A Russian war veteran dances during Victory Day celebrations in the far eastern city of Vladivostok May 9, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

VLADIVOSTOK - More than 10,000 people gathered at a naval embankment to mark Victory Day despite rain on Monday.

Governor of Primorye Sergey Darkin kicked off the celebrations by greeting war veterans and people at Primorye and elsewhere in Russia.

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Local people from all social sectors joined the festive procession. The celebrations also featured military parade, which put on display the military hardware of Pacific Fleet.

More than 1,000 people from local military units, department of internal affairs, and naval schools marched along the embankment.

Victory Day is celebrated in Russia to mark the victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, the Russian term for World War II, in 1945.