St. George's Ribbon Campaign started in Novosheshminsky municipal district

3 May 2018, Thursday

Specialists of the Complex Social Service Centre of Novosheshminsky municipal district joined St. George's Ribbon Campaign. The St. George Ribbon campaign to distribute black-and-orange ribbons – a symbol of the victory in World War II – started in Russia on Tuesday, two weeks ahead of Victory Day.

St. George's Ribbon is an informal symbol of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. It was loosely adopted from a ribbon tied to the Order of Saint George, the highest battlefield award in Imperial Russia, established under Catherine the Great in 1769. The colors, one legend goes, represented gunpowder and fire.