"[]...So where was the photo taken and who does it show? There are several clues that reveal that the answer to the first question is almost certainly Russia. The tricolour flag hangs in the background, and the medals are Russian. This does indeed point to Victory Day, an annual holiday commemorating the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in 1945, at the end of what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.
Some sites have credited the image to Aleksandr Petrosyan, a well-known photographer in the St Petersburg area who has many followers on social media. He confirmed to BBC Trending that he took the photo during the St Petersburg Victory Day Parade in 2007 - specifically on Nevsky Prospekt, the main street in the city.
But beyond that he can't shed any more light on the identity of the veteran. "I didn't speak to him, I just shot [the photograph]" he said."