2005 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The 2005 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade which took place in Red Square in Moscow on 9 May 2005 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.[1] The parade was inspected by the Minister of Defence Sergei Ivanov and it was commanded by Moscow Military District Commander General of the Army Ivan Efremov.

Officials and dignitaries lay flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier

Music was performed by the Massed Bands of the Moscow Garrison directed by Colonel Valery Khalilov on his 3rd national parade, the first to include 4 international marching bands.

After the inspection of the troops, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin gave his 6th-holiday address to the nation.

More than 200 foreign guests (included 55 International Heads of state) were presented. Among them were Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura, President of the United States George W. Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi, French President Jacques Chirac, Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov.

This was the last time veterans took part directly as participants. This time through, reenacting the motorized infantry of the original 1945 parade mobile column, many veterans of the fronts rode in the very trucks which carried infantry to the front lines of the war, arranged accordingly by the fronts they took part at war's end.

It was the largest parade in the history of Russia, and one of the largest in the world's history.

Dignitaries in attendance

The Victory Day parade drew many international statesman to the Russian capital in the days leading up to 9 May. According to the Russian government, 55 world leaders were invited to the 2005 parade.[2] In total, about 150 countries were represented at the parade. It was the largest gathering of world leaders in Russian history. The parade was the first one to be attended by world leaders since the 1995 parade.

President of Georgia Mikhail Saakahvili, as well as two Presidents of Baltic nations, did not attend despite being invited. They were represented by lower-level politicians. In addition to that, a number of ambassadors and war veterans were presented as private attendees. British Prime Minister Tony Blair was unable to attend due to an emergency engagement followed the 2005 United Kingdom general election.[9] Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder brought with him a group of Wehrmacht veterans, whom Vladimir Putin personally approached after a military parade on Red Square. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi also arrived with Italian veterans.

  • Russian paratroopers on parade 9
  • WW2 Veterans of the Soviet Union on Parade
  • President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin's Victory Day Parade speech
  • Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov
  • Veterans of the War.
  • Heads of state (from left to right) : Jacques Chirac, Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush.

See also

References
  1. "Leaders mourn Soviet wartime dead". BBC News Channel. BBC. 2005-05-09. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/574697
  3. Bash, Dana; King, John (2005-05-10). "Bush dances after arrival in Georgia". CNN International. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. Associated Press (2005-05-10). "Bush joins Putin for parade". Tulsa World. AP. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. https://obzor.city/news/6034
  6. http://moscova.mae.ro/en/node/784
  7. Parfitt, Tom (2015-03-23). "Leaders' snub of Moscow victory parade 'insult to soldiers', says Russia". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/06/AR2005050601217.html
  9. Парад в честь 60-летия Победы прошёл на Красной площади, newsru.com, 10 мая 2005

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