About 5,000 people marched along Red Square to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the historic military parade held in Moscow on November 7, 1941. The first parade in the virtually besieged Moscow in which 28,500 participated and which had lasted for about an hour had had an enormous influence on the course of the war, because this event contributed to an upsurge in morale throughout the whole country.
Moscow re-enacts historic, morale-boosting 1941 military parade on Red Square
Ceremonial march to mark 77th anniversary of legendary 1941 parade was held in Moscow
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Participants of the march commemorating the legendary military parade of November 7, 1941 on Red Square, Moscow
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About 5,000 people marched along Red Square to celebrate the event
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Military servicemen passed through Red Square clad in replica 1941 military uniforms
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Participants of the march commemorating the legendary military parade of November 7, 1941 on Red Square
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS The first parade in almost besieged Moscow in 1941 represented the Soviet Union's first ideological victory over Nazi Germany
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Cadets singing during a military parade on Moscow's Red Square
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Participants of the march commemorating the legendary military parade of November 7, 1941 on Red Square
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Women dressed in historical uniform dancing near armoured vehicles
© EPA-EFE/YURI KOCHETKOV Russian servicemen dressed in historical uniform seen in military hardware on Moscow's Red Square
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Russian servicemen dressed in historical uniform ride horses during the parade
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Russian servicemen dressed in historical uniform march during the parade
© Sergei Bobylev/TASS Russian soldiers dressed in historical uniform sit in the back of a GAZ AA during the November 7 parade
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