2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade
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The 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on 9 May 2010 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marks the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.
It was the largest
Military components
The 9 May Victory Day Parade in Moscow involved more than 10,000 troops marching, 160 military vehicles and 127 military aircraft, making it the largest parade to be held since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.[1]
Twenty aviation units of the
Foreign military
The 2010 Parade marked the first time that foreign and
The inclusion of foreign troops in the parade was not without controversy. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation held a May Day rally in Moscow, at which several thousand protesters used the rally to decry the inclusion of troops from NATO countries in the parade.[citation needed] A poll run by the Levada Center saw 20 percent of respondents disapproving of the presence of foreign troops, with 8 percent being strongly opposed.[5]
International dignitaries
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Both the United Kingdom and the United States had planned to send high-profile representatives.
The list of heads of foreign states, governments and international organisations that attended the parade were:[16]
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Sergei Bagapsh | President | - | ![]() |
Gjorge Ivanov | President |
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Serzh Sargsyan | President | - | ![]() |
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | President | ![]() |
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Ilham Aliyev | President | ![]() |
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Filip Vujanović | President | ![]() |
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Georgi Parvanov | President | ![]() |
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Bronisław Komorowski | Acting President | ![]() |
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Hu Jintao | President | ![]() |
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Boris Tadić | President | ![]() |
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Ivo Josipović | President | ![]() |
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Ivan Gašparovič | President | ![]() |
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Václav Klaus | President | ![]() |
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Danilo Türk | President | ![]() |
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves | President[17] | ![]() |
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Eduard Kokoity | President | - |
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Angela Merkel | Chancellor |
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Emomalii Rahmon |
President | ![]() |
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Shimon Peres | President | ![]() |
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Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | President | ![]() |
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Nursultan Nazarbayev | President | ![]() |
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Nguyễn Minh Triết | President | ![]() |
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Valdis Zatlers | President | ![]() |
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The parade
At 10:00 am (
After this President Medvedev made a speech in which he stated, "Sixty-five years ago Nazism was vanquished. The machine that was wiping out whole nations was stopped. Peace returned to our country and to Europe as a whole. An end was put to the ideology that was destroying the fundamentals of civilisation." Medvedev also emphasised the role the Soviet Union played in the war, bearing the brunt of Nazi attacks, in which some three-quarters of their military forces participated.[18][19]
After his speech and the playing of the
The historical part of the parade began with the entry onto Red Square of infantry, air force and navy representatives in uniforms resplendent of the Great Patriotic War. Behind them troops from
Parade Participants
Note: Those indicated in bold indicate first parade appearance, those indicated with italic indicate double or multiple parade appearances.
- Colonel GeneralValery Gerasimov, Commander of the Moscow Military District (parade commander)
- Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Anatoliy Serdyukov (parade inspector)
Military Bands in Attendance
- Massed Military Bands led and conducted by Major General Valery Khalilov and composed of:
- Headquarters Band of the Moscow Military District under Lt. Col. V Shevernev
- Central Military Band of the MDRF under Col. Andrei Kolotushkin and Drum Major of the Central Band Lt. Col. Sergey Durygin
- Headquarters Band, of the Ministry of Internal Affairsof the Russian Federation
- Central Band of the Russian Navy
- Band of the Moscow Military Conservatoire, Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
- HQ Band of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation
- Band of the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Band of the Military Technological University
- Band of the Peter the Great Military Academy of the Rocket Forces of Strategic Importance
- Central Band of the Royal Air Force
- The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment
- Naval Forces Europe Band
- Ile-de-FranceMilitary Region
- Band of the 5th Tamanskaya Guards Ind. Motor Rifle Brigade "Mikhail Kalinin"
- Band of the 4th Kantemir Guards Armored Brigade "Yuri Andropov"
- Band of the 27th Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- Central Band of the Russian Air Force
- Band of the Gagarin-Zhukovsky Combined Air Force Academy
- Headquarters Band of the Russian Airborne Troops
- Band of the Ryazan Airborne Command Academy
- Headquarters Band of the Federal Security Service
- Band of the MES Civil Defense Academy
- Moscow Combined Band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Drummers Company, Moscow Military Conservatoire, Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Ground Column
- Color Guards
- Colors Party composed of:
- Flag of Russia
- Victory Banner
- Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Combined Honor Guards Company of the Armed Forces
- Colors Party composed of:
- Historical troops and colors
- Front Standard bearers
- Historical Colors Party
- Historical troops of the Soviet Armed Forces
- Red Army
- Soviet Air Forces
- Soviet Navy
- WPRA Army Cavalry Corps and Cavalry Mechanized Groups Command (represented by the Cavalry Escort Squadron of the Presidential Regiment)
- Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Allied nations
- Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces
- Yerevan Capital Regiment, Armed Forces of Armenia
- 5th Spetsnaz Brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus
- Honor Guard Company of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan
- Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan
- Honor Guard Company of the Moldovan National Army
- Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan
- Ukrainian Ground Forces Military Academy
- Representative Battalion of the Polish Armed Forces
- 2nd Coy. 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, British Army
- 18th Infantry Regiment, United States Army
- French Air Force
- Independent Honor Guard Battalion of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan[20]
- Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Russian Federation, Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
- Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
- Gagarin-Zhukovsky Combined Air Force Academy
- Air Force Gen. Staff School of Rocket Forces and Anti-Air Defense Training
- Baltic Naval Military Institute "Admiral Fyodor Ushakov"
- 336th Separate Bialystok Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Baltic Fleet
- Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces
- Moscow Military Rocket Forces Institute, SRFI RF
- Military Space Academy
- Moscow Military Space Institute of Radio Electronics
- Ryazan Airborne Command Academy "Gen. of the Army Vasily Margelov"
- 331st Guards Airborne Regiment
- Moscow Border Service Institute of the Federal Security Service
- Ministry of Internal Affairsof the Russian Federation "Felix Dzenzhinsky"
- Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation
- Military Technological University
- 5th Tamanskaya Guards Ind. Motor Rifle Brigade "Mikhail Kalinin"
- 27th Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- Moscow Military Commanders Training School "Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR/Russian Federation"
Mobile Column
- T-34
- GAZ-67B
- SU-100
- GAZ-2975
- BPM-97
- BTR-80
- BMP-3
- T-90
- 2S19 Msta
- Buk missile system
- TOS-1
- BM-30 Smerch
- S-400 Triumf
- Pantsir-S1
- Iskander-M
- Topol-M
Air Column Flypast
- Mi-8 Colors Party
- Mi-24
- Mi-28
- Mil Mi-35
- Yak-130
- MiG-29
- Sukhoi Su-24
- Sukhoi Su-34
- Sukhoi Su-27
- Tu-22M3
- Tu-95
- Tu-160
- Joint formation squadron of Russian Knights and Strizhi (Sukhoi Su-27 and Mikoyan MiG-29)
- Il-78
- Beriev A-50
- Sukhoi Su-25
- Antonov An-124
Music
- Flag procession, Inspection, and Address
- Sacred War (Священная Война) by Alexandr Alexandrov
- Slow March of the Tankmen (Встречный Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- Slow March to Carry the War Flag (Встречный Марш для выноса Боевого Знамени) by Dmitriy Valentinovich Kadeyev
- Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
- Slow March of the Officers Schools (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Dmitry Pertsev
- Slow March of the Red Army (Встречный Марш Красной Армии) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Evgeny Aksyonov
- March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment(Марш Преображенского Полка)
- Parade Fanfare All Listen! (Парадная Фанфара "Слушайте все!”) by Andrei Golovin
- State Anthem of the Russian Federation(Государственный Гимн Российской Федерации) by Alexander Alexandrov
- Signal Retreat (Сигнал "Отбой")
- Infantry Column
- Triumph of the Winners (Триумф Победителей)
- Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о Солдате) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy
- March of the Defenders of Moscow (Марш защи́тников Москвы́) by Boris Alexandrovich Mokroysov
- March Hero (Марш "Герой")
- On Guard for the Peace (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev
- Air March (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait
- Crew is One Family (Экипаж - одна семья) by Viktor Vasilyevich Pleshak
- March of the Cosmonauts/Friends, I believe (Марш Космонавтов /Я верю, друзья) by Oskar Borisovich Feltsman
- We Need One Victory (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava
- To Serve Russia (Служить России) by Eduard Cemyonovich Khanok
- Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
- Vehicle Column
- March General Miloradovich (Марш "Генерал Милорадович") by Valery Khalilov
- March Hero (Марш "Герой")
- Katyusha (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter
- March Kant (Марш "Кант") by Valery Khalilov
- March of the Tankmen (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- March Hero (Марш "Герой") by Unknown
- Katyusha (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter
- March Kant (Марш "Кант") by Valery Khalilov
- March of the Tankmen (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- Flypast Column
- Air March (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait
- March Airplanes – First of all (Марш "Первым делом самолёты") by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi
- It’s time to go (Пора в путь-дорогу) by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi
- Air March (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait
- March Airplanes – First of all (Марш "Первым делом самолёты") by Vasili-Solovyov-Sedoi
- Conclusion
- Glory (Славься) by Mikhail Glinka
- Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
- Farewell of Slavianka (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin
Gallery
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Honour guard marching with theVictory Banner
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President Dmitry Medvedev making a speech
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Overview of troops taking part in the parade
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Soldiers of theArmed Forces of the Russian Federation
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Contingent from theAzerbaijani military
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Contingent from theArmenian military
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Contingent from the Kyrgyz Army
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Contingent from thePolish military
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British military
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Contingent from the United States Army's 18th Infantry Regiment
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Contingent from the French Army
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Contingent from theTurkmen military
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Military vehicles on the Red Square
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S-400on the parade
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Aircraft from theCoat of Arms of Russia
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Russian flagpresented by Su-25s
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The sky over theMoscow Kremlin
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State leaders during the ceremony of laying wreaths to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Fireworks at theMoscow Kremlinon the night of 9 May
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Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Benjamin Becker, Drum Major for U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band, stands in Red Square while waiting to perform at the parade.
See also
- 2010 Minsk Victory Day Parade
- 2010 Kyiv Victory Day Parade
- Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
- Victory Day (9 May)
- Victory Day Parades
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External links
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- (in English, Russian, French, and German) Organising committee for the 65th anniversary celebrations of victory in the Great Patriotic War
- (in Russian) Full video of the parade at Kremlin.ru