2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade

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Emblem of the 65th anniversary Victory Day Parade.
Full version of the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
US Army Soldiers in Victory Day Parade Moscow

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

Topol-M mobile intercontinental ballistic missile taking part. For the first time, the 2010 parade on Red Square also included military units from foreign countries who were allied with the Soviet Union during World War II, with representation from France, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States and members of the Commonwealth of Independent States
.

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

Topol-M missile, that first appeared at the 2009 parade, was shown here again for the second consecutive year.[citation needed
]

Foreign military

Foreign troops march on Red Square as part of Victory Day celebrations for the first time.

The 2010 Parade marked the first time that foreign and

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called the inclusion of foreign troops in the parade recognition of their "common victory" in World War II.[5]

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

World leaders present at the 2010 Victory Day Parade

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responded to remarks by Ghimpu, which also included the opinion that Russia should pay Moldova compensation for what he claimed was a "Soviet occupation", by urging Moldovan authorities not to use the occasion for political speculation.[citation needed] King Michael of Romania, the last head of state alive from World War II, was invited by Russian president Medvedev to attend the ceremony.[6]

plane crash near Smolensk in early April 2010.[citation needed] Kaczyński is said to have confirmed his attendance at the parade shortly prior to the crash in which he was killed,[citation needed] with reports in the week prior to his death showing that he was questioning his attendance.[citation needed
]

Both the United Kingdom and the United States had planned to send high-profile representatives.

2008 Russia–Georgia War. The UK and US were instead represented by their ambassadors to Russia, Dame Anne Pringle and John Beyrle respectively.[15]

The list of heads of foreign states, governments and international organisations that attended the parade were:[16]

Country Dignitary Position Photo Country Dignitary Position Photo
 Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh President -  Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov
President
 Armenia Serzh Sargsyan President -  Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj President
 Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President  Montenegro Filip Vujanović President
 Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov President  Poland Bronisław Komorowski Acting President
 China Hu Jintao President  Serbia Boris Tadić President
 Croatia Ivo Josipović President  Slovakia Ivan Gašparovič President
 Czech Republic Václav Klaus President  Slovenia Danilo Türk President
 Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves President[17]  South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity President -
 Germany Angela Merkel
Chancellor
 Tajikistan
Emomalii Rahmon
President
 Israel Shimon Peres President  Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow President
 Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev President  Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Triết President
 Latvia Valdis Zatlers President - - - -

The parade

Speech of
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Victory Day Parade on 9 May 2010 (transcript in English[permanent dead link
])

At 10:00 am (

Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev on the readiness of the troops.[18]

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 Kremlin to form the number "65".[18]

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

Polish Army, and they were followed by 71 members of the British Army, 76 members of the United States military, and 68 members of the French military. At the rear of the foreign segment of the parade were 68 troops from Turkmenistan, led by a commander riding on horseback, of which the horse has blood-lines to the horse lent to Marshal Georgy Zhukov by Stalin for the original parade.[18]
It was followed by the Presidential Regiment Cavalry Escort Squadron, wearing GPW uniforms of the Soviet Cavalry forces.

Parade Participants

Note: Those indicated in bold indicate first parade appearance, those indicated with italic indicate double or multiple parade appearances.

  • Colonel General
    Valery Gerasimov, Commander of the Moscow Military District (parade commander)
  • Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Anatoliy Serdyukov (parade inspector)

Military Bands
in Attendance

Ground Column

Mobile Column

Air Column Flypast

224th Flight Unit with 2 Sukhoi Su-27s of the Russian Knights
aerobatic team.

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

Gallery

  • Honour guard marching with the Russian flag and the Victory Banner
    Honour guard marching with the
    Victory Banner
  • President Dmitry Medvedev making a speech
    President Dmitry Medvedev making a speech
  • Overview of troops taking part in the parade
    Overview of troops taking part in the parade
  • Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
    Soldiers of the
    Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
  • Contingent from the Azerbaijani military
    Contingent from the
    Azerbaijani military
  • Contingent from the Armenian military
    Contingent from the
    Armenian military
  • Contingent from the Kyrgyz Army
    Contingent from the Kyrgyz Army
  • Contingent from the Polish military
    Contingent from the
    Polish military
  • Welsh Guards from the British military
    British military
  • Contingent from the United States Army's 18th Infantry Regiment
  • Contingent from the French Army
    Contingent from the French Army
  • Contingent from the Turkmen military
    Contingent from the
    Turkmen military
  • Military vehicles on the Red Square
    Military vehicles on the Red Square
  • S-400 on the parade
    S-400
    on the parade
  • Aircraft from the Russian Air Force and the Coat of Arms of Russia
    Aircraft from the
    Coat of Arms of Russia
  • Russian Knights and Strizhi over the Red Square
  • Russian flag presented by Su-25s
    Russian flag
    presented by Su-25s
  • The sky over the Moscow Kremlin
    The sky over the
    Moscow Kremlin
  • State leaders during the ceremony of laying wreaths to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
    State leaders during the ceremony of laying wreaths to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • Fireworks at the Moscow Kremlin on the night of 9 May
    Fireworks at the
    Moscow Kremlin
    on the night of 9 May
  • 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.
    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

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