Military parades and demonstrations on Red Square (1958-1976)

View of Red Square during the military parade on May 1, 1958 (above), armored personnel carriers with infantry enter the square.

Egyptian President Nasser G.A. and Khrushchev N.S. on the mausoleum tribune.

Armored personnel carriers with motorized riflemen drive along Red Square during the military parade.

Panorama of part of the mausoleum tribune during the celebration of the next anniversary of the October Revolution, on the tribune are Khrushchev N.S., Kuusinen O.V., Ibarruri D. Model of a wheeled tractor on Red Square during the May Day demonstration.

Navy sailors march in parade formation along Red Square.

Ignatov N.G., Brezhnev L.I., Shvernik N.M., Kuusinen O.V., Mukhitdinov N.A. on the mausoleum tribune during the May Day parade.

Suslov M.A., Furtseva E.A. On the tribune of the mausoleum.

Cadets of the Moscow Infantry School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR marching along Red Square.

Troops of the Moscow garrison marching along Red Square.

Ignatov N.G., Brezhnev L.I., Shvernik N.M., Kuusinen O.V., Mukhitdinov N.A. on the tribune of the mausoleum, Kosygin N.A. is standing.

Faces of the applauding spectators.

Pupils of the Moscow Suvorov and Leningrad Nakhimov Schools march along Red Square, faces of schoolgirls.

View of Red Square during the military parade (above).

Units of the airborne troops at the parade on Red Square.

A unit of light self-propelled artillery on Red Square.

Views of the May Day demonstration on Red Square, faces of guests on the stands near the mausoleum.

One of the columns of the May Day demonstration moves past the mausoleum, panorama of the mausoleum.

View of Red Square during the May Day demonstration (above).

View of the May Day demonstration.

Ignatov N.G., Brezhnev L.I., Shvernik N.M., Kuusinen O.V., Mukhitdinov N.A. on the mausoleum tribune.

A model of a spaceship in one of the demonstration columns.

View of Red Square during the May Day demonstration (top).

People's faces in the guest stands.

Views of Red Square and the mausoleum during the May Day demonstration (top).

Applauding spectators.

Performance of folk dances during the artistic part of the May Day celebrations on Red Square in 1965. Views of Red Square during the artistic part of the May Day celebrations, performance of dances of the peoples of the USSR (top).

The artists bow towards the mausoleum.

Children in national costumes of the peoples of the USSR, holding flowers, run to the mausoleum.

Brezhnev L.I., Podgorny N.V., Mikoyan A.I. on the mausoleum tribune.

View of Red Square during the May Day demonstration (top).

Leaders of the USSR and foreign guests on the mausoleum tribune, including Voronov G.I., Shvernik N.M., Kirilenko A.P. Troops on Red Square in parade formation on November 7, 1976. Faces of paratroopers standing in the front rank (panorama).

Faces of people in the guest stands.

View of Red Square during the entrance of the USSR Minister of Defense Ustinov D.F. (top).

The parade commander reports to the USSR Minister of Defense, faces of officers and a soldier standing in parade formation.

Panorama of a unit of the combined brass band, the inspection of the troops begins.

Ustinov inspects the troops lined up for the parade, greets the servicemen, faces of the officers.

Faces of the servicemen shouting "Hurray".

The buglers give the signal "Listen up everyone!" View of Red Square (top).

Soldiers and officers in parade formation.

Faces of the guests.

Faces of guests from African countries.

Panorama of the first rank of the parade formation, faces of servicemen.

Faces of paratroopers and marines.

The face of an officer in a tank helmet.

Soldiers of the Moscow garrison in the first rank of the parade formation.

Combat equipment and missile troops crews in the parade formation during Ustinov's speech from the mausoleum tribune.

Faces of officers of the Armored Forces Academy.

Panorama of the first rank of the Baltic Fleet Marine Corps formation.

View of Red Square before the start of the parade (from above).

Faces of parade participants standing in formation.

Pupils of the Moscow Military Music School open the parade, march along Red Square.

Students of military academies march along Red Square.

The combined parade formation of the Navy marches along Red Square.

The parade formation of the Airborne Troops marches along Red Square.

The face of one of the guests.

Pupils of Suvorov military schools march across Red Square.

Armoured vehicles with anti-tank guided missiles and Grad multiple launch rocket systems drive across Red Square.

Air defence radar units and missile forces at a parade on Red Square.

Military personnel on the Mausoleum tribune.

Air defence missiles at a parade on Red Square.

Photo reporters take pictures.

Views of Red Square during a theatrical performance and performances by athletes in honour of the 59th anniversary of the October Revolution.

Faces of the guests.

The face of a girl taking part in the performance.

Portraits of party and state leaders are carried between the ranks of athletes.

Models and banners on truck platforms drive across Red Square during a theatrical performance.

Fragments of a theatrical performance on Red Square, views of Red Square.

Komsomol members in construction helmets march across Red Square.

View of a five-pointed star formed by the participants of the theatrical performance.

Children with bouquets of flowers run across Red Square to the mausoleum.

Faces of the guests.

Views of the festive demonstration of workers on Red Square, red banners above the columns of demonstrators, balloons flying into the sky.

View of Red Square during the demonstration (above).

Models of equipment samples, mobile banners with slogans and portraits of the leaders of the USSR in the columns of the festive demonstration, faces of the demonstration participants greeting the leaders of the party and state.

Views of Red Square during the demonstration (above), faces of the demonstration participants.

Buglers of the combined military orchestra give the signal "Listen up everyone!" before the start of the military parade on November 7, 1976. Troops in parade formation.

Panorama of a part of the guest stands.

Faces of servicemen of various branches of the armed forces standing in parade formation.

The face of a standard-bearer soldier.

The face of a Suvorov cadet.

Faces of the students of the Military Music School, officers and soldiers standing in parade formation.

Faces of the parade troopers marching in parade formation across Red Square.

A parade detachment of marines marches across Red Square.

Cadets of the Moscow Higher Command Combined Arms School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR march in parade formation across Red Square.

Faces of the guests and participants of the festive demonstration.

A mobile banner with a portrait of Brezhnev at the demonstration.

A man carries a child in his arms.

Brezhnev on the tribune of the mausoleum.

Faces of the demonstration participants.

Podgorny N.V. on the tribune of the mausoleum.

The demonstration participants greet the leaders of the USSR while passing by the mausoleum.

Kosygin A.N. on the tribune of the mausoleum.

A model of the globe and a portrait of Brezhnev above the columns of the demonstration.

Red banners at the demonstration on May 1, 1982. Faces of brass band musicians.

Banners with slogans and flowers above one of the columns of the May Day demonstration.

Demonstration participants carry artificial flowers in their hands, a portrait of Lenin above one of the columns of demonstrators.

Pioneers with flowers run up the steps to the mausoleum tribune.

Portrait of Brezhnev at the demonstration.

Faces of demonstration participants.

Views of the demonstration, red banners and banners with slogans.

Faces of demonstration participants passing by.

View of Red Square during the May Day demonstration (from above).

The clock on the Spasskaya Tower shows 10:00. Faces of participants in the May Day demonstration of 1976 and the demonstration of November 7, 1976, demonstration participants greet the leaders of the party and government.

Podgorny N.V., Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. on the mausoleum tribune, Ustinov delivering a speech.

Khrushchev N.S., Brezhnev, Ignatov N.G., Suslov M.A., Mikoyan A.I., Shvernik N.M., Kosygin A.N. on the mausoleum tribune during the May Day demonstration.

View of the mausoleum during the demonstration.

Khrushchev and Brezhnev greet the demonstration participants from the mausoleum tribune.

View of the mausoleum tribune.

Views of Red Square during the military parade on November 7, 1976 (top).

Fragments of the theatrical performance on Red Square before the demonstration.

Portrait of Lenin on Red Square.

Missile forces units at the parade on Red Square.

Brezhnev greets the participants of the May Day demonstration from the mausoleum tribune on May 1, 1977. Podgorny, Brezhnev, Kosygin greet the demonstration participants from the mausoleum tribune.

View of the mausoleum.

Guests on the side tribune of the mausoleum.

Brezhnev and Podgorny walk along the mausoleum tribune, greeting the participants of the May Day celebrations.

Views of the May Day demonstration, faces of the demonstrators.

Podgorny N.V., Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. on the mausoleum tribune, Ustinov delivers a speech.

View of the mausoleum during the demonstration.

Podgorny N.V., Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. greet the demonstration participants from the mausoleum tribune.

Soviet military leaders, Podgorny N.V., Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N., Suslov M.A., Kirilenko A.P., Gromyko A.A., Andropov Yu.V. and the leaders of the party and government greet the troops from the mausoleum tribune (panorama).

Troops pass in front of the mausoleum.

Podgorny N.V., Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. greet the troops from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Podgorny N.V., Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. on the rostrum of the mausoleum, Ustinov delivers a speech.

Brezhnev, Podgorny, Kosygin greet the participants of the demonstration from the side rostrum of the mausoleum.

View of the mausoleum.

Podgorny N.V., Grechko A.A., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. on the rostrum of the mausoleum on November 7, 1975, Grechko delivers a speech.

Leaders of the party and government on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

View of Red Square during the military parade on November 7, 1975, military equipment enters the square (top).

Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N. accepting flowers from children on November 7, 1976. Children's faces.

Ustinov D.F., Brezhnev L.I., Kosygin A.N., Suslov M.A. with children on the mausoleum tribune.