Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
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Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 was a victory parade held after the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. It took place in the Soviet capital of Moscow, mostly centering around a military parade through Red Square. The parade took place on a rainy June 24, 1945, over a month after May 9th, the day of Germany's surrender to Soviet commanders.
Marshals Georgy Zhukov, who had formally accepted the German surrender to the Soviet Union, and Konstantin Rokossovsky, rode through the parade ground on white and black stallions, respectively. The fact is commemorated by the equestrian statue of Zhukov in front of the State Historical Museum, on Manege Square. The Soviet leader Joseph Stalin stood atop of Lenin's Mausoleum and watched the parade.
Displays of the Red Army aircraft and vehicles were some of the focal points of the ceremony. One of the most famous moments at the end of the troops parade took place when various Red Army soldiers carried the banners of Nazi Germany and threw them down next to the Mausoleum. One of the standards that were tossed down belonged to the deceased leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler.
 General view |
 Kuban Cossack unit marching at the parade |
 Deposition of Nazi standards |
 Marshals Zhukov and Rokossovsky |
 The military commanders of the 1st Polish Army armies leading their troops at the parade |
