On Jon the Red Square in Moscow was held the first Parade of Victory. Marshal Zhukov accepted the parade commanded by Marshal Rokossovsky. The regiments of Belorussian, Leningrad, Karelia and Ukrainian fronts, as well as combined regiment of the Navy marched through the parade ground on the Red Square. The columns were headed by the regiments’ commanders. The Heroes of the Soviet Union carried flags and banners of the units which had distinguished themselves during the war. At the end of the parade 200 soldiers carried the Nazi banners turned toward the ground and threw them on the special platform at Lenin Mausoleum pedestal.įrom 1948 to 1964 the day of May 9 was an ordinary working day. In the year of the 20th anniversary of Victory the Supreme Soviet Presidium of USSR issued a decree declaring the day of May 9 a holiday for the first time since the end of war on the Red Square took place a parade of troops and military hardware of Moscow garrison. Until 1995 the parades on the Red Square on Victory Day were held only in jubilee years: 1965, 19. Victory Parade // Combat operations (TASS Photo chronicle): īased on the Presidential Library’s materials: Then they were held annually from 2008 parades started to include again the military hardware. Photo of Captured German Standards taken from a much shown documentary during Victory Day Paradeīut have you ever wondered what those standards 22 June 1941 Ī parade on the Red Square in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War took place // On this day.MOSCOW 1945: VICTORY OVER THE HATED FASCISTS DISPLAY OF TROPHIES FOR MOTHER RUSSIA The Great Patriotic War began // On this day.
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