The 1941 October Revolution Parade of November 7, 1941 was a parade in honor of the
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...
24 years earlier.
[Russia and later the Soviet Union adopted the Gregorian calendar after the October Revolution, so that the anniversary now fell on 7 November.] It is most famous for taking place during the
Battle of Moscow
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January ...
. The
Communist Party
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General Secretary
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,
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
, delivered a speech to the soldiers on the parade on
Red Square
Red Square ( rus, Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad', ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːətʲ) is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Owing to its historical significance and the adjacent historical build ...
, who would go to battle immediately after the parade. Many of the soldiers on the parade would be killed in battle. Every year in modern
Russia
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, November 7th is a holiday in honor of the 1941 parade as a substitute for celebration of the October Revolution, as a
Day of Military Honour.
Parades held on that year that are more memorable are the parades in Moscow's Red Square and in Kuybyshev Square,
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
(formerly Kuybyshev in the Soviet period). Both are marked today by commemorative parades to honor their historical importance.
Order of the Moscow parade march past
The parade was inspected by the commander of the
Reserve Front
The Reserve Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.
First Formation
The Reserve Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on July 30, 1941 in a reorganiza ...
,
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union (russian: Маршал Советского Союза, Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union.
The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 19 ...
Semyon Budyonny
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian ca ...
, with musical accompaniment by a combined band made up of the Central Military Band of the
People's Commissariat of Defence, the
Band of the Dzerzhinsky Division
The Band of the Separate Operational Purpose Division () also known by its original name, the Band of the Dzerzhinsky Division, is a military band of the National Guard Forces Command of the Rosgvardia. It is part of the Military Band Service of t ...
, and the Staff Band of the
Moscow Military District
The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military Di ...
, both under the baton of Colonel
Vasily Agapkin
Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Ага́пкин; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of ...
, then the Director of Music, Staff Band of the Moscow Military District.
Ground column
Following Colonel General Pavel Artemyev riding on
horseback, the parade marched past in the following order:
* Corps of Drums of the
Moscow Military Music College
The Valery Khalilov Moscow Suvorov Military Music College is one of the leading military music institutions in Russia. It is a separate branch of the Suvorov Military Schools in Russia, and the oldest of them all (opened 1937).
History
On Augu ...
* Moscow Artillery School
* Combined Regiment from the 336th Naval Infantry Brigade and Navy Headquarters Detachment Moscow (1st Naval Task Group)
*
332nd Rifle Division
*
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*
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
Internal Troops
The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD) (russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del; abbreviat ...
stationed in Moscow
* 2nd Rifle (People's Militia) Division
* Regiment from the Military Council of the Moscow Military District
*
Vsevobuch
Vsevobuch ( rus, всевобуч, p=fsʲɪˈvobʊtɕ), a portmanteau for "Universal Military Training" ( rus, всеобщее военное обучение, r=vseobshcheye voyennoye obucheniye), was a system of compulsory military training for ...
Regiment (two battalions)
* Veteran
Red Guards
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battalion
Stalin's speech
Before the parade commenced the then General Secretary of the All-Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) and Premier of the USSR Joseph Stalin delivered the following address to the nation:
Parade in Kuybyshev
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The other national parade held was at Kuybyshev (today
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
), at the grounds of
Kuybyshev Square
Kuybyshev Square (russian: Площадь Куйбышева, ''Ploshad' Kuybysheva'') is a public square in Samara, Russia, located in the city's historic center between Chapaevskaya, Vilonovska, Galaktionovskaya, and Krasnoarmeyskaya streets i ...
, attended by officials of the All-Union Communist Party, the Council of People's Commissars and the Supreme Soviet, high-ranking officers of the Soviet Armed Forces and the diplomatic corps, on the grounds of the city being a wartime national capital in the case of Moscow having fallen into
Axis powers, Axis hands. The parade commander was then-Lieutenant General
Maksim Purkayev
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev (russian: Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев; August 14 (26), 1894, in the village of Nalitovo, Russian Empire – January 1, 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet military leader, reaching service rank of Arm ...
, commanding general of the
60th Army
The Red Army's 60th Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. It was first formed in reserve in the Moscow Military District in October 1941, but soon was disbanded. It was formed a second time in July 1942, and continued in servi ...
, while it was inspected by the former
People's Commissar of Defense,
Marshal
Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society. As marshals became trusted members of the courts of Medieval Europe, the title grew in reputation. During the last few centuries, it has been used for elevated o ...
Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...
, who later gave the national holiday message following the inspection. It was his final inspection of an October Revolution parade and the only one he inspected outside the capital. An estimated 15,000 military servicemen took part, alongside more than 140 military vehicles and equipment and 217 aircraft, followed by a civilian demonstration of citizens from the city as well as refugees from the
western cities. A 360-man massed bands contingent of the
Volga Military District
The Volga Military District (PriVO) was a military district of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001.
The district headquarters was located at Kazan, Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at different ...
provided the ceremonial music.
Full order of the Kuybyshev Parade
* Corps of Drums
* Corps of Cadets, Military Medical Academy
* Brigade from the
65th Rifle Division
The 65th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army.
History
It fought in World War II. Poirer and Connor say it was established at Chita in February 1941. Began Barbarossa with the 12th Rifle Corps, Transbaikal Mil ...
* Brigade from the 239th Rifle Division
* Air defense battalion
* Naval battalion
* Battalion of
Internal Troops
The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD) (russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del; abbreviat ...
of the
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
Parade in Voronezh
In
Voronezh
Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...
, the parade of the troops of the
Southwestern Front took place on October Square (currently Lenin Square), and was presided over by Marshal
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (russian: link=no, Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko''; uk, Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semen Kostiantyno ...
. The rostrum was filled with the leaders of regional party organizations, among other guests such as Polish communist writer
Wanda Wasilewska
ukr, Ванда Львівна Василевська rus, Ванда Львовна Василевская
, native_name_lang =
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Kraków, Austria-Hungary
, death_date =
, death_place ...
, the Ukrainian literary figure
Oleksandr Korniychuk
Oleksandr Yevdokymovych Korniychuk (russian: Алекса́ндр Евдоки́мович Корнейчу́к, uk, Олександр Євдокимович Корнійчук, 25 May 2 o.s. 1905 – 14 May 1972) was a Ukrainian playwright, lit ...
, and future Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
. At 11:30 am, to the sounds of a 300-member military band led by the famous Voronezh composer Konstantin Massalitinov, the parade of the Voronezh Garrison began. Tanks marched in white camouflage to the sound of the ''Cavalry Trot'' by
Semyon Tchernetsky
Major General Semyon Alexanderovich Tchernetsky (Russian language, Russian:Семё́н Алекса́ндрович Черне́цкий) was a Ukrainian-born, Russian and Soviet military conductor. He is credited as the founder of modern Russia ...
. The parade lasted no more than an hour and a half. After the war, the parade took a backseat in historical importance.
Full order of the Voronezh parade
* Massed Bands
* Personnel of the
327th Rifle Division
** Infantry
** Artillery
** Mechanized columns equipped with
***
BA-64
The BA-64 (''БА-64'', from ''Bronirovaniy Avtomobil'', literally "armoured car") was a Soviet four-wheeled armoured scout car. Built on the chassis of a GAZ-64 or GAZ-67 jeep, it incorporated a hull loosely modeled after that of the Sd.Kfz. ...
armored cars
***
ZIS-5
The 76 mm tank gun M1940 F-34 (''76-мм танковая пушка обр. 1940 г. Ф-34'') was a 76.2 mm Soviet tank gun used on the T-34/76 tank. A modified version of the gun, the 76 mm tank gun M1941 ZiS-5 (''76-мм т ...
trucks
***
M-72 motorcycles
***
GAZ-67
The GAZ-67 and the GAZ-67B (from January 1944) were general-purpose four-wheel drive Soviet military vehicles built by GAZ starting in 1943. By the end of the war, it was the Soviet equivalent of the World War II jeep.
The GAZ-67 was a further d ...
jeeps
***
Willys MB
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jeeps
***
Katyusha rocket launchers
The Katyusha ( rus, Катю́ша, p=kɐˈtʲuʂə, a=Ru-Катюша.ogg) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area ...
Legacy of the parades of 1941
Today, the legacy of the twin parades held during the first year of the Great Patriotic War in the cities of Moscow and Samara serves as a reminder of the resistance of the Russian people and her armed forces, as part of the wider Soviet Union, against the aggression brought upon by Nazi Germany, in the
Eastern Front of the Second World War. Millions of Russians who live in the wider areas of these two cities have or had family members and relatives who marched in these parades and/or fought during the conflict and consider these parades part of the wider history of Russia and of their families. Thus, the anniversaries of the parades of 1941 are for many Russians held in high esteem as a show of force against the fascist enemy and of Russia's determination to defeat any form of international aggression, as well as for the country to show to her people and the young the values of patriotism, remembrance of the fallen, love of country, and service in the armed forces. Every year, on 7 November, the two cities hold commemorative parades not just to remember the hundreds of thousands of their residents who fought and died in the Second World War, but to forever maintain the memories that these two parades had on their cities' long history.
Military memorial parade in Moscow's Red Square
Commemorative parades have since the late 1990s marked the more memorable and famous 1941 parade on Moscow's Red Square with personnel of the Moscow Garrison, cadets of armed forces academies, servicemen of military units, the
Young Army Cadets National Movement
Established in October 2015, the All-Russia "Young Army" National Military Patriotic Social Movement Association (''Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия»' ...
, cadets of military cadet schools and young men and women under youth uniformed and volunteer organizations within the capital city and its environs, with over 5,800 taking part. The march of veterans of the 1941 parade was first held in Russia in 2000. In 2003, the City Government of Moscow revamped that event as a parade of youth organizations and cadet schools. Two years later, the parade's anniversary was marked with a demonstration of wartime equipment and vehicles. A
nationally televised event, it is attended by the few living veterans of the war, families of deceased servicemen and veterans, the diplomatic corps, cadets of the armed forces, and veterans of recent conflicts, with the
Mayor of Moscow
The Mayor of Moscow (russian: Мэр Москвы, Mer Moskvy) is the head and the highest-ranking official of Moscow, who leads the Government of Moscow, the main executive body of the city.
Moscow is both a city and separate federal subje ...
as the guest of honor. The parade commander, since 2014, has been a Colonel in active service of the armed forces. The ceremonial music for the parade is provided by the massed military bands of the Moscow Capital Garrison, under the baton of the Senior Director of Music of the
Military Band Service. Since 2015, the parade begins with the march on in slow time of the
Flag of Russia
The national flag of Russia (russian: Флаг России, Flag Rossii), also known as the ''State Flag of the Russian Federation'' (russian: Государственный флаг Российской Федерации, Gosudarstvenny fla ...
and the
Victory Banner
The Soviet Banner of Victory (russian: Знамя Победы, translit=Znamya Pobedy) was the banner raised by the Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 1 May 1945, the day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide. It was raise ...
, imitating that of the
Victory Day Parade
ukr, Парад Перемоги be, Парад Перамогі
, nickname = Victory Parades
, observedby = Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, some former Soviet countries
, duration = 1 day
, frequency = annual
, scheduling = same d ...
earlier in the year. The 2012 parade was also marked as the final event concluding a year of celebrations of the bicentennial jubilee of the
French invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...
and the historic
Battle of Borodino
The Battle of Borodino (). took place near the village of Borodino on during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The ' won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army but failed to gain a decisive victory and suffered tremendous losses. Napoleon ...
.
The 2020 parade, earmarked as the final event in a year of celebrations of the diamond jubilee of the victory in the Second World War in Europe, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Alternative small celebrations are slated to take its place as a local kick-off to the celebrations of the 80th year anniversary of the parade slated in 2021, which by itself represent the end of a year of national commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the war in the territories of the former Soviet Union.
Following the order to commence the march past in quick time, the order of the parade is as follows:
* Massed Bands of the Moscow Garrison
**
Band of the 154th Preobrazhensky Regiment
The Band of the 154th Preobrazhensky Regiment is a special military unit that is the official regimental band for the 154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment. It is a branch of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russi ...
,
** Band of the
** Band of the
** Band of the
Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School
** Band of the
147th Automobile Base
** Band of the
27th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
** Band of the
1st Semyonovsky Independent Rifle Regiment
* Corps of Drums of the
Moscow Military Music College
The Valery Khalilov Moscow Suvorov Military Music College is one of the leading military music institutions in Russia. It is a separate branch of the Suvorov Military Schools in Russia, and the oldest of them all (opened 1937).
History
On Augu ...
*
154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment
154th Preobrazhensky Independent Commandant's Regiment serves as the official honor guard regiment of the Russian Armed Forces and serves as the main honor guard unit of the armed forces, stationed in Moscow. Aside from being the honor guard ...
Colour Guard
* Combined color guard and color guard of front standards
* 1st Honour Guard Company of the 3rd Honor Guard Battalion, 154th PICR
* Historical battalion made up of:
**
Military University of the Ministry of Defense
**
Moscow Higher Military Command School
The Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School ''"Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR"'' (abbreviated to MVOKU) is a higher military educational institution of the Russian Armed Forces.
History
The school was formed in December 15, 1917 (O.S., December ...
**
27th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
**
Gagarin-Zhukovsky Air Force Academy
**
**
Engineering Forces, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence and Control Military Academy "Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko"
**
Separate Operational Purpose Division
The Separate Operational Purpose Division or ODON, formerly called OMSDON (a.k.a. '' Dzerzhinsky Division''), is a rapid deployment internal security division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR and then th ...
,
National Guard Forces Command
The National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation (Russian: Войска национальной гвардии Российской Федерации, ''Voyska Natsionalnoy Gvardii Rossiyskoi Federatsii'') is the gendarmerie comp ...
*
Suvorov Military School
The Suvorov Military Schools (russian: Суворовское военное училище) are a type of boarding school in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia and Belarus for boys of 10–17. Education in these schools focuses on mil ...
*
Moscow National Guard Presidential Cadet School
* Moscow Cadet Corps of the
Investigative Committee of Russia
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* Moscow Cadet Fire Corps of the Civil Defense Academy,
Ministry of Emergency Situations
* Moscow Young Army Patriotic Cadets Unit (''on behalf of the
Young Army Cadets National Movement
Established in October 2015, the All-Russia "Young Army" National Military Patriotic Social Movement Association (''Всероссийское военно-патриотическое общественное движение «Юнармия»' ...
'')
* Moscow University of Maritime Transportation
* Moscow Unit of the
Labor Reserves All-Russia Volunteer Sports Association
* Composite battalion of Moscow units of
DOSAAF
DOSAAF (russian: ДОСААФ), full name ''Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy'' (russian: Добровольное общество содействия армии, авиации и флоту), was a parami ...
* Combined cadet regiment of Moscow area cadet schools and courses
** Moscow National Pensions School Cadet Corps
** 1st Moscow Cadet Corps
**
Boarding School for Girls of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
** Moscow Sea Cadet Corps of the Navigation and Mathematics School
** Moscow Sea Cadet Corps "Heroes of Sevastopol"
** Moscow Cadet Corps "Heroes of Stalingrad"
** Moscow Cadet Corps "Space Heroes"
** Moscow Military Music Cadet Corps
** Moscow 1st Cadet Corps of the
Border Service of the Federal Security Service
** Moscow Justice Cadet Corps
** Moscow Diplomatic Cadet Corps
** Moscow Cossack Cadets
** Preobrazhensky Cadet Corps
** Petrovsky Cadet Corps
** St. George Cadet Corps
** Moscow Chemical Cadet Corps
** Tagansky Cadet Corps
** Moscow Police Cadet Corps
Civil-military memorial parade in Kuybyshev Square, Samara
The
Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...
parade of 1941 has been remembered more recently beginning in 2011; the city government hosts a large civil-military parade at
Kuybyshev Square
Kuybyshev Square (russian: Площадь Куйбышева, ''Ploshad' Kuybysheva'') is a public square in Samara, Russia, located in the city's historic center between Chapaevskaya, Vilonovska, Galaktionovskaya, and Krasnoarmeyskaya streets i ...
in the city proper to honor the thousands who marched before state, political, and military leaders on that square in the winter of 1941. Also a televised event, the Mayor of Samara is the parade's guest of honor, reviewing more than 10,000 marchers from the armed forces, civil services, veterans, and students of cadet schools in Samara and neighboring regions of the country, making it far larger than the Moscow parade. Beginning in 2014, the parade has also included a civil march of students, professionals, athletes, and distinguished citizens in memory of the civilian marchers of the memorable 1941 parade. Since the city became the ''de facto'' wartime capital of the Soviet Union when the Axis forces approached Moscow, the Samara parade is a chance for the city's people to recall one of the more famous chapters of its long history. Since its commencement in 2011, it has adopted the march in the slow time of the Moscow parade. After a two year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commemorative parade resumed in 2022.
Starting with the parade of 2017, the city garrison's massed bands play ''
The Internationale
"The Internationale" (french: "L'Internationale", italic=no, ) is an international anthem used by various communist and socialist groups; currently, it serves as the official anthem of the Communist Party of China. It has been a standard of th ...
'' as the colour guard, including the naval ensign of the
Amur Military Flotilla
The Amur Military Flotilla (AMF) (russian: Амурская военная флотилия) was a military flotilla on the Amur river in the Far East region of Russia.
History
In 1900, the Russians formed a temporary flotilla on the Amur from ...
and the flags of the two infantry divisions which took part in the original parade, marches into the square to take its place of honor in the lead of the formation.
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