The 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on

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2010 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the capitulation of

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in 1945. The parade marks the

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's victory in the

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. It was the largest

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held in

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since the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, and saw 11,135 troops, 127 aircraft and helicopters, and the new

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mobile

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taking part. For the first time, the 2010 parade on

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also included military units from foreign countries who were allied with the Soviet Union during

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, with representation from

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, the

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, the

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and members of the

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Military components

The 9 May Victory Day Parade in Moscow involved more than 10,000 troops marching, 160 military vehicles and 127 military aircraft, making it the largest parade to be held since the

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in 1991. Twenty aviation units of the

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took part in the parade, which saw the

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Ilyushin Il-78 The Ilyushin Il-78 (; NATO reporting name Midas) is a Soviet/Russian four-engined aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 strategic airlifter. Design and development The Soviet Union's first dedicated tanker aircraft were variants of pre ...

Antonov An-124 The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (; ; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (USSR). The An-124 is the ...

Sukhoi Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet Union, Soviet-origin twinjet, twin-engine supersonic Supermaneuverability, supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the lar ...

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Beriev A-50 The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name: Mainstay) is a Soviet-origin airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft that is based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss", the A-50 first flew in ...

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Sukhoi Su-25 The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' ( ('' rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. Th ...

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Suk ...

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and

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performing

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s. Also taking part for the first time were the

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jet trainer aircraft and the

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heavy helicopter. The mobile ICBM

missile, that first appeared at the 2009 parade, was shown here again for the second consecutive year.

Foreign military

The 2010 Parade marked the first time that foreign and

(CIS) soldiers joined Russian forces on

for the parade. Battalions from the CIS included

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Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

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and

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among them. Upon request from the

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, the contingent from

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was led by an officer riding on horseback, with the horse (which was a descendant of the horse used during the 1945 parade) being flown into Moscow from

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was represented by the Representative Battalion of the Polish Armed Forces. The

was represented by a detachment of 76 soldiers from Number 2 Company, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, the

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and the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The

was represented by the 2nd Battalion of the 18th Infantry Regiment and the Naval Forces Europe Band.

was represented by pilots and aircraft from the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment. The combined Russian and foreign massed bands performed ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Den Pobedy'' at the conclusion of the parade.

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called the inclusion of foreign troops in the parade recognition of their "common victory" in

. The inclusion of foreign troops in the parade was not without controversy. The

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held a

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rally in

, at which several thousand protesters used the rally to decry the inclusion of troops from

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countries in the parade. A poll run by the

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saw 20 percent of respondents disapproving of the presence of foreign troops, with 8 percent being strongly opposed.

International dignitaries

World leaders at the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade

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, the Acting

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, stated in late April 2010, after previously accepting an invitation from

to attend the celebrations, that he would not be attending, claiming "I have no ties with Moscow. Only the victorious are going, what will the defeated do there?" Concerns also arose that a Moldovan contingent would not be able to attend the parade because of financial difficulties in the country, but a Moldovan government source told

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that this was only an excuse, and Ghimpu was choosing to improve Moldova's relations with Romania, which was not invited to attend the celebrations as it was an ally of Germany during World War II.

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responded to remarks by Ghimpu, which also included the opinion that Russia should pay

compensation for what he claimed was a "Soviet occupation", by urging Moldovan authorities not to use the occasion for political speculation. King Michael of Romania, the last head of state alive from World War II, was invited by Russian president Medvedev to attend the ceremony.

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confirmed her attendance on 30 April, as did

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. Komorowski's attendance is said to be part of an effort to bolster Poland–Russia relations, which improved after the death of Polish President

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in a plane crash near Smolensk in early April 2010. Kaczyński is said to have confirmed his attendance at the parade shortly prior to the crash in which he was killed, with reports in the week prior to his death showing that he was questioning his attendance. Chinese leader

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confirmed his attendance at the parade on 3 May. The following day Slovak President

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's attendance was confirmed. Other world leaders who confirmed their attendance included

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Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( ; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information ...

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, Bulgarian President

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, and Vietnamese President

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, Leaders from

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and

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also confirmed their attendance. On 8 May, Sarkozy and Berlusconi announced that they wouldn't be attending the parade in Moscow, so that they could deal with the

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. Both the United Kingdom and the United States had planned to send high-profile representatives.

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, the

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, was invited to Russia, but because of the

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he was unable to attend; the

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suggested the Prince of Wales (now

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), instead.

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, the

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, was also unable to attend, but offered

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as the US representative; Biden was in

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as part of US efforts to improve relations with the European Union. According to ''

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'', both figures were rejected by

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, however, in what both countries perceived as a diplomatic snub. This was put down to poor British relations with Russia over the UK's continuing refusal to extradite Boris Berezovsky over Russian charges of

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, and because of Biden's close relations with Georgian President

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, who was widely unpopular in Russia because of the 2008 Russia–Georgia War. The UK and US were instead represented by their ambassadors to Russia, Dame Anne Pringle and

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respectively. The list of heads of foreign states, governments and international organisations that attended the parade were:

The parade

At 10:00am ( MSK), the clock of

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in the

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rang and signalled the beginning of the parade commemorating the defeat of

by the

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in the

. The event then began with the display of the

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and the

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. After this, commander of the

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, who commanded the parade, and

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, the Russian Minister of Defence, who inspected the parade, joined and inspected the troops. At 10:14am, Serdyukov reported to Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and

on the readiness of the troops. After this President Medvedev made a speech in which he stated, "Sixty-five years ago Nazism was vanquished. The machine that was wiping out whole nations was stopped. Peace returned to our country and to Europe as a whole. An end was put to the ideology that was destroying the fundamentals of civilisation." Medvedev also emphasised the role the Soviet Union played in the war, bearing the brunt of Nazi attacks, in which some three-quarters of their military forces participated. After his speech and the playing of the National Anthem of the Russian Federation, a parade of troops took place on Red Square, led by the Drummers' Company of the Moscow Military Conservatoire, Military University of the MDRF. Some 10,500 thousand troops marched, and approximately 1,000 troops from the

, the

and the

also marched. This was followed by a procession of 161 pieces of military hardware through Red Square, and 127 aircraft and helicopters making a

over

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to form the number "65". The historical part of the parade began with the entry onto Red Square of infantry, air force and navy representatives in uniforms resplendent of the Great Patriotic War. Behind them troops from

and

marched. Each of these nations of the

were represented by some 70 troops. Following the participants from the CIS, was a guard of honour from the

Polish Army The Land Forces () are the Army, land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military histor ...

, and they were followed by 71 members of the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

, 76 members of the United States military, and 68 members of the French military. At the rear of the foreign segment of the parade were 68 troops from

, led by a commander riding on horseback, of which the horse has blood-lines to the horse lent to

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Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( 189618 June 1974) was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Zhukov served as deputy commander-in-ch ...

by Stalin for the original parade. It was followed by the Presidential Regiment Cavalry Escort Squadron, wearing GPW uniforms of the Soviet Cavalry forces.

Parade Participants

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

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

Military Band A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind instrument, wind and percussion instruments. The conducting, conductor of a ...
s in Attendance

* Massed Military Bands led and conducted by Major General Valery Khalilov and composed of: ** Headquarters Band of the

under Lt. Col. V Shevernev ** Central Military Band of the MDRF under Col. Andrei Kolotushkin and Drum Major of the Central Band Lt. Col. Sergey Durygin ** Headquarters Band, of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ...

of the Russian Federation ** Central Band of the Russian Navy ** Band of the Moscow Military Conservatoire, Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ** HQ

Band Band or BAND may refer to: Places *Bánd, a village in Hungary * Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania * Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, ...

of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation ** Band of the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ** Band of the Military Technological University ** Band of the Peter the Great Military Academy of the Rocket Forces of Strategic Importance **

** The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment **

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

Naval Forces Europe

** Wind and Fanfare Band of the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, Fren ...

Ile-de-France Military Region ** Band of the 5th Tamanskaya Guards Ind. Motor Rifle Brigade "Mikhail Kalinin" ** Band of the 4th Kantemir Guards Armored Brigade "Yuri Andropov" ** Band of the 27th Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade ** Central Band of the

** Band of the Gagarin-Zhukovsky Combined Air Force Academy ** Headquarters Band of the

Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces () is the airborne separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a rapid response force and strategic reserve that is under the President of Russia, reporting directly to the Chief of the General Staff, an ...

** Band of the Ryazan Airborne Command Academy ** Headquarters Band of the Federal Security Service ** Band of the MES Civil Defense Academy ** Moscow Combined Band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs * Drummers Company, Moscow Military Conservatoire, Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Ground Column

* '' 154th Moscow Garrison Commandant's

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Regiment and

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s'' ** Colors Party composed of: ***

Flag of Russia The national flag of the Russia, Russian Federation (, ) is a tricolour of three equal horizontal bands: white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. The design was first introduced by Tsar Peter the Great in 1693, and in 1705 ...

***

*** Banner of the

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces—two independent comba ...

** Combined Honor Guards Company of the Armed Forces * ''Historical troops and colors'' ** Front Standard bearers ** Historical Colors Party ** Historical troops of the

Soviet Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republi ...

***

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

***

Soviet Air Forces The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...

***

Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval warfare Military, uniform service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy made up a large part of the Soviet Union's strategic planning in the event of a conflict with t ...

*** WPRA Army Cavalry Corps and Cavalry Mechanized Groups Command (represented by the Cavalry Escort Squadron of the Presidential Regiment) * Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Allied nations ** Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces ** Yerevan Capital Regiment, Armed Forces of Armenia ** 5th Spetsnaz Brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus ** Honor Guard Company of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan ** 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the

Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan The Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic is the national military of Kyrgyzstan. It was originally formed from the former Soviet forces of the Turkestan Military District stationed in newly independent Kyrgyzstan. It consists of the Ground Forces ...

** Honor Guard Company of the

Moldovan National Army The Moldovan National Army () is the senior branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova composed of the Moldovan Air Force, Air Force and the Moldovan Ground Forces, Land Forces. The National Army is considered to be the regular duty mil ...

Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan The Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan is a higher military educational institution in the national education system of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. It was formerly named after Sangak Safarov, who served ...

** Ukrainian Ground Forces Military Academy ** Representative Battalion of the Polish Armed Forces ** 2nd Coy. 1st Battalion,

Welsh Guards The Welsh Guards (WLSH GDS; ), part of the Guards and Parachute Division, Guards Division, is one of the Foot guards, Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. It was founded in 1915 as a single-battalion regiment, during the World War I, First ...

** 18th Infantry Regiment,

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...

** Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment,

French Air Force The French Air and Space Force (, , ) is the air force, air and space force of the French Armed Forces. Formed in 1909 as the ("Aeronautical Service"), a service arm of the French Army, it became an independent military branch in 1934 as the Fr ...

Independent Honor Guard Battalion of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan The Independent Honor Guard Battalion of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan (; ) is the official ceremonial unit of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan that serves as a guard of honour unit. The battalion guards the Independence Monument, Ashgab ...

, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Russian Federation,

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** ''

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 ...

'' ** ''

Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation The Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation named after Prince Alexander Nevsky () is a Russian military university operated by the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MOD). It is located on 14 Bol'shaya Sadovaya Stree ...

'' ** '' Gagarin-Zhukovsky Combined Air Force Academy'' ** ''Air Force Gen. Staff School of Rocket Forces and Anti-Air Defense Training'' ** '' Baltic Naval Military Institute "Admiral Fyodor Ushakov"'' ** '' 336th Separate Bialystok Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the

Baltic Fleet The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...

'' ** ''

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 th ...

'' ** Moscow Military Rocket Forces Institute, SRFI RF ** Military Space Academy ** ''Moscow Military Space Institute of Radio Electronics'' ** '' Ryazan Airborne Command Academy "Gen. of the Army Vasily Margelov"'' ** 331st Guards Airborne Regiment ** '' Moscow Border Service Institute of the

Federal Security Service The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation �СБ, ФСБ России (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counterin ...

'' ** ''

OMSDON The Separate Operational Purpose Division (ODON; ), formerly called OMSDON (a.k.a. ''Felix Dzerzhinsky, Dzerzhinsky Division''), is a rapid deployment internal security Division (army), division of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union, Int ...

1st Internal Troops Division of the

of the Russian Federation "Felix Dzenzhinsky"'' ** ''

Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations The Civil Defence Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia () is a state institution for the training of highly qualified specialists in the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia), Ministry of Emergency Situations. As part of ...

of the Russian Federation'' ** Military Technological University ** '' 5th Tamanskaya Guards Ind. Motor Rifle Brigade "Mikhail Kalinin"'' ** '' 27th Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade'' ** '' Moscow Military Commanders Training School "Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR/Russian Federation"''

Mobile Column

* ''

T-34 The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank from World War II. When introduced, its 76.2 mm (3 in) tank gun was more powerful than many of its contemporaries, and its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against Anti-tank warfare, ...

'' * ''

GAZ-67 The GAZ-67 and the GAZ-67B (from January 1944) were general-purpose four-wheel drive A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultane ...

B'' * ''

SU-100 The SU-100 ( Russian: самоходная установка-100, СУ-100 romanized: '' Samokhodnaya Ustanovka-''100) is a Soviet tank destroyer armed with the D-10S 100 mm anti-tank gun in a casemate superstructure. It was used extens ...

'' * ''

GAZ-2975 The Tigr () is a Russian Four-wheel drive, 4×4 multipurpose all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle manufactured by Military Industrial Company, first delivered to the Russian Ground Forces, Russian Army in 2006. Primarily used by the Russian Arm ...

'' * BPM-97 * ''

BTR-80 The BTR-80 () is an 8×8 wheeled Amphibious vehicle, amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army. It was first de ...

'' * ''

BMP-3 The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for ''Boevaya Mashina Pekhoty'' (, literally "infantry combat vehicle"). Production history The design of the BMP-3 ('' ...

'' * ''

T-90 The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank developed from, and designed to replace the T-72. It uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's thermal sight. Standard p ...

'' * ''

2S19 Msta The 2S19 Msta-S is a 152.4 mm self-propelled howitzer designed and manufactured by Uraltransmash in the Soviet Union and later in Russia, which entered service in 1989 as the successor to the 2S3 Akatsiya. The vehicle has the running ...

'' * ''

Buk missile system The Buk (; "beech" (tree), ) is a family of self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter ...

'' *

TOS-1 TOS-1 Buratino (, Heavy Flamethrower System) is a Soviet 220 mm 30-barrel (original system, Object 634 or TOS-1M) or 24-barrel (Object 634B or TOS-1A Solntsepyok) multiple rocket launcher capable of using thermobaric warheads, mounted on a ...

* ''

BM-30 Smerch The BM-30 ''Smerch'' (, 'whirlwind'), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a heavy Self-propelled artillery, self-propelled 300 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union to fire a full load of 12 solid-fuelled projectiles. The ...

'' * ''

S-400 Triumf The S-400 Triumf ( – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the ...

'' *

Pantsir-S1 The Pantsir () missile system is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. Three types of vehicles make up one system: a missile launcher, a radar truck and a command post. Starting with ...

* ''

Iskander-M The 9K720 Iskander (; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a Russian mobile short-range ballistic missile system. It has a range of . It was intended to replace the OTR-21 Tochka in the Russian military by 2020. The Iskander has several differ ...

'' * ''

Air Column Flypast

An-124 RA-82028 in formation with Su-27 09-May-2010

* ''

Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. Russian production of t ...

Colors Party'' *

Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity transport helicopter, troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced ...

Mi-28 The Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name "Havoc") is a Soviet all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter. It is an attack helicopter with no intended secondary transport capability, and is better optimized than th ...

Mil Mi-35 The Soviet and later Russian Mil Mi-24 helicopter has been produced in many variants, as described below. History In 1966, Soviet aircraft designer Mikhail Mil created a mock-up design of a new helicopter (derived from the Mil Mi-8) which was ...

Yak-130 The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a potential light attack ...

MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twinjet, twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the large ...

Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...

Sukhoi Su-34 The Sukhoi Su-34 (; NATO reporting name: Fullback) is a Soviet-origin Russian twin-engine, twin-seat, all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/ strike aircraft. It first flew in 1990, intended for the Soviet Air Forces, and it enter ...

Tu-22M3 The Tupolev Tu-22M (; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated Tu-26 by ...

Tu-95 The Tupolev Tu-95 (; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and ...

Tu-160 The Tupolev Tu-160 (; NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing nuclear-capable heavy strategic bomber and airborne missile platform designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. The aircra ...

* ''Joint formation squadron of

Russian Knights The Russian Knights () is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force. Originally formed on April 5, 1991 at the Kubinka Air Base as a team of six Sukhoi Su-27s, the team was the first to perform outside the Soviet Union in Septe ...

and Strizhi (

and

)'' *

Il-78 The Ilyushin Il-78 (; NATO reporting name Midas) is a Soviet/Russian four-engined aerial refueling tanker based on the Il-76 strategic airlifter. Design and development The Soviet Union's first dedicated tanker aircraft were variants of pre ...

Music

; Flag procession, Inspection, and Address * '' Sacred War'' (Священная Война) by Alexandr Alexandrov * ''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 * ''

March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment The March of the Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment () is one of the most famous Russian military marches. The Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment was one of the oldest and most elite Imperial Guard (Russia), guard regiments of the Imperial Russ ...

'' (Марш Преображенского Полка) * 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 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov ...

'' (Государственный Гимн Российской Федерации) by Alexander Alexandrov * Signal ''Retreat'' (Сигнал "Отбой") ; Infantry Column * ''Triumph of the Winners'' (Триумф Победителей) * ''Ballad of a Soldier'' (Баллада о Солдате) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * '' March of the Defenders of Moscow'' (Марш защи́тников Москвы́) by Boris Alexandrovich Mokroysov * March ''Hero'' (Марш "Герой") * ''On Guard for the Peace'' (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev * ''

Air March The "Air March" (), also known as the "Aviators' March" (), is a Soviet military march published in 1923. It currently serves as the organizational anthem of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It formerly served as the organizational anthem of the So ...

'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait * ''Crew is One Family'' (Экипаж - одна семья) by Viktor Vasilyevich Pleshak * '' Artillery March'' (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * '' March of the Cosmonauts/Friends, I believe'' (Марш Космонавтов /Я верю, друзья) by Oskar Borisovich Feltsman * ''We Need One Victory'' (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava * '' To Serve Russia'' (Служить России) by Eduard Cemyonovich Khanok * ''

Victory Day Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may ob ...

'' (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov ; Vehicle Column * March ''General Miloradovich'' (Марш "Генерал Милорадович") by Valery Khalilov * March ''Hero'' (Марш "Герой") * ''

Katyusha Katyusha () is a diminutive of the Russian name Ekaterina or Yekaterina, the Russian form of Katherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in c ...

'' (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter * March ''Kant'' (Марш "Кант") by Valery Khalilov * ''March of the Tankmen'' (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky * March Hero (Марш "Герой") by Unknown * ''Katyusha'' (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter * March ''Kant'' (Марш "Кант") by Valery Khalilov * ''March of the Tankmen'' (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky ; Flypast Column * ''Air March'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait * March ''Airplanes – First of all'' (Марш "Первым делом самолёты") by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi * ''It’s time to go'' (Пора в путь-дорогу) by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi * ''Air March'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait * March ''Airplanes – First of all'' (Марш "Первым делом самолёты") by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi * Melody of Victory (Мелодия Победы) by Sergey Danilchenko ; Conclusion * '' Glory'' (Славься) by

Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, links=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, mʲɪxɐˈil ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognit ...

* ''

'' by

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

* ''Victory Day'' (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov * ''

Farewell of Slavianka "Farewell of Slavianka" ( rus, Прощание славянки, p=prɐˈɕːænʲɪje sɫɐˈvʲankʲɪ) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honor of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First B ...

'' (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin

Gallery

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and the

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Kyrgyz Army The Kyrgyz Ground Forces, or simply the Kyrgyz Army, is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. History In April 1992, Kyrgyzstan formed a State Committee for Defense Affairs, and in June the republic took cont ...

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from the

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and the

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and Strizhi over the

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presented by Su-25s File:2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade-40.jpeg, The sky over the

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier A Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is a monument dedicated to the services of an unknown soldier and the common memories of all soldiers killed in war. Such tombs are located in many nations and are usually high-profile na ...

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on the night of 9 May File:GySgt Ben Becker-CNE Band.jpeg, Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Becker, Drum Major for U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band, stands in Red Square while waiting to perform at the parade.

References

External links

*
Organising committee for the 65th anniversary celebrations of victory in the Great Patriotic War
*
Full video of the parade at Kremlin.ru

Photos and videos

360° panoramas
of the parade in

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Moscow Victory Day Parade Rehearsal of US Army for Red Square

British soldiers march on Red Square on historic parade

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Moscow Victory Day Parade The Moscow Victory Day Parade () is an annual military parade of the Russian Armed Forces on Moscow's Red Square on 9 May during the Victory Day celebrations. The most important parade of those being held on 9 May is the one held on Moscow's Red ...

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Military components

Foreign military

International dignitaries

The parade

Parade Participants

Military Band A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind instrument, wind and percussion instruments. The conducting, conductor of a ...s in Attendance

Ground Column

Mobile Column

Air Column Flypast

Music

Gallery

See also

References

External links

Photos and videos

Military Band A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind instrument, wind and percussion instruments. The conducting, conductor of a ...
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