1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The Moscow Victory Day Parade of 1990 was held on May 9, 1990 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War. The parade was inspected by the USSR Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Yazov, and was commanded by the Commander of the Moscow Military District Colonel general Nikolai Vasilyevich Kalinin. 12.5 thousand people and 429 units of equipment took part in the parade. It was the last parade in the USSR on Red Square, dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. This is the first Victory Day parade which does not depict Vladimir Lenin's portrait on the Red Square and this practice continues to the present. This parade also featured a float featuring the Soldier-liberator Statue, the first-of-its-kind for a Soviet Victory Day Parade.[1][2][3][4][5] A small parade featuring the Waltham American Legion Band was also held on Red Square following the massive parade, becoming the first American Band to ever play in Moscow.[6][7]

Full order of the marchpast

Military bands
  • Massed Military Bands of the Moscow Military District

Ground column

During the transition period from the ground to mobile columns, 30 cadets from the Suvorov and Nakhimov schools marched to the grandstand to bring flowers to the Soviet leadership who attended.[8]

Mobile Column


See also

References
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  2. "День Победы: история военных парадов". ТАСС. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  3. "Victory Day Parade - 09 May". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  4. "Moscow Parade Marks Date of WWII Victory". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 1990-05-09. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  5. "Victory Day Celebrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg". Travel All Russia. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  6. http://walthamlegionband.org/10.html
  7. https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20200509/american-legion-post-156-band-made-history-30-years-ago-by-marching-in-victory-day-parade?template=ampart
  8. Айрапетян 2015.
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