Military parade on Red Square.

Military parade on Red Square. November 7, 1941

Parade on Red Square November 7, 1941. Gunners
Photography is interesting because of the Red Army soldiers dressed in winter hats, canceled in July 1940, and armed with machine guns of the Old English "Lewis» (Lewis), imported by Russia in 1917.

Column motorcyclists before the parade
Column Motorcycle M-72 with armed infantry before the parade on Red Square. Moscow Garden Ring, in November 1941

Artillery guns on Parade November 7, 1941

Parade on Red Square. Moscow. November 7, 1941

The leaders of the Soviet state in the mausoleum November 7, 1941

On the front of the parade. November 7, 1941 Mr.

German generals before the march of German prisoners in Moscow
During the Belarusian offensive operation of Soviet troops from the 47 generals of the Wehrmacht, who served as commander of the corps and divisions, 21 were taken prisoner. 19 of them were held in Moscow in front of many thousands of German prisoners of columns.

German prisoners march on Moscow. Captured German generals
Soviet officers were escorting German senior officers. In front of many thousands of columns of captured soldiers, junior and senior officers led a group of 19 captured German generals.

In front of many thousands of columns of soldiers and officers led a group of 19 German generals

German prisoners pass the Kursk railway station in Moscow
German prisoners march was held July 17, 1944, showing the Soviet people, as well as allies, not believed in the success of the Red Army, the results of the defeat of the German forces in Belarus. Garden Ring and other streets of Moscow have been about 57 000 German soldiers and officers (including 19 generals), mostly captured in Belarus by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts. Behind the columns followed by watering machines, symbolically washing away the dirt from the asphalt.

German prisoners march on Moscow.

Muscovites watching German prisoners march on Moscow.

German prisoners march on Moscow. In the photo the Germans are on the Crimean bridge.

German prisoners march on Moscow
A column of German prisoners marching on Moscow. 57 thousand people in the columns by 600 people, 20 people at the front.

Watering machine wash the streets of Moscow after the march of German prisoners
Watering car wash defiantly streets of Moscow with soap symbolically washing away the dirt with asphalt after the passage of tens of thousands of German prisoners of war in Moscow.

German prisoners march in Moscow, view from the audience
Moscow, Kudrinskaya area. The photo was taken by one of the spectators.

Meeting of the Victory Banner
Meeting of the Victory Banner at the airport in Moscow. Victory Banner carried through central Moscow airfield on the day of its arrival to Moscow from Berlin. At the head of the column - Captain Varennikov.

May 9, 1945 on Red Square
"On the night of May 9, 1945 Muscovites have not slept. At 2 am on the radio announced that they will be sent an important message. In 2 hours, 10 minutes, Dr. Yuri Levitan read the Act of military surrender of Nazi Germany and the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of declaring May 9 day of national celebration - Victory Day. Taking the camera, I went out into the street. People ran out of the house. They happily congratulated each other on the long-awaited victory. There were banners. People became more and more, and all moved to Red Square. Began a spontaneous demonstration. Happy faces, songs, dances to the accordion. In the evening there were fireworks, thirty volleys of thousands of guns in honor of the Great Victory ».