⭐️ Happy Victory Day! We congratulate you on the 81st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and World War II! 🌍 Victory Day is an event of global significance — a symbol of the triumph of life over death, and of good over evil. It is the day when the united efforts of the world’s peoples crushed Nazism — an ideology that sought the destruction of entire nations and cultures. ⭐️ The Great Victory laid the foundations of the post‑war world order, based on the principles of justice, humanism, and the right of every people to determine their own destiny. The memory of that war knows no national borders: it unites millions of people, regardless of their nationality, language, or religion. 🇷🇺 For our multinational Fatherland, this holiday holds a special, sacred meaning. 🟥 The Great Victory was achieved through the joint efforts of all the peoples of the Soviet Union. On the battlefields and on the home front, hundreds of nationalities and ethnic groups fought shoulder to shoulder. The fraternal friendship of peoples became the unshakable foundation that allowed us to stand firm against a common enemy. 🌐 The history of MGIMO — one of the world’s leading centers of intercultural communication and friendship of peoples — also dates back to the years of the Great Patriotic War. The idea of establishing the University emerged shortly after the Battle of Stalingrad: in the autumn of 1943, the Faculty of International Relations was opened at Lomonosov Moscow State University, which in 1944 became an independent institute — MGIMO. 🟥 The multinational community of its students and alumni is one of the University’s greatest values. Here, representatives of dozens of the world’s peoples study and work side by side — for each of them, May 9 serves as a reminder of where the incitement of hatred and ethnic strife leads, and as proof that the key to peace on the planet lies only in unity, friendship, and mutual respect. 🎗️ Today, as we pay tribute to the generation of victors, we must diligently preserve historical truth — our strength has always been, and will always be, in spiritual unity, mutual support, and respect for each other’s culture and traditions. Living testimonies of this unity are the wartime photographs attached. In honour of Victory Day, we are launching a series of posts as part of our #MGIMOaboutVictory feature. Happy Great Victory Day! #Victory81 🌐MGIMO International (ENG) / МГИМО для иностранцев (RUS)