The 2014 Moscow Victory Day

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took place in

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on 9 May 2014 to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the capitulation of

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in 1945, which formally ended hostilities in the

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in Europe. The annual parade marks the Allied victory in the

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on the same day as the signing of the German act of capitulation to the

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, at midnight of May 9, 1945 (Russian time).

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delivered his eleventh holiday address to the nation on this day.

Parade specifics

Members of the Presidential Cavalry Squadron of the

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took part in the part to honour the contributions of the Red Army Cavalry Corps Joining the parade for the first time were the cadets of the Tver Suvorov Military School and the Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps. In the mobile column, the Tor-M2U air-defense missile systems, the

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tracked tank destroyers and Typhoon-K APCs were also seen. This year's mobile column had a record 149 military vehicles in attendance, with 69 planes (including for the very first time 4

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s from a newly formed air aerobatics group, the "tactical air wing" formation by pilots from the Lipetsk State Aviation Center and also for the first time, in a late addition to compensate for the absences of the

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and

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aerobatics teams that were in Sevastopol, four brand-new

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s) forming the fly-past. Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation

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inspected the parade for the second time, and this year's parade commander was the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel General

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Preparation

Beginning in November/December 2013, preparations for the parade were well attended at the unit level. Individual unit practices were held in the various military installations for all the participating units. Full-scale rehearsals officially started on March 31, 2014, in the Alabino training grounds in

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, with the rehearsals there to formally conclude in April the same year in order to prepare for the practice runs in Moscow's Red Square in May. Also rehearsing for the parade are the massed

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of the Armed Forces and the Moscow Garrison, all to be conducted for the 12th straight year by Lieutenant General

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, the Senior Director of Music of the Bands Service of the Russian Armed Forces, and the units and vehicles forming the mobile column. Practice runs for the Russian Knights and Swifts air aerobatics teams that formed part of the fly past column commenced on April 6, 2014. A first general practice run (without the flypast) was held in the Alabino grounds on April 7, 2014, with another run finished on the 11th. April 16, 2014 saw the first joint practice run of the parade at the Alabino grounds including the fly past column for the first time. Also found joining the parade for the first time in 4 years was the 1st Cavalry Squadron from the Presidential Cavalry Escort Battalion,

. The Moscow leg of the practice runs commenced on April 21, 2014 with the mobile column driving its way along

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for its first practice run in the capital. This was followed by the first night practice runs on Red Square itself, joined by the bands, the marching troops and the mobile column, which began on April 29 to 30. The air flypast column held a practice run above the skies of Moscow on May 3, 2014. All 69 planes joining this year's parade took part, and the run-through was cheered on by both Muscovites and tourists alike. A final nighttime practice run was held on May 5 on Moscow's Red Square. And on May 7, despite the cold weather earlier that day, a final parade practice run was held that morning at 10AM Moscow Time, with General of the Army Shoigu inspecting and with Colonel General Salyukov leading the contingents, just as they would have done in the actual parade.

Full order of the parade

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, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation'' (parade inspector) *

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, Commander-in-Chief of the

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(parade commander)

''Military Bands''

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Ground Column

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'' * Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps (first appearance) * ''Aksanskiy Cossack Cadet Corps'' * ''

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'' * '' Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation'' * '' Military Academy of Material and Technical Security "General of the Army A. V. Khrulev"'' * ''

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'' * '' Baltic Naval Military Institute "Admiral Fyodor Ushakov"'' (returning) * 382nd Independent Marine Battalion of the

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'' * ''16th Spetsnaz Brigade, Western Military District'' (returning) * ''

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'' * '' Moscow Border Guards Institute of the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation "Moscow City Council"'' * ''

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"Yuri Andropov"'' * '' Military Technical University of the Federal Agency of Special Construction'' * '' Moscow Military Commanders Training School "

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Air Fly Past Column

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Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-1 ...

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(first appearance)

Music

; Flag procession, Review, and Address * '' Sacred War'' (Священная Война) by Alexander Alexanderov * ''Solemn Triumphal March'' (Торжественно-Триумфальный Марш) by Valery Khalilov * ''

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'' (Марш Преображенского Полка) by Unknown * ''Slow March of the Officers Schools'' (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) 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'' (Встречный Марш) by Evgeny Aksyonov * ''Glory'' (Славься) by Mikhail Glinka * Parade Fanfare ''All Listen!'' (Парадная Фанфара “Слушайте все!”) by Andrei Golovin * ''

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'' (Государственный Гимн Российской Федерации) by Alexander Alexandrov * Signal ''Retreat'' (Сигнал “Отбой”) ; Infantry Column * March ''General Miloradovich'' (Марш “Генерал Милорадович”) by Valery Khalilov * ''Triumph of the Winners'' (Триумф Победителей) * ''In Defense of the Homeland'' (В защиту Родины) by Viktor Sergeyevich Runov * ''We are the Army of the People'' (Мы Армия Народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesya * ''

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'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait * ''Legendary Sevastopol'' (Легендарный Севастополь) by Bano Muradeli * ''Crew is One Family'' (Экипаж - одна семья) by Viktor Vasilyevich Pleshak * ''March of the Cosmonauts/Friends, I believe'' (Марш Космонавтов /Я верю, друзья) by Oskar Borisovich Feltsman * ''Artillery March'' (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * ''We Need One Victory'' (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava * ''To Serve Russia'' (Служить России) by Eduard Cemyonovich Khanok * ''Sound about the Alarming Youth'' (Песня о тревожной молодости) by Alexandera Pakhmutova * March ''Parade Ground'' (Марш “Плац”) by Valery Khalilov * ''On Guard for the Peace'' (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexanderovich Diev * ''Ballad of a Soldier'' (Баллада о Солдате) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * ''

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'' (В Путь) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * ''

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'' (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov ; Mobile Column * March ''General Miloradovich'' (Марш “Генерал Милорадович”) by Valery Khalilov * '' Invincible and Legendary'' (Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexander Alexandrov * ''Legendary Sevastopol'' (Легендарный Севастополь) by Bano Muradeli * March ''Hero'' (Марш “Герой”) by Unknown * March ''Three Tankmen'' (Марш “Три Танкиста”) by Pokrass Brothers * ''March of the Soviet Tankists'' (Марш сове́тских танки́стов) by Pokrass Brothers * March ''Victory'' (Марш “Победа”) by Albert Mikhailovich Arutyunov * ''

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'' (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter * ''Artillery March'' (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * ''

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'' (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov ; Air Column * ''

'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait * March ''Airplanes – First of all'' (Марш “Первым делом самолёты”) by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi * ''Air March'' (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait ; Conclusion * '' Invincible and Legendary'' (Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexander Alexandrov * ''

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'' (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin

Simultaneous Crimean parades

Parades occurred in 22 major Russian cities, and the newly incorporated federal city of

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, which was annexed by Russia (along with the rest of Crimea) in March 2014. Sevastopol also celebrated the 70th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany in May 1944. This year the Crimean

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also held its first holiday parade, and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany on April 11, 1944. The Sevastopol parade saw the

parade for the first time independently of the

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. Putin also attended a fleet review on the city where he delivered an address. Aside from these, 50 more cities and towns in Russia planned to hold joint civil/military parades in honor of the celebrations.

Gallery

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External links

Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square 2014 (FULL VIDEO)Военно-морской парад в Севастополе 9 мая 2014

References

{{Moscow Victory Parade, state=expanded Moscow Victory Day Parades

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 ...

2014 in military history 2014 in Moscow May 2014 in Russia