The 2007 Moscow Victory Parade was a celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the defeat of

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in the

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. It was the last time

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made a holiday address in his first term as president. The parade was commanded by the head of the

Moscow Garrison The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military Di ...

General of the army

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, and reviewing the parade was Minister of Defence

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.Music was performed by the Moscow Garrison's Central Orchestra under Major General

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. This was the first parade that was watched by people online outside of Russia. 2007 Moscow Victory Day Parade 10

Parade Program

Note: Those indicated in bold indicate first parade appearance, those indicated with ''italic'' indicate double or multiple parade appearances. *

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Vladimir Bakin, Commander of the Moscow Military District (parade commander) * Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Anatoliy Serdyukov (parade inspector)

Military Bands in Attendance

* Massed Military Bands of the

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led and conducted by Major General

and composed of: ** Headquarters Band of the Moscow Military District ** Central Military Band of the MDRF ** Band of the Moscow Military Conservatoire, Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation * Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music College

Infantry Column

* '' 154th Moscow Garrison Commandant's Honor Guard Regiment and Color Guards'' ** Colors Party composed of: *** Flag of Russia ***

Victory Banner The Soviet Banner of Victory (russian: Знамя Победы, translit=Znamya Pobedy) was the banner raised by the Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 1 May 1945, the day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide. It was raise ...

*** Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ** Combined Honor Guard Company of the Armed Forces * Historical units ** Infantry ** Airmen ** Sailors * Representative units of the Armed Forced, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense,

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as well as units of the Moscow Military District ** ''

Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is a military academy in Moscow which provides graduate education for officers of the Russian Armed Forces. The full name reads: ''The Combined Academies Order of Lenin Order ...

'' ** ''

Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces The Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces () is a military academy that serves personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. Since 2015, it has been located in the municipality of Balashikha in ...

'' ** '' Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation'' ** Gagarin Air Force Academy ** Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy ** '' Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation'' ** ''Military Technological University'' ** ''Moscow Military Space Institute of Radio Electronics'' ** '' Moscow Border Guards Institute of the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation "Moscow City Council"'' **

2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division The 2nd Guards M. I. Kalinin Taman Motor Rifle Division (russian: 2-я гвардейская мотострелковая Таманская ордена Октябрьской Революции Краснознаменная ордена Су ...

** 4th Kantemir Guards Armored Brigade "Yuri Andropov" ** '' 27th Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade'' ** '' Ryazan Airborne Command Academy "Gen. of the Army Vasily Margelov"'' **

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** '' ODON Ind. Motorized

Internal Troops The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD) (russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del; abbreviat ...

Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation "

Felix Dzerzhinsky Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Poland, Polish n ...

"'' ** '' 336th Separate Bialystok Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the

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'' ** Nakhimov Naval School **

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** '' Moscow Military Commanders Training School "Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR/Russian Federation"'' Training for the parade took place from March to April in the Alabino,

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Music

The music and marches were played by the Military Band of the Armed Forces of Russia under the direction of Major General

; Inspection and Address * ''

March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment The March of the Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment (russian: Марш Лейб-гвардии Преображенского полка) is one of the most famous Russian military marches. The Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment was one of the ...

'' (Марш Преображенского Полка) * ''Slow March of the Tankmen'' (Встречный Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky * ''Slow March to Carry the War Flag'' (Встречный Марш для выноса Боевого Знамени) by Dmitriy Valentinovich Kadeyev * ''Slow March of the Guards of the Navy'' (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich * ''Slow March of the Officers Schools'' (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) by Semyon Tchernetsky * ''Slow March'' (Встречный Марш) by Dmitry Pertsev * ''Slow March of the Red Army'' (Встречный Марш Красной Армии) by Semyon Tchernetsky * ''Slow March'' (Встречный Марш) by Evgeny Aksyonov * ''Glory'' (Славься) by Mikhail Glinka * Parade Fanfare ''All Listen!'' (Парадная Фанфара «Слушайте все!») by Andrei Golovin * ''

State Anthem of the Russian Federation The "State Anthem of the Russian Federation" is the national anthem of Russia. It uses the same melody as the "State Anthem of the Soviet Union", composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov, who had collaborated with ...

'' (Государственный Гимн Российской Федерации) by Alexander Alexandrov * Signal ''Retreat'' (Сигнал "Отбой") ; Infantry Column * March ''General Miloradovich'' (Марш "Генерал Милорадович") by Valery Khalilov * ''

Farewell of Slavianka "Farewell of Slavianka" (russian: Прощание славянки, Proščanije slavjanki) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. The ...

'' (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin * ''Ballad of a Soldier'' (Баллада о Солдате) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * ''Lefort's March'' (Лефортовский Марш) by Valery Khalilov * ''Artillery March'' (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * ''On Guard for the Peace'' (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev * ''Air March'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait * ''We are the Army of the People'' (Мы Армия Народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesya * ''March of the Cosmonauts/Friends, I believe'' (Марш Космонавтов /Я верю, друзья) by Oskar Borisovich Feltsman * March ''Kant'' (Марш «Кант») by Valery Khalilov * ''In Defense of the Homeland'' (В защиту Родины) by Viktor Sergeyevich Runov * ''Combat March'' (Строевой Марш) by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev * ''We Need One Victory'' (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava * ''Glory to the Heroes'' (Слава героям) by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev * ''Crew is One Family'' (Экипаж - одна семья) by Viktor Vasilyevich Pleshak * ''

On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...

'' (В Путь) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * '' Victory Day'' (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov ; Drill Show and Conclusion * Potpourri of **''Invincible and Legendary'' (Фрагмент Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexander Alexandrov **''March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment'' (Марш Преображенского Полка) **March ''Hero'' (Марш "Герой") **''Borodino'' (Бородино) * Unknown drum piece * ''Procession of the Nobles'' from ''

Mlada ''Mlada'' (russian: Млада, italic=yes, the name of a main character) was a project conceived in 1870 by Stepan Gedeonov (1816–1878), director of the Saint Petersburg Imperial Theatres, originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by ...

'' by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

* '' Song of the Russian Army'' (Песня о Российской Армии) by Alexandr Alexandrov

References

External links

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