24 June 1945, the first Victory Parade was held on Red Square

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov recalled how Stalin called him and in jest asked about his skills in horse riding. Marshal replied that he had not forgotten how to ride a horse. In response, Stalin said that he had decided to entrust Zhukov with taking the Victory Parade. Having sincerely thanked the leader for the confidence placed in him, Zhukov noted that Stalin himself must take the parade, as he is the Commander-in-Chief. To this Stalin replied: “I am already old to take parades. Take you. You are younger.

Preparation for the Victory Parade was carried out with great care. The candidates of the parade participants were carefully selected. The candidate was to be awarded two or more orders, to be physically strong, to have the deserved glory of a brave and courageous warrior. Even those who had the stars of Heroes of the Soviet Union on their chest gleamed more than eight hours a day in preparation for the parade.

Not only the military were preparing for the parade. Practically at all Moscow garment factories and atelier there was ceremonial uniforms, each set of which was customized individually for each participant. Stretchable boots were issued - the best military shoes of those years.

For sending and escorting the Victory Banner to Moscow, the most deserved warriors were selected. After the Victory Parade was completed, the Banner was sent to the Central Museum of the USSR Armed Forces.

For the host of the parade Zhukov for a long time could not find a suitable horse. According to Stalin, Zhukov should take the Victory Parade on a white horse. Since the post-war difficult time the army experienced an acute shortage of war horses, this problem became a serious challenge during the preparation of the Victory Parade. After a long search, the cavalry regiment of the name of Dzerzhinsky provided the necessary horse of the Terek breed. Idol - that was the name of this legendary horse. The stallion was carefully examined by experts - Budyonny, Antonov, and they were satisfied with the horse chosen for the parade. Zhukov, mounted his horse, demonstrated his high riding skills, showing that he really had not forgotten how to ride a horse during the war years. Every day a marshal came to the manege of the People's Commissariat of Defense, and for a very long time he ran around Idol to get used to the rider. The appearance of the horse underwent thorough preparation, even the horse's tail was lengthened for greater beauty.

In the newspaper Pravda, the parade was described spectacularly and figuratively, in all colors: “Suddenly the orchestra ceases. There is a sharp fraction of the drums. An unforgettable, deeply symbolic picture appears to the eye. The column of fighters approaches a tribune. Everybody has a German flag in their hands. 200 captured enemy banners carried column. Now they - the only thing that recalls the old regiments and divisions of Hitler. Having come up from the podium, the fighters make a turn to the right and with a contemptuous gesture, forcefully throw enemy flags on the pavement, to the foot of the Mausoleum ... ”

The parade participants, in the evening, waited for a solemn dinner, and then popular festivities were organized. There was no end to the joy and joy, songs, dances and fun. Every single person in Moscow celebrated the Victory. After 24 June 1945, the Victory Parades were not held even 20 years, until 1965. Historians argue about the reasons for their failure. It is likely that the parades were not held for the simple reason that the country's leadership wanted to leave in people's memory longer impressions of the first Victory Parade, truly magnificent and unforgettable.

Comments

[Messerschmitt]

Glory to our grandfathers! My, unfortunately, did not live to see victory - he died in 43 in Ukraine! One order is left!

[pribolt]

Yes, this parade is really unforgettable, even now I'm watching the 1945 parade. and from the sounds of this march already goosebumps .... Glory to the Winners !!!

[755962]

Victory Parade on Red Square is a momentous event. Having become a kind of turning point in history, he remained in the memory for short years, as a day of unprecedented unity of many peoples of the USSR.

[Isr]

On June 24, 1945, the first Victory Parade was held on Red Square, but don’t you know when the second Victory Parade was held?

[Tersky]

Quote: Isr

, do not know when the second Victory Parade was held?

9 on May 1965 of the year,

[Yazov]

My identity is 43, the current photo remains. Five people before being sent to the front, not one returned.

[Yoshkin Kot]

I want it to be shown more often, it would not be bad to introduce a show on the big screen in the school course

[Rascopov]

And mine fought with the Japanese: 3 orders, several medals - naval aviation.

[wk]

both grandfathers went through the whole war, one finished in the Baltic states, the other in Königsberg, but returned home after the victory parade .....
Glory to the heroes!

[pavlo007]

Learning to write correctly. Learning the names of cities. I am ashamed, by God ...
Grandfathers are great, but the fact that the grandson of cases does not knit is bad!

[SectoR]

The first time I see the video is the Victory Parade of 1945. Gorgeous. Carefully approached everything, seriously ... almost 40 thousand people ... so much technology ...
Eternal Glory to the Heroes Fallen in the Fights for Freedom and Independence of Our Homeland!

[wolk71]

My finished in Warsaw, there were four wounds. He gave his rewards to us for toys, so we all lost them, I still did not go to school.

[wk]

the awards of their relatives (award documents with a description of their exploits) can be found on the site "feat of the people" .... he himself found some awards., but not all the data there is unfortunately.

[wolk71]

The site is good, I also found an award sheet for my grandfather, but they still haven’t posted it yet, I will wait and hope.

[Simon]

How many did not get to this Victory Parade, although they brought this day closer, at the cost of their lives. Glory to the heroes !!!

[sazhka0]

And my grandfather in Stalingrad was wounded and died in a hospital in Saratov. What strong people were, and soul and body, and most importantly the Spirit. Now they are not enough great

[Salavat]

After June 24, 1945, the Victory Parades were not held for another 20 years, until 1965. Historians still argue about the reasons for their failure.

I think that in the postwar years there was no time for idle celebrations - the country, after all, required restoration

[Yarbay]

*** Everyone in Moscow celebrated the Victory. After June 24, 1945, the Victory Parades were not held for another 20 years, until 1965. Historians still argue about the reasons for their failure. It is likely that the parades were not held for the simple reason that the country's leadership wanted to leave longer in the people's memory the impressions of the first Victory Parade, truly magnificent and unforgettable. ** - I didn’t know that !!
Interestingly, what other opinions are there about why the Parade has not been held for 20 years?

[wolk71]

From 1945 to 1947, Victory Day was a public holiday. Moreover, they were in a hurry to introduce a holiday for the people - Kalinin signed the decree even before the official surrender of Germany was signed - according to Moscow time, it took place at the very beginning of May 9. The Soviet leadership knew that the Germans and allies had nowhere to go and signed a decree, passing it to the newspapers even before the event took place. The reason for this is very simple - the people needed Victory and the day associated with it. The inhuman tension of four years should have been expressed in the day off. Which was announced before the surrender was actually signed.
As you can see - in 1945, 1946 and 1947, Victory Day was a public holiday. However, scammers deliberately create the impression that it was from 1965 that Victory Day became a holiday for people. Then, by the way, the tradition of salute “Victory Lights.” Was born It is on this day and precisely on the basis of the mentioned decree of the Soviet Government.
What is wrecking or ignorance? Another attempt to denigrate our history, or the stupidity of the authors bordering on a mental illness?
But then events developed further. In the words of Churchill, the “nation of widows and orphans,” a country where 17 cities and over 000 villages were burned to the ground in the very literal sense of the word, the Cold War was declared to the Soviet Union. By the way, to destroy. There was no time to relax and congratulate myself. It was necessary to rebuild the country, build schools, factories, housing and everything else. There were few holidays. By the way, January 100 - New Year, was a working day. However, among the people it became a children's and family holiday. It was not the time to increase the number of days off, so the holidays were reorganized - Victory Day was declared May 000 as a holiday, but a working day, and January 1 was a holiday. A country in ruins in the most literal sense, an enemy armed with nuclear weapons, threatens complete destruction. There is no time for partying. This is now Russia without problems for 9 days off in January rolls up.
This democratic trepachev argues that the holiday must be a day off - the day when you can get drunk and not do a damn thing. It was not so in the USSR — a holiday could be a day off, but it might not be.
Holidays in the USSR were then constantly reorganized. For example, September 3rd - Victory Day over Japan and the end of World War II was a day off and it also became a working day in 2. Now they have completely forgotten him. There was also a day off on December 1947nd - the day of Lenin's death (memory). He became a working day in 22. There was one more reason, besides the transfer of May 1951 to the New Year - it really was a “Holiday with tears in my eyes” - and there was no question that the wounds had healed, in almost every family someone died in the Great War. Victory Day was better associated with other victories - in rebuilding and building the country until that time, until the severe pain subsided. Humanly, this is very clear. From the late 9s, there were constantly proposals to make Victory Day a day off, but Khrushchev did not do this fundamentally - this day the people associated with the name of Stalin - the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, under whose leadership we achieved Victory. Therefore, the holiday was the day off for the second time already under Brezhnev - in 50.

[str73]

The lies that perestroika and other traitors to the Motherland have piled up for a long time, Vladimir. And, by the way, even now the shit-smearing of the USSR, Stalin and the history of the Second World War continues in full swing. Take, for example, the radio station "Echo of Moscow" - what is not a broadcast, then a tub of crap on our glorious history. It is important for them to make sure that you and I have nothing to be proud of, they even try to smear the great Victory.

[Odinplys]

Quote: str73

radio station "Echo of Moscow" - what is not a broadcast, then a tub of shit on our glorious history. It is important for them to make sure that you and I have nothing to be proud of, they even try to smear the great Victory.

Yes, and I don’t understand ... why this sorry ... tutka ... Latynina ... who called 140 million Russians (morons) ... not behind bars ...
And the channel is paid from the pockets of taxpayers ...

[Odinplys]

Quote: Yarbay

Interestingly, what other opinions are there about why the Parade has not been held for 20 years?

I think Stalin was not a show-off ... but Khrushchev ... did not want to advertise Stalin ... because he had a personal dislike for him ...

[papss]

sazhka0,
I agree, looking at a similar chronicle, I always look at the faces of people. This makes a strong impression.
In addition to the obvious imprint of courage, dignity and strength, I peer and see the experienced grief, and the simultaneous joy. And most importantly ... simplicity and modesty. Despite the golden epaulettes and ceremonial uniforms. Well, could such a Reich be able to defeat such people. Well, could such people simply be driven to fight, as it is now fashionable for some to say.
I, like many, lost relatives and friends in that war (my grandfather burned down in a tank in Poland) and I am proud that I lived and live with the heritage of such people.
ETERNAL MEMORY !!!

[anchonsha]

We need to be proud of our grandfathers and fathers, who repeatedly defeated the mercenaries of all Europe who came to RUSSIA (it is with a small letter that this part of the earth should be called for their abominable acts). And the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. it is the pain of huge losses and the great VICTORY GLORY over the fascist regimes of this Europe. Glory to our grandfathers and fathers, eternal memory of them !!!

[nokki]

Maternal grandfather - disabled, died in the 60's, paternal grandfather - came from Moscow to Koenigsberg, fought with Japan. The father-in-law is a submachine gunner, Knight of the Order of Glory, awarded with other orders and medals, like both of my grandfathers. Eternal glory and memory to the heroes!

[340222]

We have something to be proud of. We remember our grandfathers and those who died, and those who return with a victory.

[Andriuha077]

At the foot of the Mausoleum ~ 200 of Hitler's banners were thrown onto a special platform so that they would not desecrate the square with their touch. The soldiers carried them in gloves, which were then burned along with the scaffolds, banners were thrown into the cellars in the museum of the Soviet Army (now the Armed Forces) in Moscow, in contempt of the invaders.

[Zhaman-Urus]

It says that the participants in the Parade were people with at least two orders, and look at those who carried the banners of the Nazis, many do not even have one order. Did Rezun write the truth and are these really some kind of rear units of the NKVD? Think that I have something against the NKVD troops, my grandfather really after the war himself served in this organization. If anyone knows what these people were with him. Share the standards.

[DYMITRY]

Quote: Zhaman-Urus

Did Rezun write the truth and are these really some kind of rear units of the NKVD?

My great-grandfather, Stepan Bundaev, participated in the victory parade, in the famous group. He walked in the third row, on the left flank. He went through the war from the first to the last day. He started in the Baltic states as a senior intelligence officer, and finished in Budapest as a division intelligence commander, lieutenant colonel. Cavalier of 12 orders.

[AK-74-1]

My maternal grandfather started the war on the Karelian Isthmus by the art book of 2 of December 1939 of the year (23 of the year). He graduated not far from Mukden as the commander of the BM-13 division. He died in 1991 after seeing me off to the Army, and did not live to see my 75 anniversary. A paternal grandfather died near Kiev on 12 on November 1943 of the year. He was a company commander (24 of the year). Eternal memory to all wars valiantly fulfilled their duty! 24 June parade 1945 parade is an answer to all the bastards trying to cry out the history of my COUNTRY!

[forma2]

Your feat is eternal
Your Glory forever

[khoma nickson]

Beautiful and solemn, worthy of a Great Victory! But in war, only it matters and nothing can replace it! Its price is terrible and exorbitant. The enemy was strong - the more our glory! - wrote Twardowski.

[str73]

My grandfather was drafted into the army in 1940, then the war — almost all of it passed, and died in the Koenigsberg area in 1945.

[garnag]

GLORY TO THE GREAT VICTORY OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE !!! it is a pity that we lost such a power.

[Yazov]

It’s a shame for the power! They didn’t lose her, they shit!

[Oleg0705]

Come closer, son, I want to tell you a story. The truth that I saw with these very eyes. And you don’t look that I'm drunk now ... I used to be young too ... I also once ... believed, loved ... but then the war came and took everything I had! Do you understand? Leaving only this story. The story of my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLC9oQkOzVc&feature=player_embedded#!

[Gray-haired]

I’m older than you on this site, so I reprinted what is written about my father.
I must say right away: he went through the whole war from September 1, 1941, and after the war he also served as a fighter pilot until the Khrushchev reduction in 1960.
June 18 this year, he would have turned 94 years old.

- 4 Orders of the Red Banner, as he said - a full gentleman;
- 2 Orders of the Great Patriotic War of two degrees;
- 2 Orders of the Red Star;
- 3 Medals For Courage. For captures and other medals with a total of 11 pieces (except For length of service).
He was a color painter, but really wanted to fly and learned a book of eye test by heart. The annual medical board passed in the lung.
Information about him is on 2 sites, and in my book is the Winged Guard Corps.
http://militera.lib.ru/h/kostenko_fa/06.html
Another characteristic battle took place on August 16, 1944. On that day, the captain P. Andreev, together with the lieutenant S. Peshkov, took to the air eight times. On the last sortie, the commander of the 3rd Guards Iad set the pilots the task of re-scouting the enemy airfield Insterburg.
Soon after the front line was overflown, the pilots had to drop to 200-300 m due to dense clouds. About 20 km from Insterburg, Andreev and Peshkov noticed three “Focke-Wolves” flying at the same altitude in the opposite direction. Having caught up with Andreev’s plane, the pilot of the leading Focke-Wulf threatened the captain with his fist.
“It terribly angered me,” recalls Pavel Nikolaevich Andreev. “I think those days of the forty-first year have passed, when you could afford such impudence.” But now the forty-fourth year, and we are already on the approaches to the fascist borders. Now we are masters of the position in the air and on the earth. I dumped my “shop” in a deep turn, so that it darkened in my eyes, and almost instantly was in the tail of the fascist. I clicked immediately on all the trigger and point-blank shot him. The Focke-Wulf exploded into pieces from the explosion of gas tanks and ammunition [199]. The pilot could not even use a parachute. The right wingman of Hitler with fear so jerked his plane to the side that he nearly turned it over on his back. Having lost control, the fascist fell into a tailspin and crashed into the ground.
Meanwhile, Sergei Peshkov dealt with the second follower of the Nazi link.
Armed with a fleeting successful battle, Peshkov and I lost each other. Having broken through the clouds, at an altitude of 3500 m I saw Peshkov, who immediately attached himself to me. We continue to complete the task.
At the enemy airfield, we found up to 40 aircraft: about 20 Junkers-88 and Heinkels-111 and the same number of Focke-Wulfs.
Having reported to the radio command about the results of reconnaissance and air combat, they turned and went home, heading for Šiauliai. A few minutes later, Lieutenant Peshkov noticed two Focke-Wolves behind us below, which I reported to me. Since the reconnaissance mission was completed, I decided to attack the enemy. I command: “One hundred eighty degrees, attack in the forehead!” The follower shouted in warning: “There is little ammunition!” I make a control press on the trigger - the guns and machine guns are silent. But I’m not changing my decision, although we had the opportunity to freely move away from the Focke-Wulfs.
We are rapidly moving closer together in frontal courses. The Nazis got stubborn - they do not turn away. I do not turn away, but, nevertheless, to avoid a direct frontal impact, I gave my left foot a little. The plane went with a glide. After a few seconds, at a terrible speed, the right side of the Lavochkin hit the leading Fock-Wulf. More than half of his right wing fell off, and he fell into a tailspin, from which he no longer came to the ground.
I was more fortunate. At Lavochkin, about a third of the right plane collapsed. The plane immediately threw to the right, but with tremendous effort I kept it from turning, and then, smoothly moving the rudders, led it to my airfield.
While I was measured by the strength and strength of my nerves with the rammed Focke-Wulf, Sergey Peshkov knocked his follower down. ” [200]
On a badly damaged plane, Andreev still reached the airfield and asked for permission to land on the radio. Planting a crippled car, of course, was unsafe. Therefore, the commander of the regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union Guard, Major V. A. Lutsky, did not allow Andreev to land, but ordered him to use a parachute. The plane abandoned by the pilot crashed behind the airfield.
So as a result of a meeting with the guardsmen of the 32nd Iap Andreev and Peshkov, the enemy lost five aircraft.

http://aeroram.narod.ru/win/a/andreev_pn.htm
Born June 18, 1918 in the city of Penza. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1944. In 1932 he graduated from the 7th grade of the school. At the end of the Penza flying club, he worked in it as an instructor pilot. In the Red Army since September 1, 1941.
Member of the Great Patriotic War since September 1942. He served in fighter aircraft air defense.
Pilot of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, 3rd Air Army, 1st Baltic Front), Guard Captain P.N. On August 16, 1944, together with Guard Lieutenant S. Peshkov, he flew to reconnaissance of the enemy airfield Insterburg. On the way back, they found a pair of enemy FW-190 fighters. Despite the almost complete lack of ammunition, they took the fight. Andreev attacked the Focke-Wulf head-on and cut off more than half of the right plane with his wing. He fell into a tailspin and crashed into the ground. Andreev brought the damaged plane to his airfield, but by order of the commander of the guard regiment, Major Lutsky V.A. left it with a parachute.

I did not find any other information, so I believe that he is the only one who rammed head-on in the War. He was never wounded by the enemy. Was shot by his young comrade when he ate in the canteen at the airfield, in between battles. But, since he was born in a "shirt", he healed like a dog, he was not even in the hospital. There were only six days on and off. holes, the bullet entered the biceps of the right hand for departure, in the right side for departure, passed close to the heart, but did not touch, left two marks on the biceps of the left arm.
The young pilot cleaned his gun and decided to turn the shutter. Dad was a comedian and barely barely saved him from the tribunal. True, this pilot then died.

[pavlo007]

And now oranzhoidy shout that all our pilots were tram suckers .. They just forget that they believed the supermen, but they demanded almost the serial number of the wrecked car from ours. Pokryshkin, by the way, has estimated at least 150 superman shot down!
Why this nonsense is not neutralized!

[Baemaley99]

THIS IS OUR GLORY !!!!! This is OUR VALUE !!!!!! THIS IS OUR HONOR !!!!! And all those who disagree fill up ............... WE have smeared brown miscarriages on European lawns !!!!!!!!! One of my grandfathers (anti-aircraft gunner, anti-aircraft battery commander) pistol from Stalingad through Prokhorovka and the Dnieper. And he ended the war near Leningrad. Even went to the penal battalion in 1943. The second driver-mechanic SU-76 I know less, but in Prokhrovka he also destroyed the enemy’s tanks and carried a splinter in his head to death. HONOR AND GLORY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The first photo just tears into meat !!!!!!!!! Adolf Hitler at the foot of the Mausoleum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No words only emotions !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pavlo007]

The great-grandfather of the policemen, former Komsomol members, that he had been dispossessed of him twice before, brutally tortured in front of the former village council (beaten with butts), his wife was torn apart by birches. Father and uncle (11 and 10 years at the beginning of the war) derailed three trains, have medals, were connected by partisans.

It is terrible to see how now the orange evil spirits under the leadership of Pukin are doing what the Nazis could not do. At least, the Nazis could not destroy so many enterprises with their bombs.
We are obliged to survive, at least as a sign of respect for our grandfathers. After all, they could ...

[Andrey77]

And why didn’t the Supreme Commander accept the Victory Parade?

Version “I am already old to accept parades. Take you. You are younger ”kindergarten, nursery.