The 2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade was an event held on 9 May 2011 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 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 and 5 Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopters.
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. 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.
Music
Music was performed by the massed bands of the Moscow Garrison, commanded by Lieutenant General Valeriy Khalilov.
Inspection of Troops
- Sacred War ("áòÃÂÃÂõýýðàòþùýð") by Aleksandr Aleksandrov
- March of the Life-Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment ("ÃÂðÃÂàÃÂõùñ-óòðÃÂôøø ÃÂÃÂõþñÃÂðöõýÃÂúþóþ ÿþûúð")
- Slow March for Carrying Out the Combat Banner ("ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂýÃÂù ÃÂðÃÂàôûàòÃÂýþÃÂð ÃÂþõòþóþ ÃÂýðüõýø") Dmitriy Kadeyev
- Slow March of the Officers Schools (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂýÃÂù ÃÂðÃÂàþÃÂøÃÂõÃÂÃÂúøÃÂ
ÃÂÃÂøûøÃÂ) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- Guards Slow March of the Navy (ÃÂòðÃÂôõùÃÂúøù ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂýÃÂù ÃÂðÃÂàÃÂþõýýþ-ÃÂþÃÂÃÂúþóþ äûþÃÂð") by Nikolay Ivanov-Radkevich
- Slow March of the Tankmen (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂýÃÂù ÃÂðÃÂàâðýúøÃÂÃÂþò) by Semyon Tchernetsky
- Slow March (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂýÃÂù ÃÂðÃÂÃÂ) by Dmitriy Pertsev
- Slow March (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂõÃÂýÃÂù üðÃÂÃÂ) by Yevgeniy Aksyonov
- Slav'sya ("áûðòÃÂÃÂÃÂ") by Mikhail Glinka
- Parade Fanfare All Listen! (ÃÂðÃÂðôýðàäðýÃÂðÃÂð âÂÂáûÃÂÃÂðùÃÂõ òÃÂõ!âÂÂ) by Andrey Golovin
Speech by President of the Russian Federation, Dmitriy Medvedev
- State Anthem of the Russian Federation ("ÃÂþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòõýýÃÂù óøüý àþÃÂÃÂøùÃÂúþù äõôõÃÂðÃÂøø") by Aleksandr Aleksandrov
- Signal Retreat ("áøóýðû ÃÂÃÂñþù")
Infantry Column
- Drum and Fife based on the theme from the March "General Miloradovich" (ÃÂðÃÂà"ÃÂõýõÃÂðû ÃÂøûþÃÂðôþòøÃÂ") by Valeriy Khalilov
- Triumph of the Winners (âÃÂøÃÂüàÃÂþñõôøÃÂõûõù)
- Air March ("ÃÂòøaüðÃÂÃÂ") by Yuriy Khayt
- The Crew is One Family (ÃÂúøÿðö - þôýð ÃÂõüÃÂÃÂ) by Viktor Pleshak
- March of the Artillerymen ("ÃÂðÃÂàðÃÂÃÂøûûõÃÂøÃÂÃÂþò") by Tikhon Khrennikov
- I Believe, My Friends ("ï òõÃÂÃÂ, ôÃÂÃÂ÷ÃÂÃÂ") by Oskar Fel'tsman
- We Need One Victory ("ÃÂðü ýÃÂöýð þôýð ÃÂþñõôð") by Bulat Okudzhava
- We are the Army of the People (ÃÂàÃÂÃÂüøàÃÂðÃÂþôð) by Georgy Mavsesya
- To Serve Russia ("áûÃÂöøÃÂààþÃÂÃÂøø") by Eduard Khanok
- On Guard for Peace ("ÃÂð ÃÂÃÂÃÂðöõ ÃÂøÃÂð") by Boris Diyev
- March Kant (ÃÂðÃÂà"ÃÂðýÃÂ") by Valeriy Khalilov
- Phalanx March ("áÃÂÃÂþõòþù ÃÂðÃÂÃÂ") by Dmitriy Pertsev
- March Victory Day (ÃÂðÃÂà"ÃÂõýàÃÂþñõôÃÂ") by David Tukhmanov
- Drum and Fife based on the theme from the March "General Miloradovich" ("âõüð ø÷ ÃÂðÃÂÃÂð ÃÂõýõÃÂðû ÃÂøûþÃÂðôþòøÃÂ") by Valeriy Khalilov
Mobile and Air Column
- March Hero ("ÃÂðÃÂàÃÂõÃÂþù")
- Katyusha ("ÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂð") by Matvey Blanter
- March of the Tankmen (ÃÂðÃÂàâðýúøÃÂÃÂþò) by Semyon Tchernetsky
Conclusion of the Parade
- Bow to Those Great Years (ÃÂþúûþýøüÃÂàÃÂõûøúøü ÃÂõü óþôðü) by Aleksandra Pakhmutova
- Farewell of Slavianka (ÃÂÃÂþÃÂðýøõ áûðòÃÂýúø) by Vasiliy Agapkin
Gallery
References
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