1996 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The 1996 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a parade held in Red Square on 9 May 1996 to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.[1] The annual parade marks the Allied victory in the Great Patriotic War on the same day as the signing of the German act of capitulation to the Allies in Berlin, at midnight 9 May 1945 (Russian time). The Supreme Commander of Russian Armed Forces, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, as well as government officials stood on the grandstand of Lenin's Mausoleum. It would be the last time the Mausoleum would be used in a Moscow parade. The parade commander was the commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel-General Leonid Kuznetsov. The parade was inspected by the Defense Minister of Russia, General of the Army Pavel Grachev. 7,370 military personnel took part in the parade. Military equipment did not participate in the parade. The parade is also the first time the Victory Banner has trooped on Red Square before the parade.[2]
See also
- Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
- Victory Day (9 May)
References
External links
- Видео парада 9 мая 1996 года on YouTube
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and prominent parts
of the parade
- Victory Banner
- Flag of Russia
- National anthem of Russia
- Ribbon of Saint George
- Red Square
- Military Band Service
- Moscow Military Music College
- Preobrazhensky Regiment
- Russian Ground Forces
- Russian Navy
- Russian Aerospace Forces (Russian Air Force, Russian Space Forces and Russian Aerospace Defence Forces)
- Russian Airborne Forces
- Russian Naval Aviation
- Russian Naval Infantry
- GRAU
- Missile Forces of Strategic Importance
- Russian Railway Troops
- Federal Security Service
- Border Service
- Kremlin Regiment
- National Guard of Russia
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Ministry of Emergency Situations
- Investigative Committee of Russia
- Young Army
- Suvorov Military School
- Nakhimov Naval School
- Aerobatic teams
- Russian Knights
- Strizhi
- Crimean Wings
- Russian Falcons
- Berkuts
- 1992 Moscow peace parade
- Victory Day (9 May)
- Eastern Front
- Great Patriotic War
- Pobedobesie
- Z (military symbol)
- Victory Banner (Soviet Union)