2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade

A color guard in Kiev.

The 2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade was held on May 9, 2010 in Kiev, honoring the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.[1][2] (In 2015, the Ukrainian parliament replaced the term "Great Patriotic War" with "Second World War" as part of a set of decommunization laws.[3]) Military vehicles, and soldiers in Soviet Army uniforms, marched on Khreschatyk Street.[4] Inspecting the parade was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General of the Army Ivan Svyda.[5] The commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Colonel General Gennady Vorobyov, Commandedg the Parade.[6] The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych delivered a jubilee address.[7] 2,500 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces troops from Russia and Belarus took part in the parade.[8][9] 17 military orchestras took part in the parade under the command of the Chief of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major General Volodymyr Derkach.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "The Victory Parade took place in Kiev, Ukraine on May 9, 2010 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War".
  2. ↑ "Ukraine holds military parade to mark 65th anniversary Victory Day - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  3. ↑ Ukraine Purges Symbols of Its Communist Past, Newsweek, (10 April 2015)
  4. ↑ "Ukraine Marks Victory Day With Military Parade". news.kievukraine.info. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Inspecting the parade was the Chief of General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ivan Svyda".
  6. ↑ "Commanding the parade was the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Gennady Vorobyov".
  7. ↑ "Delivering the address was the President of Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Viktor Yanukovych".
  8. ↑ "More than 2,500 thousand members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other military units took part in the parade. Troops from Russia and Belarus also took part in the parade".
  9. ↑ "A grand parade befitting a grand victory 65 years ago - May. 13, 2010". KyivPost. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  10. ↑ "Musical accompaniment by 17 military orchestras under the guidance of the Chief of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, People's Artist of Ukraine, Major General Volodymyr Derkach".
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