Militarism on Victory Day and Propaganda in Russia Briefly On May 9, the entire Soviet post -war history was the day of memory of those who died in a terrible war. But for the past 20 years, the Russian authorities have rethought Victory Day towards the Pompous Militarian Show with a demonstration of military equipment and hypertrophied militarism. How did we get from “if there was no war” to “we can repeat”? What role did propaganda play in this?