Red Square after the parade has become an open air museum – BBC News

On the Red Square in Moscow on November 7 Military parade. Everything was just like back in ’74, in November 1941. Then we went to the front right from Red Square. In those days the enemy was only a dozen kilometers. In memory of those who managed to defend the capital and throughout the country, in Moscow and Samara, which at the beginning of the war was a reserve capital, held large-scale celebrations.

Like revived memories of beaten move troops of the Moscow garrison , disguised as soldiers and officers of the Great Patriotic War, jackets and coats guerrilla militias. In the main square of the country – a historical reconstruction. All to give the viewer a feeling of complete immersion in the Great Patriotic War, on the day when the Red Army right out of the center of Moscow went to the front.

The famous “Katyusha”, Willys, carts … And within a few minutes – a brief history of the war, as reproduced in the pageant – from the beginning until victory. Then begins a solemn march. Officers, cadets marching past the huge monitor, which shows a chronicle of the war years.

He hits 7 November 1941, many historians call a full-fledged military operation. It took place when the Germans near the outskirts of Moscow. The city – evacuation. Many buildings are mined, but the parade still decided to spend. And to further emphasize that we are not afraid of the enemy, they took off the disguise with Mausoleum and lit the stars of the Kremlin.

When sneaking a huge red flag – a copy of the Banner of Victory – and when the students lined up and formed their own series the word “victory”, the veterans recalled, then, in 1941, the main purpose of the parade was reached. Veterans recognized that it was a “breath of air”.

The parade was held in Samara. In the main square marched 20 thousand fighters, then flew over the city of 600 combat aircraft, and then held still 180,000 citizens. In the regional center of the audience showed episodes of the Battle of Moscow.

held a solemn parade step calculations. And the main street carried portraits of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. And perhaps the most colorful episode – the passage of military equipment and air parade, which was attended by legendary aircraft during the war.

Red Square after the parade has also become an open air museum. Fifty machines of war – from the self-propelled guns and light tanks to motorcycles and guns. Photographed with them could each.

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