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The 2012 Moscow Victory Day
Parade A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, float (parade), floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually ce ...
was held on 9 May 2012 on Moscow's
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 ...
to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the capitulation of
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in 1945. The parade marked the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
's victory in the
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on the very day on the signing of the German act of capitulation, on the very midnight of May 9, 1945 (Russian time). Newly inaugurated
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Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
made his ninth victory holiday address in this parade.


Preparations

Since October 2011, the parade has been well prepared. Rehearsals began to be held by the various participating units. Beginning from March 2012, in the parade practice site in Alabino,
Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
, parade rehearsal were held from the 19th of that month until April 23, and from April 21 and 22 the parade's Mobile Column began its Moscow test runs. Full rehearsals in Moscow itself started on the final Thursday and weekend of April and lasted until May 6. These also included separate practice runs for the military bands and the mobile column.


The event

Among the attendees were Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...
, Chairman of the
State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...
Sergei Naryshkin Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin ( rus, Серге́й Евге́ньевич Нары́шкин, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej jɪˈvɡʲenʲɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈrɨʂkʲɪn; born 27 October 1954) is a Russian politician and businessman who has served as the dire ...
, and Mayor
Sergey Sobyanin Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (russian: link=no, Сергей Семёнович Собянин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd Mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as the Governor of ...
. Over 14,000 troops participated in the ceremony. For the first time in a year, due to the massive unpopularity of the new
Battledress A combat uniform, also called field uniform, battledress or military fatigues, is a casual type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for everyday fieldwork and combat duty purposes, as opposed to dress ...
duty uniforms worn last year by almost all the parading units, all the participants, save for those in the mobile column, began wearing
dress uniform Full dress uniform, also known as a ceremonial dress uniform or parade dress uniform, is the most formal type of uniforms used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for official parades, ceremonies, and receptions, incl ...
s again. The entire marchpast segment for 2012 was composed of the following Russian uniformed services: *
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...
**
Russian Ground Forces The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска ВSukhoputnyye voyska V}), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces ...
**
Russian Air Force " Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , bat ...
** Russian Navy ***
Russian Naval Infantry The Russian Naval Infantry (MPR; ), often referred to as Russian Marines in the West, operate as the naval infantry of the Russian Navy. Established in 1705, they are capable of conducting amphibious operations as well as operating as more tradit ...
**
Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units of ...
**
Strategic Missile Troops The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед ...
**
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO) ( rus, Войска воздушно-космической обороны (ВВКО), Voyska vozdushno-kosmicheskoy oborony (VVKO)) was a branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsi ...
**
Russian Railway Troops Railway Troops of the Russian Armed Forces (russian: Железнодорожные войска ВС РоссииСм. сведения о постоянных корреспондентах газеты « Красная звезда» в вых ...
*
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of the
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) RF; rus, Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ России), Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Feder ...
*
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
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...
* Ministry of Emergency Situations The mobile column was composed of more than a hundred military vehicles from various military units and a squadron of Army Air Center Mi-8s carrying 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 flags of the Armed Forces flying past Red Square closed the parade segment. This year's combined
military band A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the tit ...
, conducted by Lieutenant General
Valery Khalilov Valery Mikhaylovich Khalilov (; 30 January 1952 – 25 December 2016) was an Uzbek-born Russian military band conductor and composer. A lieutenant general in the Russian military, he was the Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Servic ...
in what is his 10th Victory Day appearance as Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, will have more than 1,100 bandsmen and for the first time in 3 years will see the return of the
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Alexander Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov; or 1730) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy ...
Moscow Military Music School 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 ...
's
Corps of Drums A Corps of Drums, also sometimes known as a Fife and Drum Corps, Fifes and Drums or simply Drums is a unit of several national armies. Drummers were originally established in European armies to act as signallers. The major historical distin ...
leading the parade in its dark blue and red dress uniform, as it has always done since the
Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 The Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 ( rus, Парад Победы, r= Parad Pobedy) also known as the Parade of Victors ( rus, Парад победителей, r= Parad pobediteley) was a victory parade held by the Soviet Armed Forces (with the C ...
. The parade finale saw the bands perform the March ''Borodino'' and a special arrangement of ''
Farewell of Slavianka "Farewell of Slavianka" (russian: Прощание славянки, Proščanije slavjanki) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. Th ...
, the latter being in honor of the
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anniversary of its composition and the former being in honor of the
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of the
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.


Music

; Flag procession, Inspection, and Address * '' Sacred War'' (Священная Война) by Alexander Alexandrov * ''
March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment The March of the Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment (russian: Марш Лейб-гвардии Преображенского полка) is one of the most famous Russian military marches. The Preobrazhensky Life-Guard Regiment was one of the ...
'' (Марш Преображенского Полка) * ''Slow March to Carry the War Flag'' (Встречный Марш для выноса Боевого Знамени) by Dmitriy Valentinovich Kadeyev * ''Slow March of the Officers Schools'' (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) by Semyon Tchernetsky * ''Slow March of the Guards of the Navy'' (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich * ''Slow March of the Tankmen'' (Встречный Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky * ''Slow March'' (Встречный Марш) by Evgeny Aksyonov * ''Glory'' (Славься) by Mikhail Glinka * Parade Fanfare ''All Listen!'' (Парадная Фанфара “Слушайте все!”) by Andrei Golovin * ''
State Anthem of the Russian Federation The "State Anthem of the Russian Federation" is the national anthem of Russia. It uses the same melody as the "State Anthem of the Soviet Union", composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov, who had collaborated with ...
'' (Государственный Гимн Российской Федерации) by Alexander Alexandrov * Signal ''Retreat'' (Сигнал “Отбой”) ; Infantry Column * ''Triumph of the Winners'' (Триумф Победителей) * '' 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 * ''Artillery March'' (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * ''We Need One Victory'' (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava * ''Ballad of a Soldier'' (Баллада о Солдате) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * ''We are the Army of the People'' (Мы Армия Народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesya * ''To Serve Russia'' (Служить России) by Eduard Cemyonovich Khanok * ''The Entry of the Red Army in Budapest'' (Вхождение Красной Армии в Будапешт) by Semyon Tchernetsky * March ''Youth'' (Марш "Молодёжный") by Valery Khalilov * March ''Hero'' (Марш “Герой”) by Unknown * ''On Guard for the Peace'' (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev * ''
On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...
'' (В Путь) by Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy * ''
Victory Day Victory Day is a commonly used name for public holidays in various countries, where it commemorates a nation's triumph over a hostile force in a war or the liberation of a country from hostile occupation. In many cases, multiple countries may ob ...
'' (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov ; Mobile and Air columns * March ''General Miloradovich'' (Марш “Генерал Милорадович”) by Valery Khalilov * ''
Invincible and Legendary The Song of the Soviet Army ( rus, Песня о Советской Армии, r= Pesnya o Sovetskoj Armii) or Invincible and Legendary () or known recently as Song of the Russian Army ( rus, Песня о Российской Армии, r= Pesn ...
'' (Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexandr Alexandrov * ''March “Three Tankmen”'' (Марш “Три Танкиста”) by Pokrass Brothers * ''March of the Soviet Tankists'' (Марш сове́тских танки́стов) by Pokrass Brothers * '' Katyusha'' (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter * March ''Victory'' (Марш “Победа”) by Albert Mikhailovich Arutyunov * ''Artillery March'' (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * '' Long Live our State'' (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov ; Conclusion * March ''Borodino'' (Марш “Бородино”) by I. Rayevsky * ''
Farewell of Slavianka "Farewell of Slavianka" (russian: Прощание славянки, Proščanije slavjanki) is a Russian patriotic march, written by the composer Vasily Agapkin in honour of Slavic women accompanying their husbands in the First Balkan War. Th ...
'' (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin


Full list of participants

Colonel General
Valery Gerasimov Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov ( rus, Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General Sta ...
was the year's parade commander (his final parade appearance) while the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation,
Anatoly Serdyukov Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov (russian: Анатолий Эдуардович Сердюков; born 8 January 1962) is a Russian politician and businessman. He was Russia's Minister of Defense from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012, and made ...
, in what would be his final parade review, was the parade reviewing officer.


Military Bands

* Massed Military Bands of the Armed Forces under the direction of the Senior Director of Music of the Military Bands Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov **
Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Central Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, also known as the Red Army Band is a military band unit of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a branch of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia. The current head of the ba ...
**
Central Navy Band of Russia The Central Exemplary Concert Band of the Russian Navy "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov" ( Russian:Центральный концертный образцовый оркестр ВМФ им. Н.А. Римского-Корсакова), also known as the C ...
** Band of the
Moscow Garrison 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 ...
** Other military bands of military educational institutions and independent ministries * Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music School


Ground Column

* ''
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 ...
Color Guard and Honor Guard Company of the 1st Honor Guard Battalion, 154th ICR'' * ''
Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is a military academy in Moscow which provides graduate education for officers of the Russian Armed Forces. The full name reads: ''The Combined Academies Order of Lenin Order ...
'' * ''
Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation The Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation () is a Russian military university operated by the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MOD). It is located on 14 Bol'shaya Sadovaya Street in Moscow. Since October 2017, the ...
'' * ''Military Technical University of the Federal Agency of Special Construction'' * Air Military Engineering University (first appearance) * Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov Naval Academy (first appearance) * '' 336th Independent Naval Infantry Brigade'' * ''Military Space Academy "
Alexander Mozhaysky Mozhaysky, identified as the "Creator of world's first airplane", on a 1963 Soviet postal stamp. Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaysky Pol. Aleksander Teodorowicz Możajski (also transliterated as Mozhayski, Mozhayskii and Mozhayskiy; russian: Алек ...
"'' * Yaroslav Air Defense Senior College of Rocket Training and Research (first appearance) * ''
Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces The Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces () is a military academy that serves personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. Since 2015, it has been located in the municipality of Balashikha in ...
'' * ''
98th Guards Airborne Division The 98th Guards Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Russian Airborne Troops, currently based in Ivanovo. Russian 98th Airborne Division patch.svg, 98th Guards Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia (1993) History During the Se ...
'' * 29th and 34th Independent Railway Brigades of the
Russian Railway Troops Railway Troops of the Russian Armed Forces (russian: Железнодорожные войска ВС РоссииСм. сведения о постоянных корреспондентах газеты « Красная звезда» в вых ...
(first appearance) * ''1st NBC Coastal Brigade'' * ''9th Chemical Disposal Regiment'' * ''45th Engineering Brigade'' * ''
Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations The Civil Defence Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (russian: Академия гражданской защиты МЧС России; АГЗ МЧС России) is a state institution for the training of highly qualifie ...
'' * ''
OMSDON 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 the ...
Ind. Motorized
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 ...
Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation "
Felix Dzerzhinsky Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( pl, Feliks Dzierżyński ; russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official, born into Poland, Polish n ...
"'' * Moscow Border Institute of the FSB * '' 5th Independent Tamanskaya Guards Motor Rifle Brigade "Mikhail Kalinin"'' * '' 4th Independent Kantemirovkaya Guards Tank Brigade "Yuri Andropov"'' * '' 9th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade'' * '' 27th Independent Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade'' * ''288th Independent Warsaw-Brandenburg Artillery Brigade'' * '' Moscow Military Commanders Training School "
Supreme Soviet of Russia The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR (russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, ''Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR''), later Supreme Soviet of the Russia, Russian Federation (russian: Верховны ...
"''


Mobile Column

* GAZ-2975 Tigr *
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(first appearance) *
BTR-80 The BTR-80 (russian: бронетранспортёр, bronyetransportyor, literally "armoured transporter") is an 8×8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous ...
* T-90A * 2S19 Msta *
Buk missile system The Buk (russian: link=no, "Бук"; "beech" (tree), ) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise mis ...
*
Pantsir-S1 The Pantsir (russian: Панцирь, translation="Carapace") missile system is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. Starting with the Pantsir-S1 (russian: Панцирь-С1, NATO r ...
*
S-400 Triumf The S-400 Triumf (russian: link=no, C-400 Триумф – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Ru ...
*
Iskander-M The 9K720 Iskander (russian: «Искандер»; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military. The missile systems () are to replace the obsolete OTR-21 ''Toc ...
*
Topol-M The RT-2PM2 «Topol-M» (russian: РТ-2ПМ2 «Тополь-М», NATO reporting name: SS-27 "Sickle B", other designations: SS-27 Mod 1, RS-12M1, RS-12M2, formerly incorrectly RT-2UTTKh) is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missi ...


Air Column Flypast

*
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Colors Party


Rehearsals for 2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade

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See also

*
Victory Day (9 May) etc. , nickname = , observedby = Russia and some former states of Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact; Serbia, Israel , duration = 1 day , frequency = Annual , date = 9 May , scheduling = same day each year , celebrations ...


References

{{Moscow Victory Parade, state=expanded Moscow Victory Day Parades
Moscow Victory Day Parade The Moscow Victory Day Parade ( rus, Парад Победы в Москве, r= Parad Pobedy v Moskve) refers to the annual military parade of the Russian Armed Forces on Moscow's Red Square on May 9 during the Victory Day (9 May), Victory Day ...
2012 in military history 2012 in Moscow May 2012 events in Russia