Azerbaijan marks the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 9.

Russia-based MIR 24 TV channel presented a report dedicated to the role of Azerbaijani oil workers in the victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Azerbaijan marks the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 9.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated the heads of governments of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the forthcoming 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

During the Great Patriotic War, Azerbaijan's oil industry provided almost three-quarters of the USSR's entire oil production, and Azerbaijan's oil industry was one of the key industries that determined the defense capability of the country during that time.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has adopted a resolution on the country’s joining the agreement on perpetuating the memory of courage and heroism of peoples of the CIS member countries in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

On May 9, Azerbaijan marks the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order “On providing one-time financial assistance to participants of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, widows of the fighters who died during or after the war, persons awarded orders and medals for their selfless work in the rear”.