Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 - Parade Participants

Parade Participants

• Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (parade inspector)
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky (parade commander)
• Military bands

• Massed Military Bands of the Moscow Military District
  • Conductor: Major Gen. Semen Chernetsky, Senior Director of Music of the Central Military Orchestra, People's Commissariat of National Defense
• Moscow A. Surovov Military Music School Corps of Drums

Ground Column

• Fronts of the Soviet Army, Navy and Army Air Forces and Air Defense Forces composed of:
  • Ground Troops and Air Force officers and personnel of the following fronts:
    • Karelian - led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Grigory Kalinovsky and Marshal Kirill Meretskov
    • Leningrad - led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Andrei Stuchenko and Marshal Leonid Govorov
    • 1st Baltic- led by Regimental Commanders Guards Lt. Gen. Anton Lopatin and General of the Army Ivan Bagramyan
    • 1st Belorussian - led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Ivan Rosly and Col. Gen. Kusma Trubnikov
    • 2nd Belorussian - led by Regimental Commanders Lt. Gen. Kosntantin Erastov and General of the Army Vasily Sokolovsky
    • 3rd Belorussian - led by Regimental Commander Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky
    • 1st Polish Army Color Guard Company led by Chief of the Army General Staff, General Władysław Korczyc (the only foreign army squad invited for the parade)
    • 1st Ukrainian - led by Regimental Commanders Maj. Gen. Gleb Baklanov and Marshal Ivan Konev
    • 2nd Ukrainian - led by Regimental Commanders Lt. Gen. Ivan Afonin and General of the Army Andrei Yeremenko
    • 3rd Ukrainian - led by Regimental Commanders Guards Maj. Gen. Nikolai Biryukov and Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
    • 4th Ukrainian - led by Regimental Commanders Guards Lt. Gen. Andrei Bonddarev and Marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin
  • Fleet, Land and Air personnel of the Soviet Navy, under Navy Contingent Commander Vice Adm. Vladimir Fadeev
    • Northern Fleet
    • Baltic Fleet
    • Dnieper River Flotilla
    • Danube Flotilla
    • Caspian Flotilla
    • Black Sea Fleet
    • Marine Infantry Command (Naval Infantry (Russia))
    • Coastal Defense Forces
    • Soviet Naval Aviation Service
    • Coastal Artillery Command
  • Flag Disposal regiment of the 1st Internal Troops Division of the USSR NKVD "Felix Dzerzhinsky" composed of captured enemy standards and colors carried by the fronts
• Moscow Military District, Armed Forces of the Soviet Union contingent under Garrison and District Commander Col. Gen. Pavel Artemyev
  • Military Schools and Academies Combined Joint Division
    • M. Frunze Military Academy
    • Suvorov Military School
    • Military Armored Troops Service School
    • Military Engineering Academy
    • F. Dzerzhinsky Military Artillery School
    • V. I. Lenin Political-Military Academy
    • Moscow City Soviet Border Protection Superior College
    • Moscow Military Artillery School
    • OMSDON 1st NKVD Internal Troops Mechanized Rifle Division "Felix Dzerzhinsky"
  • Infantry Units
    • 1st Moscow Rifle Division
    • 14th Rifle Division
    • 27th Rifle Division
    • 16th Rifle Division
    • 84th Tula Rifle Division
    • 55th Rifle Division
  • Border Protection and Security Service of the NKVD
  • K-9 Units (engineering, medical troops, anti-tank)

Mounted Column

• Army Cavalry Command and Cavalry Mechanized Groups Command
• Army Horse Artillery
  • M1927
  • Canon de 76 M(montagne) modele 1909 Schneider
  • 152 mm howitzer M1909/30
  • 122 mm howitzer M1910/30 (also used by the regular artillery)
• Army Horse Tachanka Brigades

Mobile Column

• Army Air Defense Forces Command
  • Anti-aircraft guns (towed and truck-mounted)
  • AA Gun tachankas
    • 72-K
    • 61-K
    • 52-K
• Armed Forces Rear Services and AADFC Rear Services
  • Searchlight trucks
  • Acoustic range finders
• Army Artillery Forces
  • Field guns
    • 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
    • 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)
    • 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22)
  • Anti-tank guns
    • 53-K
    • M-42
    • ZiS-2
  • Mountain guns
    • 76 mm mountain gun M1938 (also used by the Airborne)
  • Katyusha rocket launchers of the Army Artillery Guard Mortars Corps
  • Howitzers
    • D-1
    • M-10
    • ML-20
    • M-30
    • B-4
    • A-19
• Army Infantry Commands - Motorized Forces
  • Dnepr M-72 motorcycles
  • BA-64 armored cars
  • BA-20
• Army Airborne Troops
• Army Tank Forces Command
  • T-34 (Victory tanks)
  • T-34/85
  • IS-2
  • T-44
  • T-50
  • T-60
  • T-70
  • T-26
  • Kliment Voroshilov tanks (KV-1 and KV-2)
• Army Artillery Forces Self-Propelled Artillery Corps
  • SU-76
  • SU-100
  • ZSU-37
  • SU-152
  • ISU-152
  • ISU-122
  • SU-85
  • SU-122