2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The 2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on 9 May of that year to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. 20,000 soldiers and officers[1] representing all three services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Security Service, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations took part in the parade, followed by +100 military vehicles[1] and 5 Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopters.[1]

A color guard during the parade.

Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov was the parade inspector while Colonel General Valery Gerasimov, the then Deputy Chief of the General Staff was the parade commander.[1] For the first time, the new Battledress 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.[2]

Parade participants

Ground Column

Mobile Column

Air Column Flypast

Music
Flag procession, Inspection and Address
  • "Sacred War" (Священная Война) by Alexander Alexandrov
  • "March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment" (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
  • "Victory Day" (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" (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin
  • BTR-80
  • S-400
  • Topol-M
  • Mi-8 helicopters

References
  1. "2011 Victory Day Parade in Moscow". RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. Минобороны: участники парада Победы будут маршировать в парадной форме
  3. "Victory day parade rehearsal Moscow 2011". Military Defence and Technology. April 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
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