March dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the 1941 military parade took place on Moscow's Red Square on November 7. Thousands of Russian soldiers and military cadets participated in the event. Most landmark events of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 from the defence of Moscow to the capture of Reichstag were reconstructed at the march for the first time. The first parade in almost besieged Moscow in which 28.5 thousand participated and which lasted about an hour had enormous influence on the course of the war, because this event contributed to an upsurge of morale in the whole country. The best photos from the event - in photo gallery by TASS.
Anniversary of the 1941 military parade celebrated on Red Square
March dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the 1941 military parade took place on Moscow's Red Square on November 7
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Thousands of Russian soldiers and military cadets marched across Red Square to mark the 73rd anniversary of a historic World War II parade
© Ilya Pitalev/TASS The event honored the participants of the November 7, 1941 parade who headed directly to the front lines to defend Moscow from the Nazi forces
© Ilya Pitalev/TASS Most landmark events of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 from the defence of Moscow to the capture of Reichstag were reconstructed at the march for the first time
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS The first parade in almost besieged Moscow in which 28.5 thousand participated and which lasted about an hour had enormous influence on the course of the war, because this event contributed to an upsurge of morale in the whole country
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS Participants were dressed in Red Army World War II uniforms
© Ilya Pitalev/TASS Photo: Participants of the event honoring 73rd anniversary of the historical 7 November 1941 Red Square Parade
© Ilya Pitalev/TASS Photo: Russian soldiers dressed in Red Army World War II uniforms in front of a backdrop of St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow
© AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Photo: Participants of the march on the Red Square, November 7, 2014
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS Photo: Participants of the march on the Red Square, November 7, 2014
© Ilya Pitalev/TASS Photo: Cadets march during a military parade in Red Square
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS More than 1000 veterans including those who participated in the November 7, 1941 parade watched the event
© Mikhail Japaridze /TASS A festive march ended with the showing of weaponry of the Victory. Photo: Katyusha rocket launcher
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS Photo: Participants of the march on the Red Square, November 7, 2014
© Ilya Pitalev/TASS