Soldiers during the Russian May 2011 Parade

The 2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade was an event held on

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2011 to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the capitulation of

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in 1945. The parade marked the

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's victory in the

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. 20,000 soldiers and officers representing all three services of the

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, the

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, the Federal Security Service, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations took part in the parade, followed by +100

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and 5 Mil Mi-8 Hip

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. Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov was the parade inspector while 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 S ...

, the then Deputy Chief of the General Staff was the parade commander. For the first time, the new

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duty uniforms were worn by almost all the parading units. A year later, due to the massive unpopularity of the uniforms, it was reverted to the old style.Минобороны: участники парада Победы будут маршировать в парадной форме
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Parade participants

Ground Column

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Military Air Combat Training Center * 336th Independent Naval Infantry Brigade *

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* ''Military Space Academy "

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" *

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* 137th Guards Airborne Regiment * 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade *1st NBC Coastal Brigade,

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*9th NBC Regiment of Protection, Incision and Reconnaissance,

*317 Guards Engineering Brigade,

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*34th Separate Railway Brigade,

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*Military Technological University * Moscow Border Institute of the FSB *

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* 5th Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Brigade "Mikhail Kalinin" * 27th Independent Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade *238th Motor Rifle Brigade *288th Artillery Brigade *

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"Yuri Andropov" * 9th Motor Rifle Brigade *16th Spetsnaz Brigade *22nd Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment * Moscow Military Commanders Training School "

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Mobile Column

* 9A317 *

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* 9A52-2 Smerch *

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Tigr * Pantsyr-S1 *

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* T-90A * Iskander-M * 9T250 * KT-L * KET-T *

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Air Column Flypast

* Mil Mi-8 Hip Colors Party

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 Dmitry Pertsev * "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" (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 * "Artillery March" (Марш Артиллеристов) by Tikhon Khrennikov * "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 * "We are the Army of the People" (Мы Армия Народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesya * "To Serve Russia" (Служить России) by Eduard Cemyonovich Khanok * "On Guard for the Peace" (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev * March "Kant" (Марш “Кант”) by Valery Khalilov * "Combat March" (Строевой Марш) by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev * "

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" (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov ; Mobile and Air Columns * March "General Miloradovich" (Марш “Генерал Милорадович") by Valery Khalilov * March "Hero" (Марш “Герой”) by unknown author * " Katyusha" (Катюша) by Matvey Blanter * "March of the Tankmen" (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky ; Conclusion * "Bow to those Great Years" (Поклонимся Великим Тем Годам) by Iosif Kobzon * "

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

Gallery

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References

External links

Dress rehearsals of military parade dedicated to the great victoryBlok Ülkelerin 9 Mayıs Zafer Günü(Foto)YouTube video clip of the parade, 1 hour, 3 minutes in length
{{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 celebrations. The ...

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