Victory Parade (1945)

General view of Red Square with troops lined up for the Victory Parade (from above).

General view of part of Red Square and the fountain on Lobnoye Mesto.

Views of Red Square with troops lined up for the parade (from different points above).

View of military units lined up on Red Square (from above).

Fountain on Lobnoye Mesto.

Guests, representatives of the working people of Central Asia, are walking to the guest stand.

Military personnel are walking by.

An admiral is walking to the guest stand, leading a girl by the hand.

People are walking to the mausoleum to the guest stand.

Patriarch Alexy I is walking, accompanied by metropolitans.

Representatives of foreign embassies and military attachés of Japan, France, and Great Britain are walking to the guest stand.

An admiral is walking with a cloak in his hand.

General Rotmistrov P.A. is walking.

Vyshinsky A.Ya. is heading to the guest stand.

Foreign diplomats are walking.

Vasilevsky A.M., Konev I.S. and other Soviet military leaders head to the troops standing in the square.

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

Troops are standing in Red Square.

The combined regiment of the Karelian Front is standing.

Marshal Meretskov K.A. is at the head of the combined regiment.

The combined regiment of the Leningrad Front.

Marshal Govorov L.A. is at the head of the combined regiment.

Faces of the standard-bearers.

Faces of the officers participating in the parade.

The combined regiment of the 1st Baltic Front.

General of the Army I.Kh.

Bagramyan at the head of the combined regiment.

Faces of the parade participants.

The general stands at the head of the formation of tankers.

The face of Marshal Vasilevsky A.M. Faces of the parade participants.

The combined regiment of the 2nd Belorussian Front.

The standard-bearers of the 2nd Belorussian Front are standing.

Colonel General P.I. Batov is at the head of the combined regiment.

Faces of the parade participants.

The combined regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front.

The pilots are standing in formation.

The face of Colonel General V. I. Chuikov.

Representatives of Polish combat units are in formation.

Marshal I. S. Konev at the head of the combined regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front. A. I. Pokryshkin is standing at the regimental standard.

The face of pilot D. B. Glinka.

Marshal of Tank Troops P. S. Rybalko is leading the tankers.

Faces of tankers participating in the parade.

Combined regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Front.

General of the Army A. I. Eremenko at the head of the combined regiment.

Faces of parade participants.

Marshal R. Ya.

Malinovsky at the head of the combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front.

Standard bearers are standing.

Faces of parade participants.

Officers are standing at the standard of the combined regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

Commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, Marshal F. I. Tolbukhin.

Officers in formation.

Combined regiment of the Navy, led by Vice Admiral V. G. Fadeyev.

Fadeyev's face.

Faces of the naval sailors participating in the parade.

The first rank of the Navy Regiment.

The first rank of the Captured Banners Battalion.

Hitler's personal standard, inclined towards the cobblestones.

The ranks of the Captured Banners Battalion.

The clock on the Spasskaya Tower shows the time - 9:55 a.m.

Molotov V.M., Voroshilov K.E., Mikoyan A.I., Voznesensky N.A. greet each other on the territory of the Kremlin.

Kalinin M.I., Zhdanov A.A., Andreyev A.A. walk through the territory of the Kremlin to Red Square.

Stalin I.V. and the leaders of the USSR walk through the territory of the Kremlin to Red Square.

Faces of people on the guest stands.

Stalin, Malenkov G.M., Molotov begin to climb the tribune of Lenin's Mausoleum.

Faces of people on the guest stands.

Stalin and the leaders of the state climb the tribune of the Mausoleum.

The military personnel applaud in the guest stands.

The people in the guest stands applaud.

Stalin walks along the mausoleum stand, raising his hand in a welcoming gesture.

Panorama of the guest stand with applauding people.

Stalin and Budyonny S.M. on the mausoleum stand.

Molotov, Khrushchev N.S., Shvernik N.M. on the mausoleum stand.

Shkiryatov M.F., Andreev, Kaganovich L.M. on the mausoleum stand.

Molotov, Stalin and Budyonny on the mausoleum stand.

Zhdanov and Bulganin N.A. on the mausoleum stand.

Admiral Kuznetsov N.G. and Marshal Timoshenko S.K. on the mausoleum stand.

View of part of the guest stand.

View of part of Manezhnaya Square.

General view of Manezhnaya Square with troops lined up on it.

Troops on Red Square.

Parade commander Marshal Rokossovsky K.K. on horseback on Red Square.

The clock on Spasskaya Tower shows 10:00. Marshal Zhukov G.K. rides out of the gates of Spasskaya Tower on horseback.

Zhukov rides up to Rokossovsky on horseback, receives his report.

Begins inspecting the troops.

Stalin I.V. and Budyonny S.M. on the tribune of the mausoleum.

General view of Red Square (above), Zhukov inspects the troops.

Zhukov continues inspecting the troops, greeting each combined regiment.

View of part of Red Square during Marshal Zhukov's inspecting the troops (above).

Zhukov continues inspecting the troops, rides out to Manezhnaya Square.

Troops of the Moscow garrison are in formation.

Zhukov and Rokossovsky continue inspecting the troops.

Cavalry column on Manezhnaya Square.

Zhukov and Rokossovsky ride around the troops.

Soldiers of one of the motorcycle units in formation.

Zhukov and Rokossovsky ride around the troops.

View of the unit on Red Square (from above).

Zhukov dismounts and walks to the mausoleum.

Soldiers are standing on the side tribune of the mausoleum.

Zhukov approaches the microphone on the mausoleum tribune, Malenkov G.M., Kalinin M.I., Beria L.P. are standing nearby.

Buglers sound the signal.

Zhukov G.K. delivers a speech from the mausoleum tribune (synchronously).

People in the guest tribune listen to Zhukov's speech.

People's faces.

Faces of the parade participants.

Zhukov continues to speak (synchronously).

View of the unit on Red Square (from above).

Troops on Red Square.

Rokossovsky sits astride a horse and listens to Zhukov's speech.

Faces of the parade participants.

The parade participants listen to Zhukov's speech.

Zhukov continues to speak (synchronously).

View of part of Red Square with the fountain on Lobnoye Mesto.

Troops on Red Square.

Zhukov continues his speech (synchronously).

View of the mausoleum and guest stands (from above).

View of part of Red Square (from above).

Zhukov finishes his speech.

Troops on Red Square in front of the mausoleum.

Stalin I.V., Budyonny S.M., Voroshilov K.E. Kalinin M.I. on the mausoleum tribune listening to Zhukov's speech G.K. Stalin, Budyonny, Molotov on the mausoleum tribune.

Parade participants listening to Zhukov's speech.

General view of part of Red Square and the mausoleum.

General view of Manezhnaya Square with troops and military equipment.

View of Red Square (from above).

General view of the mausoleum.

Stalin on the mausoleum tribune.

Officers with the banners of combat units.

Parade participants listening to Zhukov.

Captured German banners bowed to the ground.

Standard-bearers stand with the banners of combat units.

Zhukov continues his speech (synchronously).

Troops on Red Square.

Officers stand in formation.

Banner platoon of the Suvorov Military School.

Budyonny, Voroshilov, Kalinin, on the mausoleum tribune.

Admiral V.G. Fadeyev at the head of the combined naval regiment.

Faces of the parade participants.

The parade participants stand in formation.

View of part of Red Square (top).

Zhukov continues his speech (synchronously).

Stalin listens to Zhukov's speech.

General view of the mausoleum tribune, Zhukov delivers a speech.

Zhukov continues to speak (synchronously), Malenkov and Beria stand nearby.

General view of Red Square (top).

Molotov, Stalin, Budyonny, Voroshilov, Kalinin, Zhukov, Malenkov, Beria on the mausoleum tribune during the performance of the USSR anthem.

Artillery salute during the performance of the anthem.

People stand during the performance of the anthem.

Rokossovsky sits astride a horse, holding his hand to the peak of his cap.

Generals and officers hold their hands to the peaks of their caps during the performance of the USSR anthem.

Troops on Red Square.

Artillery salute.

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

General view of the mausoleum and guest stands (top).

Artillery salute.

Troops and military equipment on Manezhnaya Square during the performance of the USSR anthem.

Servicemen of motorcycle units in formation.

Artillery salute.

Foreign military attachés salute.

Faces of the British and French attachés.

Troops on Red Square.

Military equipment in formation on Gorky Street.

Crews of self-propelled artillery units stand at attention on the armor of their vehicles.

Panorama of part of the formation of the combined regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.

View of Red Square (top).

Molotov, Stalin, Budyonny, Voroshilov on the mausoleum tribune during the performance of the USSR anthem.

View of Red Square (top).

Troops on Red Square.

People stand under umbrellas on the guest stands.

Young drummers, students of the military music school, open the Victory Parade.

General view of Red Square.

Marshal K. K. Rokossovsky rides past the mausoleum. V. M. Molotov, I. V. Stalin, S. M. Budyonny, and K. E. Voroshilov greet the passing troops from the mausoleum tribune.

People on the guest stands applaud.

Marshal K. A. Meretskov walks across Red Square at the head of the Karelian Front combined regiment.

Standard-bearers carry the banners of the Karelian Front units, followed by the combined regiment.

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

People on the guest stands.

The combined regiment of the 3rd Belorussian Front marches across Red Square.

Molotov, Stalin, and Budyonny greet the troops from the mausoleum tribune.

The combined regiment of the Leningrad Front, led by Marshal L.A. Govorov, marches past.

People applaud.

Standard-bearers of the Leningrad Front march.

The combined regiment of the Leningrad Front marches.

A military orchestra plays.

Views of Red Square during the parade (above).

Spectators watch the parade.

The combined regiment of the 1st Baltic Front, led by Army General I.Kh.

Bagramyan, marches across Red Square.

View of Red Square during the parade (above).

The combined regiment of the 3rd Belorussian Front marches across Red Square.

A military orchestra plays the "Jaeger March" (synchronously).

A unit of tankers marches.

Rokossovsky and Zhukov greet the troops from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

The combined regiment of the 2nd Belorussian Front, led by Colonel General Batov, marches past.

The British military and naval attachés talk to each other.

The combined regiment of the 2nd Belorussian Front marches.

Pilots of the 2nd Belorussian Front march in parade formation.

Stalin and Zhukov greet the troops from the mausoleum tribune.

Colonel General V. I. Chuikov marches at the head of the combined regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front.

The combined regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front passes by with the banners of the front-line units.

The face of the Polish general.

Representatives of the Polish Army carry their battle banners across Red Square.

Spectators on the guest tribune.

Marshal I. S. Konev marches at the head of the combined regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

Stalin Budyonny on the mausoleum tribune.

Marshal Konev marches past the mausoleum at the head of the combined regiment.

Women's faces on the guest tribune.

The combined regiment of the 1st Belorussian Front passes by.

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

The combined regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Front marches, led by Army General A. I. Eremenko.

Marshals Govorov, Rokossovsky, Vasilevsky greet the troops from the mausoleum tribune.

The combined regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Front marches past, led by Marshal Malinovsky R.Ya.

Representatives of the Kuban Cossack units march.

Molotov, Stalin, Voroshilov, Kalinin greet the troops from the mausoleum tribune.

The combined regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Front marches past, led by Marshal Tolbukhin F.I. General view of Red Square during the parade. (above).

A combined regiment of the Navy led by Admiral V.G. Fadeyev is marching across Red Square.

The face of the admiral standing among the spectators on the guest stand.

Military sailors are marching.

The spectators are applauding.

A combined regiment of the Navy is marching.

Faces of the spectators.

Captured German flags are being carried across Red Square.

Soldiers of the Captured Flags Battalion pass by the mausoleum, turn right and begin throwing the flags at the foot of the mausoleum.

Stalin and Budyonny on the mausoleum stand.

The captured flags are thrown at the foot of the mausoleum.

Faces of the spectators.

The captured flags are thrown at the foot of the mausoleum.

Army General A.I. Antonov on the side stand of the mausoleum among the military.

German flags lie at the foot of the mausoleum.

Stalin on the mausoleum stand.

The spectators in the guest stands are applauding.

The combined regiment of the People's Commissariat of Defense enters Red Square, opening the parade of units of the Moscow garrison.

Students of the Frunze Military Academy march.

Marshals Govorov, Rokossovsky, Malinovsky, Vasilevsky and Mikoyan A.I. greet the troops from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Students of military academies march.

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

Units of cadets of military schools march along Red Square.

View of a unit of Red Square during the parade (top).

Rifle units of the Moscow garrison march.

Spectators in the guest stands stand under umbrellas.

Rifle units of the Moscow garrison march.

Molotov, Stalin, Budyonny, Voroshilov greet the troops from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Troops of the Moscow garrison pass by the mausoleum.

Marshals Govorov, Konev, Rokossovsky greet the troops from the rostrum of the mausoleum.

A unit of machine gunners marches.

Children applaud in the guest stands.

Pupils of Suvorov military schools march across Red Square.

Stalin, Budyonny, Voroshilov on the mausoleum stand.

Pupils of Suvorov military schools march.

A unit of miners with dogs marches across Red Square.

Spectators in the guest stands watch the parade.

Miners with dogs walk past the mausoleum.

Military personnel and children in one of the guest stands.

A column of cavalry enters Red Square.

General view of Red Square during the cavalry march (above).

Faces of spectators in the guest stands.

Machine-gun carts drive across Red Square.

View of a column of carts moving across Red Square (above).

Anti-aircraft gun and air defense units are moving onto Red Square.

General view of an air defense column passing by the mausoleum (above).

Trucks with anti-aircraft machine gun crews are moving past the mausoleum.

View of part of one of the guest stands.

An anti-aircraft gun unit on mechanical traction is moving across Red Square.

Marshals Govorov, Konev, and Rokossovsky are on the mausoleum stand.

Air defense searchlight units and trucks with sound collectors on platforms are moving across Red Square.

Spectators are on one of the guest stands.

Rocket mortars are moving past.

Molotov, Stalin, and Budyonny are on the mausoleum stand.

Rocket mortars are moving across Red Square.

Women and children are on one of the guest stands.

Rocket mortars are moving past.

Marshals Govorov, Rokossovsky, Malinovsky, Vasilevsky, and Mikoyan A.I. The troops are greeted from the Mausoleum tribune.

A regimental mortar unit with crews sitting in the back of trucks is moving across Red Square.

General view of the mortar column passing by the Mausoleum (top).

Light artillery on Red Square.

Spectators on one of the guest tribunes.

Artillery of different calibers is moving across Red Square.

Faces of spectators.

Artillery is moving across Red Square.

General view of Red Square during the artillery pass (top).

Heavy artillery is moving across Red Square.

General view of Red Square during the artillery pass.

Artillery enters the bridge over the Moskva River.

General view of Red Square (top).

Heavy artillery on tracks is moving across Red Square.

Stalin and Budyonny on the Mausoleum tribune.

A tracked tractor is towing a heavy long-range large-caliber gun across Red Square.

Faces of Japanese military attachés.

Large-caliber artillery on Red Square.

Motorcyclists await the command to start moving, mount their motorcycles on command.

The motorcyclist unit advances to Red Square.

View of Red Square during the motorcyclists' passage (above).

Motorcyclists ride past the mausoleum.

View of Red Square during the motorcyclists' passage (above).

Military personnel and children in one of the guest stands.

Light armored vehicles open the armored vehicle parade.

Faces of foreign military attachés.

Light armored vehicles ride past the mausoleum.

Trucks with paratroopers advance to Red Square.

View of Red Square during the parade (above).

Foreign military attachés watch the parade.

Trucks with paratroopers in the back ride past the mausoleum.

Spectators in one of the guest stands.

Self-propelled artillery units move along Red Square.

Voroshilov and Kalinin on the mausoleum stand.

Self-propelled units move along Red Square.

Stalin and Budyonny on the mausoleum tribune.

Heavy tanks move across Red Square.

The military greets the tank crews.

Tanks move past the mausoleum.

Heavy self-propelled artillery units move along Red Square.

Tanks leave Red Square.

Armored vehicles move along the bridge over the Moskva River.

View of Red Square with the combined military orchestra remaining on it (above).

View of part of the guest tribune (above).

The combined military orchestra moves along Red Square, ending the Victory Parade.

Festive fireworks in the night sky over Moscow.

People on Red Square in the light of spotlights.

General view of the Moscow Kremlin during the fireworks.

Fireworks in the Moscow sky, people on Red Square watching the fireworks.