Military parade on Uritsky Square in Petrograd (1919)

The commander of the parade on Uritsky (Palace) Square in Petrograd, commander of the 1st Rifle Division Zhdankov, sits on horseback before the start of the parade on January 12, 1919, and moves away.

Cars with the leaders of the Union of Communes of the Northern Region drive onto the square and pass by the parade formation of troops.

Military Commissar of the Petrograd Commune B.P. Pozern delivers a speech, standing in a car, with Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Union of Communes of the Northern Region G.E. Zinoviev standing next to him.

Zinoviev delivers a speech, with Pozern standing next to him.

Pozern, standing in a car, greets the troops, with Zinoviev standing next to him.

Units of the 1st Naval Coastal Detachment march across the square, Zinoviev, Pozern and the leaders of the Petrograd Commune during the parade.

Units of naval sailors march across Uritsky Square.

Cadets of the First Soviet Petrograd Artillery Command Courses march across the square.

The column of the First Soviet Infantry Courses with a banner passes through Uritsky Square.

Units of the 1st Workers' Division pass through the square, unarmed Red Army soldiers pass through.

Units of the Vsevobuch of the district councils of Petrograd pass through the square.

The military and leaders of the Union of Communes of the Northern Region, standing at the foot of the Alexander Column, greet the passing troops (synchronously).

The troops pass through the square past a brass band.

Troops of the Petrograd garrison in parade formation pass through Uritsky Square.

Views of Uritsky Square during the military parade.