSR in 1963 and the Russian SFSR in 1965
The celebration of Victory Day continued during subsequent years. The war became a topic of great importance in cinema, literature, history lessons at school, the mass media, and the arts. The ritual of the celebration gradually obtained a distinctive character with a number of similar elements: ceremonial meetings, speeches, lectures, receptions and fireworks.
Victory Day in modern Russia has become a celebration in which popular culture plays a central role. The 60th and 70th anniversaries of Victory Day in Russia (2005 and 2015) became the largest popular holidays since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- 📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
- 🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
- ⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
- ✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread
reminders:
- 💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- 💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- 💜 Sorting by new you nerd
- 🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
- 🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
Aid:
Theory:
Howwwwwwwww do yall have energy at any point in your lives? I'm so. Tired. All. Of. The. Time. 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours of sleep, I usually feel just the same, slogging through everything. I'm taking a super extended vacation from work and even then it seems to have done nothing for my energy. I woke up today motivated to go ride my bike or go to the gym and get out, but I woke up already ready to go back to sleep, so fucking exhausted. How do I fix??? I'm autistic and believe I have adhd but I'm unmedicated and it's kinda like not really worth being alive if I can't even muster the energy to do this I enjoy
Worth checking b12 + iron if it's a physical tiredness
I was taking a bunch of supplements and multis and didn't notice much of a difference, I don't think. Maybe I should get another blood panel done though it's been a long time
Waking up and feeling exhausted could be caused by sleep disordered breathing (apnea, UARS) or it could be an early sign of ME/CFS, which is a variety of long covid and can present in a delayed fashion from your last infection. Probably it's something simple like vitamin deficiency or anemia, but these conditions are both mild at first but very bad long term if left unidentified so I thought I'd throw them out there
It's been a long time since I've been tested but any blood panels I've had done came back normal, so not sure it's that and my thyroid had been checked before and came back within the normal range. I've been dealing with this years before covid emerged, so I don't think it has anything to do with that, although who knows it it's exacerbated any problems.
could also be thyroid
thyroid supplements are one of those little medical things that don't attract much attention to but a lot of people need them and can be a total life changer.
if you aren't depressed it sounds like some kind of physical problem. should consider bloodwork if at all available.
I've had my thyroid checked in the past due to fatigue and I was within normal limits; at the time I was hoping that eoulf be the answer to my problems but nope. This has been plaguing me for a long time, I do have a lot of mental health issues but probably wouldn't hurt to do another blood panel or check for any auto immune issues. Being a human is hard lol