2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The Moscow Victory Day Parade in Moscow was held on 9 May, 2011 to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Parade participants
- 20,000 soldiers and officers[1] representing all three services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia), the Federal Security Service (Russia), and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
- 1,500 marching band musicians[1] led by Lt. Gen. Valery Khalilov in his 9th Victory Day Parade appearance
- +100 military vehicles[1]
- 5 Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopters[1]
- Colonel General Valery Gerasimov – Deputy Chief of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff[1] – Parade Commander
- Anatoly Serdyukov – Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation – Parade Inspector
Mobile Column
Air Column Flypast
- Mil Mi-8 Hip Colors Party
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