All-Union Parade of Athletes (1945)

General view of Red Square on the day of the physical culture parade (above).

Panorama of the GUM building and columns of physical culture athletes lined up on Red Square (above).

Parade participants stand with portraits of the leaders of the Soviet state.

Parade participants in national costumes of the USSR republics, faces of parade participants.

Parade participants with the banner of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.

View of part of the fountain on Red Square.

Guests head to their places in the stands.

Yugoslav military personnel pass by.

General view of part of Red Square from the side of GUM. Kalinin MI, Andreev AA, Kaganovich LM walk along the territory of the Kremlin.

Stalin IV, Malenkov GM greet Kalinin, Andreev, the leaders of the USSR greet each other before going out onto Red Square.

Panorama of the guest stands and Red Square, people in the stands applaud.

Soviet leaders, headed by Stalin, ascend the stand of the mausoleum, the spectators applaud.

Stalin on the stand of the mausoleum.

View of part of the guest stands.

Molotov V.M., Mikoyan A.I., Khrushchev N.S., Bulganin N.A., Andreev A.A., Kaganovich L.M., Shvernik N.M., Zhdanov A.A., Zhukov G.K., Eisenhower D., US Ambassador A. Harriman on the mausoleum stand.

General view of the mausoleum stand, the leaders of the USSR greet the parade participants.

General view of Red Square.

Parade Commander Lieutenant General K.R. Sinilov reports to the Chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports N.N. Romanov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League N.A. Mikhailov, and Secretary of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions M.P. Views of Red Square (from above).

The parade's reviewers drive around the formation of athletes in a car.

View of one of the parade columns (from above).

View of a part of Red Square (top).

Buglers give a signal.

Romanov delivers a speech from the mausoleum tribune, Mikhailov and Tarasov stand nearby.

Representatives of the USSR republics in parade formation.

General view of Red Square (top).

General view of Red Square at the start of the parade (top).

A line of drummers passes, followed by a column of representatives of the union republics, the parade participants carry the USSR coat of arms and portraits of the leaders of the party and state.

General Antonov A.I. and Stalin greet the parade participants from the mausoleum tribune.

The parade participants carry red banners and banners of the sports societies of the union republics.

General view of Red Square during the parade (top).

A column of athletes from the Russian Federation passes.

Athletes from Ukraine carry a portrait of Stalin at the head of the column, the column walks along Red Square.

General view of Red Square (top).

Athletes from the union republics of Transcaucasia walk along Red Square.

Molotov and Mikoyan on the mausoleum tribune.

Athletes from Transcaucasia walk along Red Square.

Faces of the Japanese and Chinese military attachés.

Athletes from the Central Asian republics march across Red Square with a portrait of Stalin.

Eisenhower and Army General Antonov on the mausoleum tribune.

Athletes from Central Asia march, foreign military attachés watch the columns of athletes pass by.

Athletes from the Karelo-Finnish SSR march, faces of guests on the tribune.

Columns of athletes from Moldova and the Baltic republics march by.

A naval officer among the guests.

The face of a female athlete marching at the head of one of the columns of the Baltic republics.

Parade participants carry red banners and portraits of Stalin.

Voroshilov, Budyonny, and Andreyev on the mausoleum tribune.

Members of the Labor Reserves sports society march across Red Square.

General view of part of Red Square during the parade (above).

Students from the Institute of Physical Culture march by.

View of part of Red Square (above), representatives of trade union sports societies march by with their banners.

General view of part of Red Square (top), column of sports society "Wings of the Soviets" passes.

Faces of spectators.

Girls walk, performing synchronized movements, members of the society "Wings of the Soviets" carry banners.

Girls from the sports society "Zenit" perform synchronized movements with wreaths of flowers on the move.

Young men walk, synchronously performing weapon techniques with machine guns.

Leaders of the USSR and foreign guests on the tribune of the mausoleum during the parade (back), view of part of Red Square in front of the mausoleum.

Stalin on the tribune of the mausoleum.

Columns of athletes leave Red Square past St.

Basil's Cathedral (top).

Girls from the sports society "Medic" perform exercises with ribbons on the move.

General view of columns of athletes passing in front of the mausoleum (top).

Members of the sports societies "Metallurg" and "Stroitel" walk, performing exercises with cold sports weapons.

General view of a part of Red Square during the parade (top).

Members of the sports societies "Energia" and "Bolshevik" are walking, performing synchronized movements on the go, Stalin is on the mausoleum tribune.

General parts of Red Square (top), members of the "Spartak" society are walking, a man with a girl in his arms is on the guest tribune, faces of spectators.

Members of the "Dynamo" society are walking.

Stalin applauds from the mausoleum tribune.

Members of the "Dynamo" society are carrying children on their shoulders, performing synchronized movements with sports oars.

Panorama of Red Square during the parade.

Columns of athletes are walking along Red Square.

A column of cyclists is riding along Red Square, bringing up the rear of the ceremonial march of athletes.

Military leaders are on the side tribune of the mausoleum during the parade.

General view of the center of Red Square during the beginning of the sports and gymnastics performances (top).

Children are depicting a pioneer bonfire using red flags.

Stalin is on the mausoleum tribune.

Children perform dance numbers on Red Square, general view of Red Square (above).

Children roll out a symbolic chariot with the "Order of Victory" towards the mausoleum.

Children walk past the mausoleum and wave paper flowers in greeting.

Stalin places a boy on the edge of the stand.

Children walk past the mausoleum and greet the leaders of the USSR. Foreign military attachés in the guest stands.

General view of the center of Red Square during the performance of athletes from the Estonian SSR (above), faces of spectators in the guest stands, spectators applaud.

Performance of athletes from the Latvian SSR, faces of spectators in the guest stands.

The sports delegation of the Lithuanian SSR performs the folk dance "Kosari" on Red Square, faces of spectators in the guest stands.

View of Red Square during the performance of members of the "Labor Reserves" society (above).

Young members of the society - students of vocational schools - perform, Stalin on the mausoleum tribune.

Views of Red Square during a performance by members of the Labor Reserves society (top).

Young members of the society perform synchronized exercises, children in the guest stands applaud.

USSR leaders on the mausoleum stand (behind) during a performance by young athletes, Stalin applauds.

Voroshilov and Andreyev applaud from the mausoleum stand.

The Labor Reserves society column leaves Red Square after the performance.

Panorama of part of the guest stands (top).

Athletes from the Moldavian SSR perform a folk dance on Red Square, spectators applaud.

Performance by the delegation of athletes from the Karelo-Finnish SSR, performing exercises with oars, a dance composition.

General view of part of Red Square after the performance of the Karelo-Finnish delegation (top), delegates in a column walk along Red Square.

Performance by the sports delegation of the Kirghiz SSR, faces of Soviet military leaders on the side stand of the mausoleum.

Girls perform a dance with flowers, faces of spectators.

Performance of the sports delegation of the Turkmen SSR. Faces of foreign guests.

Performance of Turkmen wrestlers, Voroshilov, Budyonny and Andreyev on the mausoleum tribune.

Spectators applaud.

The Turkmen delegation continues its performance, a portrait of Stalin is brought out onto Red Square.

Soviet military leaders on the side tribune of the mausoleum.

Continuation of the performance of the Turkmen delegation.

Athletes of the Tajik SSR perform, faces of spectators in the tribune.

Faces of generals on the side tribune of the mausoleum.

View of the center of Red Square during the performance of Tajik athletes (above), performance of sports and dance numbers, spectators applaud.

Representatives of the Molotov Institute perform on Red Square.

Faces of the Yugoslav military.

Performance of a synchronized sports and dance composition on Red Square, spectators in the stands applaud.

Athletes of the Kazakh SSR on Red Square before the start of their performance.

Beria LP and Malenkov GM on the mausoleum tribune.

A woman's face.

Performance of the sports delegation of the Kazakh SSR, spectators applaud.

View of the center of Red Square during the start of the performance of athletes of the Uzbek SSR (top).

Athletes of the Uzbek SSR perform a sports and dance composition.

Shvernik NM, Kosygin AN, Zhdanov AA on the mausoleum tribune.

The Uzbek delegation performs a folk dance, faces of spectators in the guest stands.

Andreev AA and Kaganovich LM applaud the Uzbek athletes.

Faces of the applauding spectators.

Performance of representatives of the Leningrad Institute of Physical Culture named after Lesgaft.

Marshal Zhukov G.K. on the mausoleum tribune.

Leningrad athletes demonstrate rifle techniques during a performance on Red Square.

Faces of spectators.

Artistic gymnastics composition performed by Leningrad athletes.

Performance of the delegation of athletes of the Armenian SSR, faces of spectators in the guest stands.

Stalin on the mausoleum tribune, Armenian athletes perform a dance composition.

Molotov and Mikoyan on the mausoleum tribune.

Performance of athletes of the Georgian SSR. Kalinin, Stalin, Malenkov, Beria and Khrushchev on the mausoleum tribune.

Performance of a sports and dance composition with poles.

Georgian athletes perform synchronized exercises.

Marshal Zhukov and General Antonov on the mausoleum tribune.

General view of Red Square during the performance of Georgian athletes (above).

The Georgian delegation performs a national dance, the spectators applaud.

The standard-bearer of the Georgian sports delegation.

The Georgian delegation passes in front of the mausoleum with the banners of sports societies.

Stalin and Harriman on the mausoleum tribune.

Performance of the sports delegation of the Azerbaijan SSR. Harriman, Kalinin, Stalin, Malenkov, Voroshilov on the mausoleum tribune.

Motorcyclists with the flag of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions ride across Red Square.

Gymnasts from voluntary sports societies of trade unions perform.

Foreign guests on the guest tribune.

Athletes perform gymnastic figures on moving motorcycles.

Motorcyclists ride across Red Square.

Faces of spectators.

The physical culture delegation of the Byelorussian SSR performs a sports and dance composition.

Faces of spectators.

The physical culture delegation of the Ukrainian SSR performs a folk dance, Stalin on the mausoleum tribune.

View of the central part of Red Square during the performance of the Ukrainian delegation (above).

Spectators on the guest tribune.

Voroshilov K.E. Andreev on the mausoleum tribune.

Sports and gymnastics performance by students of the Stalin Moscow Institute of Physical Education.

Andreev and Kaganovich on the mausoleum tribune.

Moscow athletes continue their performance, faces of the performing girls.

A man on the guest tribune with a girl in his arms.

Continuation of the performance of Moscow athletes.

General view of Red Square during the performance of Moscow athletes (above).

Spectators in the guest tribune applaud.

Participants in the physical culture parade stand in formation on Red Square during the performance of the USSR national anthem.

Stalin on the tribune salutes during the performance of the anthem.

Military personnel in the guest tribune during the performance of the anthem.

Panorama of one of the columns of athletes during the performance of the anthem.

Stalin and General Antonov on the mausoleum tribune during the performance of the anthem.

Panorama of part of the columns of athletes on Red Square.

General view of the mausoleum tribune.

General view of Red Square (above).