Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
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The Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 was a victory parade
held by the Soviet army (with a small squad from the Polish
army) after the defeat of Nazi Germany
in the Great Patriotic War. It took place in the Soviet
capital of Moscow
, mostly centering around a military parade
through Red Square
. The parade took place on a rainy June 24, 1945, over a month after May 9, the day of Germany's surrender
to Soviet commanders.
Joseph (Iosif) Stalin on June 22, 1945, by virtue of Order 370 of the Office of the Supreme Commander in Chief, Armed Forces of the USSR.
This order is at follows:
Marshals
Georgy Zhukov
, who had formally accepted the German surrender to the Soviet Union
, and Konstantin Rokossovsky
, rode through the parade ground on white and black stallion
s, respectively. The fact is commemorated by the equestrian statue
of Zhukov in front of the State Historical Museum
, on Manege Square
. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
, Joseph Stalin
, stood atop of Lenin's Mausoleum
and watched the parade. Renowned historian Anthony Beevor states that Stalin actually intended to lead the parade riding Zhukov's white stallion but the horse bolted in the manege because of Stalin's lack of riding skills. Even when the Soviet leader grabbed the mane
, he eventually fell to the ground. After that, he just spat and said "Let Zhukov take the parade. He's an old cavalryman."
However, this story is disputed by former Soviet spy Viktor Suvorov
. He claims that the story was inserted into Zhukov's memoirs later, as a counterargument to his theory, (although it apparently was in circulation earlier) that Stalin didn't lead the parade because he considered the war's results not worthy of the effort invested. He points out several inconsistencies in the story. For example, the horse on which Zhukov and Stalin rode is called Arabic, while in reality it was a Tersk horse (which, while having a significant amount of Arabic blood, is not Arabic as such), and there is plenty of evidence that Zhukov was intended for his role of leading the parade to begin with, for example, in the memoirs of Sergei Shtemenko
, the man responsible at the time for the preparation of the parade, who says the roles were decided from the start, as well as Igor Bobylev (who took part in the preparations) who claims the story never happened and Stalin never visited the Manege at that time.
Displays of the Red Army vehicles were some of the focal points of the ceremony. One of the most famous moments at the end of the troops parade took place when various Red Army
soldiers carried the banners of Nazi Germany and threw them down next to the mausoleum. One of the standards that was tossed down belonged to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Hitler's personal bodyguard raised to divisional size. Due to the bad weather that day the flypast segment was cancelled.
Ground Column
Mounted Column
Mobile Column
Victory parade
A victory parade is a type of parade held in order to celebrate a victory. Because of that, victory parades can be divided into military victory parades and more frequent sport victory parades....
held by the Soviet army (with a small squad from the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
army) after the defeat of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
in the Great Patriotic War. It took place in the Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
capital of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, mostly centering around a military parade
Parade (military)
A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manouevering known as drilling or marching. The American usage is "formation or military review". The military parade is now mostly ceremonial, though soldiers from time immemorial up until the late 19th...
through Red Square
Red Square
Red Square is a city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod...
. The parade took place on a rainy June 24, 1945, over a month after May 9, the day of Germany's surrender
Victory Day (Eastern Europe)
Victory Day or 9 May marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War...
to Soviet commanders.
Stalin's order for the observance of the parade
The parade itself was ordered by Marshal of the Soviet UnionMarshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ....
Joseph (Iosif) Stalin on June 22, 1945, by virtue of Order 370 of the Office of the Supreme Commander in Chief, Armed Forces of the USSR.
This order is at follows:
Marshals
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ....
Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov , was a Russian career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, played a pivotal role in leading the Red Army through much of Eastern Europe to liberate the Soviet Union and other nations from the Axis Powers' occupation...
, who had formally accepted the German surrender to the Soviet Union
End of World War II in Europe
The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945.-Timeline of surrenders and deaths:...
, and Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Rokossovskiy was a Polish-origin Soviet career officer who was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, as well as Marshal of Poland and Polish Defence Minister, who was famously known for his service in the Eastern Front, where he received high esteem for his outstanding military skill...
, rode through the parade ground on white and black stallion
Stallion (horse)
A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded .Stallions will follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to...
s, respectively. The fact is commemorated by the equestrian statue
Equestrian sculpture
An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin "eques", meaning "knight", deriving from "equus", meaning "horse". A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an "equine statue"...
of Zhukov in front of the State Historical Museum
State Historical Museum
The State Historical Museum of Russia is a museum of Russian history wedged between Red Square and Manege Square in Moscow. Its exhibitions range from relics of the prehistoric tribes inhabiting present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty...
, on Manege Square
Manege Square
Manezhnaya or Manege Square is a large pedestrian open space at the heart of Moscow bound by the Hotel Moskva to the east, the State Historical Museum and the Alexander Garden to the south, the Moscow Manege to the west, and the 18th-century headquarters of the Moscow State University to the...
. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary
The office of general secretary is staffed by the chief officer of:*The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace, a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...
, Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
, stood atop of Lenin's Mausoleum
Lenin's Mausoleum
Lenin's Mausoleum also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square in the center of Moscow, is the mausoleum that serves as the current resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since shortly after his death in 1924...
and watched the parade. Renowned historian Anthony Beevor states that Stalin actually intended to lead the parade riding Zhukov's white stallion but the horse bolted in the manege because of Stalin's lack of riding skills. Even when the Soviet leader grabbed the mane
Mane
- Biology :* mane of a horse, the line of hair along the spine of the neck* mane of a lion, found around the male mammal's neck- Places :* Mane Department, a department in the Sanmatenga Province of Burkina Faso* French communes:...
, he eventually fell to the ground. After that, he just spat and said "Let Zhukov take the parade. He's an old cavalryman."
However, this story is disputed by former Soviet spy Viktor Suvorov
Viktor Suvorov
Viktor Suvorov is the pen name for Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun , a former Soviet and now British writer of Russian and Ukrainian descent who writes primarily in Russian, as well as a former Soviet military intelligence spy who defected to the UK...
. He claims that the story was inserted into Zhukov's memoirs later, as a counterargument to his theory, (although it apparently was in circulation earlier) that Stalin didn't lead the parade because he considered the war's results not worthy of the effort invested. He points out several inconsistencies in the story. For example, the horse on which Zhukov and Stalin rode is called Arabic, while in reality it was a Tersk horse (which, while having a significant amount of Arabic blood, is not Arabic as such), and there is plenty of evidence that Zhukov was intended for his role of leading the parade to begin with, for example, in the memoirs of Sergei Shtemenko
Sergei Shtemenko
Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko was a Soviet general, who served as the Chief of the Soviet Armed Forces' General Staff from 1948 to 1952.-Early life:...
, the man responsible at the time for the preparation of the parade, who says the roles were decided from the start, as well as Igor Bobylev (who took part in the preparations) who claims the story never happened and Stalin never visited the Manege at that time.
Displays of the Red Army vehicles were some of the focal points of the ceremony. One of the most famous moments at the end of the troops parade took place when various Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
soldiers carried the banners of Nazi Germany and threw them down next to the mausoleum. One of the standards that was tossed down belonged to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Hitler's personal bodyguard raised to divisional size. Due to the bad weather that day the flypast segment was cancelled.
Parade participants
- Marshal of the Soviet UnionMarshal of the Soviet UnionMarshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ....
Georgy ZhukovGeorgy ZhukovMarshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov , was a Russian career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, played a pivotal role in leading the Red Army through much of Eastern Europe to liberate the Soviet Union and other nations from the Axis Powers' occupation...
(parade inspector) - Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin RokossovskyKonstantin RokossovskyKonstantin Rokossovskiy was a Polish-origin Soviet career officer who was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, as well as Marshal of Poland and Polish Defence Minister, who was famously known for his service in the Eastern Front, where he received high esteem for his outstanding military skill...
(parade commander) - Military BandMilitary bandA military band originally was a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of Bandmaster or Director of Music...
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- Massed Bands of the Moscow Military DistrictMoscow Military DistrictThe Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District.-History:In the beginning of...
- Conductor: Major Gen. Semen Chernetsky, Director of Music of the Central Military Orchestra, People's Commissariat of National Defense
- Moscow A. Surovov Military Music School Corps of Drums
- Massed Bands of the Moscow Military District
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Ground Column
- Fronts of the Soviet Army, Navy and Army Air Forces and Air Defense Forces composed of:
- Ground Troops and Air Force officers and personnel of the following fronts:
- KarelianKarelian FrontThe Karelian Front was a Front of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, and operated in Karelia.- Wartime :...
- led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Grigory Kalinovsky and Marshal Kirill MeretskovKirill MeretskovKirill Afanasievich Meretskov was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter War, he was responsible for penetrating the Mannerheim Line as commander of the 7th Army... - LeningradLeningrad FrontThe Leningrad Front was first formed on August 27, 1941, by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front, during the German approach on Leningrad .-History:...
- led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Andrei Stuchenko and Marshal Leonid GovorovLeonid GovorovLeonid Aleksandrovich Govorov was a Soviet military commander. An artillery officer, he joined the Red Army in 1920. He graduated from several Soviet military academies, including the Military Academy of Red Army General Staff. He participated in the Winter War as a senior artillery officer.In... - 1st Baltic1st Baltic FrontThe First Baltic Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. The commanders of it were Army General Andrey Yeryomenko and succeeded by Army General Bagramyan. It was formed by re-naming the Kalinin Front in October 12, 1943 and took part in several important military...
- led by Regimental Commanders Guards Lt. Gen. Anton LopatinAnton LopatinAnton Ivanovich Lopatin was a Soviet officer during the Second World War, and Hero of the Soviet Union.Lopatin begun his service in the Red Army in 1918, and participated in the Russian Civil War. After completing his command courses in 1927.From 1937 Lopatin was appointed commander of a cavalry...
and General of the Army Ivan Bagramyan - 2nd Baltic and BryanskBryansk FrontThe Bryansk Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War.General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it first formed in mid-late August 1941, comprising, in Erickson's words, 'on paper two armies, 50th and 13th, with eight rifle divisions each, three...
- led by Regimental Commander General of the Army Markian PopovMarkian PopovMarkian Mikhaylovich Popov was a Soviet military commander, Army General , and Hero of the Soviet Union .- Life :During the German-Soviet War at various times he commanded a number of Armies and a number of Fronts. His career was uneven.... - 1st Belorussian1st Belorussian FrontThe 1st Belorussian Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during World War II...
- led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Ivan Rosly and Col. Gen. Kusma Trubnikov - First Polish ArmyFirst Polish Army (1944-1945)The Polish First Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps as part of the People's Army of Poland . The First Army fought westward, subordinated to the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front, during the offensive against Germany that led to...
Color Guard Company led by Chief of the Army General Staff, General Wladislaw Korczyc (the only foreign army squad invited for the parade) - 2nd Belorussian2nd Belorussian FrontThe 2nd Belorussian Front was a military formation of Army group size of the Soviet Army during the Second World War...
- led by Regimental Commanders Lt. Gen. Kosntantin Erastov and General of the Army Vasily SokolovskyVasily SokolovskyVasily Danilovich Sokolovsky was a Soviet military commander.Sokolovsky was born into a peasant family in Kozliki, a small town in the province of Grodno, near Białystok in Poland . He worked as a teacher in a rural school, where he took part in a number of protests and demonstrations against the... - 3rd Belorussian3rd Belorussian FrontThe 3rd Belorussian Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War...
- led by Regimental Commander Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky - 1st Ukrainian1st Ukrainian FrontThe 1st Ukrainian Front was a front—a force the size of a Western Army group—of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.-Wartime:...
- led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Gleb Baklanov and Marshal Ivan KonevIvan KonevIvan Stepanovich Konev , was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and helped in the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin.... - 2nd Ukrainian - led by Regimental Commanders Lt. Gen. Ivan Afonin and General of the Army Andrei YeremenkoAndrei YeremenkoAndrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko or Yeremenko or Eremenko was a Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union.-Draft and early service:...
- 3rd Ukrainian3rd Ukrainian Front3rd Ukrainian Front was a Front of the Red Army during World War II.It was founded on 20 October 1943, on the basis of a Stavka order of October 16, 1943, by renaming the Southwestern Front. It included 1st Guards Army, 8th Guards Army, 6th, 12th, and 46th Armies and 17th Air Army...
- led by Regimental Commanders Guards Maj. Gen. Nikolai Biryukov and Marshal Rodion MalinovskyRodion MalinovskyRodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s. He contributed to the major defeat of Nazi Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Budapest... - 4th Ukrainian4th Ukrainian FrontThe 4th Ukrainian Front was a front of the Red Army during World War II...
- led by Regimental Commanders Guards Lt. Gen. Andrei Bonddarev and Marshal Fyodor TolbukhinFyodor TolbukhinFyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin was a Soviet military commander.-Biography:Tolbukhin was born into a peasant family in the province of Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow. He volunteered for the Imperial Army in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. He was steadily promoted, advancing from private to...
- Karelian
- Fleet, Land and Air personnel of the Soviet Navy, under Navy Contingent Commander Rear Adm. Vladimir Fadeev
- Northern FleetNorthern FleetThe Red Banner Northern Fleet is a unit of the Russian Navy that has access to the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, and is responsible for the defense of northwestern Russia. It was established in 1937 as part of the Soviet Navy...
- Baltic FleetBaltic FleetThe Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
- Dnieper River Flotilla
- Danube Flotilla
- Caspian FlotillaCaspian FlotillaThe Caspian Flotilla is the oldest Russian military flotilla, stationed in the Caspian Sea. It was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1945.-Establishment:...
- Black Sea FleetBlack Sea FleetThe Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
- Marine Infantry Command (Naval Infantry (Russia))
- Coastal Defense Forces
- Soviet Naval AviationSoviet Naval AviationSoviet Naval Aviation was a part of the Soviet Navy.- Origins :...
Service - Coastal Artillery Command
- Northern Fleet
- Flag Disposal battalion of the 1st Internal Troops Division of the USSR NKVD "Felix Dzerzhinsky"
- Moscow Military DistrictMoscow Military DistrictThe Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District.-History:In the beginning of...
, Armed Forces of the Soviet Union contingent under Garrison and District Commander Col. Gen. Pavel Artemyev- Military Schools and Academies Combined Joint Division
- M. Frunze Military Academy
- Suvorov Military SchoolSuvorov Military SchoolThe Suvorov Military Schools are a type of boarding school in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia and Belarus for boys of 14-18. Education in such these schools focuses on military related subjects. The schools are named after Alexander Suvorov, the great 18th century general.Their naval...
- Military Armored Troops Service School
- Military Engineering Academy
- F. Dzerzhinsky Military Artillery School
- V. I. Lenin Political-Military Academy
- Moscow City Soviet Border Protection Superior College
- Infantry Units
- 1st Moscow Rifle Division
- 14th Rifle Division
- Border Protection and Security Service of the NKVD
- K-9 Units (engineering, medical troops, anti-tank)
- Military Schools and Academies Combined Joint Division
- Ground Troops and Air Force officers and personnel of the following fronts:
Mounted Column
- Army Cavalry Command and Cavalry Mechanized Groups Command
- Army Horse Artillery
- Army Horse Tachanka Brigades
Mobile Column
- Army Air Defense Forces Command
- Anti-aircraft guns (towed, truck-mounted)
- AA Gun tachankaTachankaThe tachanka was a horse-drawn machine gun platform, usually a cart or an open wagon with a heavy machine gun installed in the back. A tachanka could be pulled by two to four horses and required a crew of two or three...
s- 72-K25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 was a Soviet 25 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun. The gun was created in the beginning of 1940 at 8th Kalinin Artillery Plant in Kaliningrad under the guidance of its Chief Designer Mikhail Loginov....
- 61-K
- 52-K
- 72-K
- Army Logistics Command and PVO Logistics
- Searchlight trucks
- Acoustic range finders
- Army Artillery Forces
- Field gunField gunA field gun is an artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances, as to opposed guns installed in a fort, or to siege cannon or mortars which...
s - Anti-tank guns
- 53-K
- M-42
- Mountain gunMountain gunMountain guns are artillery pieces designed for use in mountain warfare and areas where usual wheeled transport is not possible. They are similar to infantry support guns, and are generally capable of being broken down into smaller loads .Due to their ability to be broken down into smaller...
s - Katyusha rocket launchers of the Army Artillery Guard Mortars Corps
- HowitzerHowitzerA howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles at relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent...
s- D-1
- M-10
- ML-20
- M-30
- B-4
- Field gun
- Army Infantry Commands - Motorized Forces
- Dnepr M-72 motorcycleMotorcycleA motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
s - BA-64BA-64The BA-64 was a 4×4 light armoured car, employed by the Soviet Army from 1942 into the early 1960s for reconnaissance and liaison tasks.The BA-64B was nicknamed 'Bobik' by its crews. The total recorded number of BA-64s produced differs even in Russian sources...
armored cars
- Dnepr M-72 motorcycle
- Army Airborne Troops
- Army Tank Forces Command
- T-34T-34The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank produced from 1940 to 1958. Although its armour and armament were surpassed by later tanks of the era, it has been often credited as the most effective, efficient and influential design of World War II...
(Victory tanks) - T-34/85
- IS-2
- T-44T-44The T-44 was a medium tank first produced towards the end of the Second World War by the Soviet Union. It was the successor to the famous T-34...
- T-50T-50 tankThe T-50 light infantry tank was built by the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II. The design for this vehicle had some advanced features, but was complicated and expensive, and only a short production run of 69 tanks was completed...
- T-60T-60The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942. In this time over 6,292 were built. The tank was designed to replace the obsolete T-38 amphibious scout tank.-Design:...
- T-34
- Army Artillery Forces Self-Propelled Artillery Corps
- SU-76SU-76The SU-76 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during and after World War II.- History :The SU-76 was based on a lengthened and widened version of the T-70 tank chassis...
- SU-100SU-100The SU-100 was a Soviet tank destroyer. It was used extensively during the last year of World War II and saw service for many years afterwards with the armies of Soviet allies around the world.- Development :...
- ZSU-37ZSU-37ZSU-37 was a Soviet-made, light, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun , developed by the end of 1943 and produced at Works No. 40 in Mytishchi. It was the first Soviet series-produced tracked SPAAG...
- SU-152SU-152The SU-152 was a Soviet heavy self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II.It mounted a 152 mm gun-howitzer on the chassis of a KV-1S heavy tank. Later production used IS tank chassis and was re-designated as ISU-152...
- ISU-152ISU-152ISU-152 was a Soviet multirole fully enclosed and armored self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II, with a subsequent use, mainly in the Soviet military, till the 1970s.-History:...
- ISU-122ISU-122The ISU-122 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II.-History:A prototype of the ISU-122 heavy self-propelled gun was built at the Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant, , in December 1943...
- SU-85SU-85The SU-85 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank. Earlier Soviet self-propelled guns were meant to serve as either assault guns, such as the SU-122, or as mobile anti-tank weapons; the SU-85 fell into the latter category...
- SU-76
See also
- Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 (:ru:Берлинский парад Победы (1945)) - USSR, USA, Great Britain and France
- London Victory Parade of 1946
- 2008 Moscow Victory Day Parade
- 2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade2009 Moscow Victory Day ParadeThe Moscow Victory Parade of 2009 was held on the Victory Day on the 64th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany....
External links
- Official site for the 65th anniversary of the original Victory Parade of June 24, 1945
- German Flags at the 1945 Soviet Victory Parade
- Official site of the 2005 Russian 60th celebration of the 1945 Victory Parade
- Russian site from where the short video of the parade can be downloaded
- The full version of the parade