Russian Armed Forces rehearsing Victory Day parade

This year Russia is celebrationg the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War

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Russian military helicopters flying over Ivan the Great bell-tower and Moscow's Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9 to celebrate 71 years after the victory in WWII

Su 27 and MiG 29 jets in flight over the Saint Basil's Cathedral

Sukhoi Su 25 jets over Moscow's Red Square

Tupolev Tu 160 heavy strategic bomber and Il-76 in flight over the Moscow Kremlin

Mikoyan MiG 29 fighter jets of the Strizhi (Swifts) aerobatic team flying over Kubinka, Moscow Region

A Russian Air Force Mil Mi 28 helicopter in Kubinka after the rehearsal

Members of the Moscow Garrison Band seen during dress rehearsal

Moscow Garrison Band rehearsing for the parade at the Alabino range in the Moscow Region

Moscow Garrison Band at Alabino shooting range

Military vehicles moving along Tverskaya Street ahead of a Victory Day Parade rehearsal in Moscow

Russians servicemen marching in Moscow's Red Square during a night rehearsal of the upcoming 9 May military parade

Russian servicemen on a military vehicle rolling down Moscow's Red Square during the rehearsal

Russian servicemen at Moscow's Red Square

Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in Moscow's Red Square

Troops rehearsing for the parade at the Alabino range in the Moscow Region

S-300 air defense missile systems taking part in a rehearsal of the upcoming 9 May military parade in Yekaterinburg

Russian servicemen seen during a rehearsal of the upcoming 9 May military parade in Yekaterinburg

Russian T-72 tanks traveling past the State Hermitage museum after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 71 years after the victory in WWII, in St.Petersburg

Russian T-72 tank being unloaded prior to the rehearsal in St. Petersburg

Russian soldiers marching in formation during a rehearsal for a 9 May parade at Hmeimim airbase in Syria

Russian military during a rehearsal for a 9 May parade at Hmeimim airbase in Syria

This year Russia is celebrationg the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. A traditional military parade is to be held on Moscow's Red Square on May 9. Some 40,000 servicemen and over 800 items of hardware will take part in military parades on May 9. Overall, Victory Parades will be held in 26 cities of the country. The parade on Moscow's Red Square will involve more than 10,000 servicemen, over 170 items of military hardware, including more than 70 aircraft and helicopters. Overall, more than 10,000 troops are involved in training drills together with over 100 pieces of modern weaponry and military hardware that include Tigr (Tiger) armored vehicles, T-90 main battle tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, Buk-M2 antiaircraft missile systems, Pantsyr-S1 air defense missile/gun complexes, Yars missile systems and others.