1996 Moscow Victory Day Parade

Russian military parade The 1996 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a parade held in Red Square on 9 May 1996 to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.https://www.rferl.org/a/1141168.html Newsline - May 10, 1996 www.rferl.org en 2017-09-11 The annual parade marks the Allied victory in the Great Patriotic War on the same day as the signing of the German act of capitulation to the Allies in Berlin, at midnight 9 May 1945 (Russian time). The Supreme Commander of Russian Armed Forces, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, as well as government officials stood on the grandstand of Lenin's Mausoleum. It would be the last time the Mausoleum would be used in a Moscow parade. The parade commander was the commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel-General Leonid Kuznetsov. The parade was inspected by the Defense Minister of Russia, General of the Army Pavel Grachev. 7,370 military personnel took part in the parade. Military equipment did not participate in the parade. The parade is also the first time the Victory Banner has trooped on Red Square before the parade.http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9605/09/russia.parades/ https://web.archive.org/web/20030128202122/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9605/09/russia.parades/ dead January 28, 2003 CNN - Victory Day setting for political dueling - May 9, 1996 CNN 2017-08-16 See also Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 Victory Day (9 May) References External links 55vl4QFZw2U Видео парада 9 мая 1996 года expanded Category:Moscow Victory Day Parades Moscow Victory Day Parade Category:1996 in military history Category:May 1996 in Russia