1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The Moscow Victory Day Parade of 1990 was held on May 9, 1990 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War. The parade was inspected by the USSR Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Yazov, and was commanded by the Commander of the Moscow Military District Colonel general Nikolai Vasilyevich Kalinin.

Overview

12.5 thousand people and 429 units of equipment took part in the parade. It was the last parade in the USSR on Red Square, dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. This is the first Victory Day parade which does not depict Vladimir Lenin's portrait on the Red Square and this practice continues to the present. This parade also featured a float featuring the Soldier-liberator Statue, the first-of-its-kind for a Soviet Victory Day Parade.[1][2][3][4][5] On the eve of the parade, Gorbachev laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A small parade featuring the Waltham American Legion Band was also held on Red Square following the massive parade, becoming the first American Band to ever play in Moscow.[6][7]

Full order of the marchpast

Military bands
  • Massed Military Bands of the Moscow Military District

Ground column

During the transition period from the ground to mobile columns, 30 cadets from the Suvorov and Nakhimov schools marched to the grandstand to bring flowers to the Soviet leadership who attended.[8]

Mobile Column

Music

The military band of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union was commanded by Major General Nikolay Mikhailov.

Inspection and address
  • Jubilee Slow March "25 Years of the Red Army" (Юбилейный встречный марш "25 лет РККА) by Semyon Tchernetsky
  • Slow March of the Tankmen (Встречный Марш Танкистов) by Semeon Tchenertsky
  • Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  • Unknown March
  • March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment (Марш Преображенского Полка)
  • 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 Victory (Встречный Марш «Победа») by Yuriy Griboyedov
  • Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Severian Ganichev
  • Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  • Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Viktor Sergeyebich Runov
  • Glory (Славься) by Mikhail Glinka
  • Moscow Parade Fanfare (Московская Парадная Фанфара) by Unknown
  • State Anthem of the Soviet Union (Государственный гимн Советского Союза) by Alexander Alexandrov
  • Fanfare (Фанфара)
Infantry Column
  • Long Live Our State (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov
  • "The Sacred War" (Священная война) by Alexander Alexandrov
  • Farewell of Slavianka (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin
  • We Need One Victory (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava
  • Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
  • March Victory (Марш Победа) by Albert Mikhailovich Arutyunov
  • In Defense of the Homeland (В защиту Родины) by Viktor Sergeyevich Runov
  • On Guard for the Peace (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev
  • Combat March (Строевой Марш) by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev
  • Leningrad (Ленинград) by Viktor Sergeyeich Runov
  • We are the Army of the People (Мы Армия Народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesyan
  • Sports March (Спортивный Марш) by Valentin Volkov
  • Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
  • Long Live our State (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov
Mobile Column and Conclusion
  • My Dear Capital/My Moscow (Дорогая Моя Столица/Моя Москва) by Isaac Dunayevsky
  • We Need One Victory (Нам Нужна Одна Победа) by Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava
  • Salute to Moscow (Салют Москвы) by Semyon Tchernetsky
  • March of the Tankmen (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky
  • Song of the Soviet Army (Песня о Советской Армии) by Alexander Alexandrov

Other parades held in other cities

For many republics, this was the last parade held before the independence day of their republic. Among these was the Latvian SSR, whose parade of the Baltic Military District took place on the bank of the Daugava in Riga, being received by Colonel General Fyodor Kuzmin, the commander of the district's troops.[9] Parades were also held in cities such as Minsk (Belarusian SSR) and Kiev Ukrainian SSR).[10][11]

See also

References
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  7. https://www.patriotledger.com/news/20200509/american-legion-post-156-band-made-history-30-years-ago-by-marching-in-victory-day-parade?template=ampart
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