1992 Moscow peace parade

Russian military parade 300px|thumb|Image from the peace parade (Red Square, Moscow) via RIA Novosti The "Victory of Peace" parade was held in Moscow's Red Square on 9 May 1992 to commemorate the capitulation of Nazi Germany in the Second World War on Victory Day. It was held in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union under the leadership of the Russian president Boris Yeltsin. It featured no tanks or military equipment, and included foreign veterans and representatives, including survivors of the Nazi concentration camps.Smith Kathleen E. Mythmaking in the New Russia: Politics and Memory in the Yeltsin Era 31 May 2018 Cornell University Press 978-1-5017-1796-3 86–87 https://books.google.com/books?id=grdcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 Set in a mournful atmosphere,Photos from Moscow's 1992 Peace Parade In Russia's first post-Soviet Victory Day celebrations, veterans from Europe and the U.S. joined as friends https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/05/09/photos-from-moscow-s-1992-peace-parade 9 May 2022 Meduza 9 May 2022 the parade was intended to signal the start of a more pro-Western, non-militaristic tradition in Russia. There were a number of demonstrations against the parade by disaffected communists,Schmemann Serge Serge Schmemann War Veterans in Russia Mourn as They Celebrate https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/10/world/war-veterans-in-russia-mourn-as-they-celebrate.html 9 May 2022 The New York Times 10 May 1992 https://web.archive.org/web/20150526054049/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/10/world/war-veterans-in-russia-mourn-as-they-celebrate.html 26 May 2015 who thought that the parade was too "festive", as well as supporters of the Russian secessionist state of Transnistria in Moldova and neo-fascist Pamyat activists. However, Serge Schmemann writing for The New York Times noted at the time: the large majority of veterans stayed clear of the demonstrators or argued with them. For the most part they showed neither anger nor resentment, but more a shared memory of a sweet moment when things seemed clear and joyous, and a shared dismay at their lot. See also Pobedobesie Victory Day Parades Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 References Category:Moscow Victory Day Parades Category:1992 in military history Category:1992 in Moscow Category:May 1992 in Russia