1997 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The 1997 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a

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).

Together with the

Yuri Luzhkov, the Russian army generals and other officials stood on a temporary grandstand, erected in front of Lenin's Mausoleum. The parade was attended by 5,000 officers and men, the parade went off without a demonstration of military equipment. The parade commander was deputy commander of the Moscow Military District, Lieutenant-General Igor Puzanov

. Passage of the troops took 20 minutes.

References

^ Lakhman, Marina (17 August 1997). "There'll be Singing in Red Square". The New York Times.

Great Patriotic War (1941–45)
By year	1945 1965 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Participating units 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 National Guard Forces Command Ministry of Internal Affairs Police of Russia 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
Related	1992 Moscow peace parade Victory Day (9 May) Eastern Front Great Patriotic War Pobedobesie Z (military symbol) Victory Banner (Soviet Union)
Part of	Victory Day Parades

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