1985 Moscow Victory Day Parade

1985 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The 1985 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on 9 May 1985 on the Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Victory in Europe. The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. It was the first V-Day parade held since 1965, and the third of four Victory Day parades held during the Soviet Union's existence.
Prior to 1965 Victory Day was not a major holiday and parades were not held, with the exception of the 1945 Victory Day Parade. The Victory Parade of 1985 was the third made after 1945 Victory Day Parade. After this parade next would be held 1990.
The parade was observed by Soviet leaders from the Lenin Mausoleum. Major political figures attending were General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, and Minister of Defense Marshal Sergei Sokolov among others. The parade was commanded by the Moscow Military District Commander General of the Army Pyotr Lushev, and was his last major national parade in this capacity. During this parade veterans marched in Red Square for the first time, the next time being in 1990.
Full order of the marchpast
Following the limousine carrying General of the Army Lushev, the parade marched past Red Square in the following order:
Military bands
Massed Military Bands of the Moscow Military District
Ground column
Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music College
Victory Banner Color Guard
Front Standards
Colour guard battalion of regimental, brigade and division colors of the Soviet Army
Veterans regiment
Heroes of the Soviet Union
Recipients of the Order of Glory
Veteran participants of the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
Veterans of the Polish People's Army (Polish 1st Infantry Division)
Veterans of the Czechoslovak People's Army (Czechoslovak 1st Corps)
Partisans
Civil awardees of the Order of Labour Glory
Historical regiment
M. V. Frunze Military Academy
V. I. Lenin Military Political Academy
Military Artillery Academy "Felix Dzerzhinsky"
Military Armored Forces Academy Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
Military Engineering Academy
Military Academy of Chemical Defense and Control
Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy
Prof. Nikolai Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
M. V. Frunze Naval College
98th Airborne Division
Moscow Border Guards Institute of the Border Defence Forces of the KGB "Moscow City Council"
366th Guards Marine Brigade of the Baltic Fleet
OMSDON Ind. Motorized Division of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR "Felix Dzerzhinsky"
Suvorov Military School
Nakhimov Naval School
Moscow Military High Command Training School "Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR"
Mobile Column
Historical segment
GAZ-67B
T-34
SU-100
SU-76
53-K
ML-20
M-30
B-4
A-19
Katyusha rocket launchers (BM-13Ns)
61-K
52-K
2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motorized Rifle Division
BRDM-2
BTR-70
BMP-2
98th Airborne Division
BMD-1
4th Guards Kantermirovsky Tank Division
T-72
T-80
Rocket Forces and Field Artillery
BM-21 Grad
2S1 Gvozdika
2S3 Akatsiya
2K12 Kub
9K52 Luna-M
SS-1 Scud
Music
Providing the ceremonial music for the parade was the massed bands of the Moscow Military District, under the overall direction of Major General Nikolay Mikhailov.
Inspection and address
Jubilee Slow March "25 Years of the Red Army" (Юбилейный встречный марш "25 лет РККА) by Semeon Tchenertsky
Slow March of the Tankmen (Встречный Марш Танкистов) by Semeon Tchenertsky
Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
Slow March of the Officers Schools (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) by Semyon Tchernetsky)
Slow March Victory (Встречный Марш «Победа») by Yuriy Griboyedov
Slow March of the Officers Schools (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) by Semyon Tchernetsky)
Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Dmitry Pertsev
Slow March of the Red Army (Встречный Марш Красной Армии) by Semyon Tchernetsky
Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Severian Ganichev
Slow March Victory (Встречный Марш «Победа») by Yuriy Griboyedov
Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Viktor Sergeyebich Runov
Glory (Славься) by Mikhail Glinka
Signal Everyone, listen! (Сигнал «Слушайте все!») by unknown composer
State Anthem of the Soviet Union (Государственный Гимн Советского Союза) by Alexander Alexandrov
Fanfare (Фанфара)
Infantry Column
Long Live our State (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov
"The Sacred War" (Священная война) by Alexandr Alexandrov
Farewell of Slavianka (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin
Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
In Defense of the Homeland (В защиту Родины) by Viktor Sergeyevich Runov
On Guard for the Peace (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev
Combat March (Строевой Марш) by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev
Air March (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait
Leningrad (Ленинград) by Viktor Sergeyeich Runov
We are the Army of the People (Мы Армия Народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesyan
Sports March (Спортивный Марш) by Valentin Volkov
Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
Long Live our State (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov
Mobile Column
Victorious March (Победный Марш) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
Salute to Moscow (Салют Москвы) by Semyon Tchernetsky
Defenders of Moscow (Защитников Москвы) by Boris Alexandrovich Mokroysov
Farewell of Slavianka (Прощание Славянки) by Vasiliy Agapkin
Unknown march
March of the Guards Mortar Personnel (Марш Гвардейцев-миномётчиков) by Semyon Tchernetsky
March of the Tankmen (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky
Conclusion
Invincible and legendary (Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexander Alexandrov
Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
Invincible and legendary (Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexander Alexandrov
References
External links
Soviet Central Television footage of the parade
Moscow Victory Day Parades
1985 in Moscow
1985 in military history
May 1985 events in Europe
1985 in the Soviet Union