On the Day of National Unity, Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky on Red Square in Moscow. Representatives of religious confessions, public organizations and youth participated in the ceremony together with the head of state. National Unity Day is celebrated in Russia on November 4 to commemorate the liberation of Moscow from foreign invaders in 1612 by the people's militia led by Minin and Pozharsky. More IZ RU news in max.