Moscow Victory Parade of 2008
- Moscow Victory Parade of 2008
The Moscow Victory Parade of 2008 was held on the Victory Day on the 63rd anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
The parade was commanded by Vladimir Bakin, commander of the Moscow Military District, and reviewed by Anatoliy Serdyukov of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
A speech was made by the third president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
Forces at the Parade
* Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
* Troops of the Border Guard Service of Russia
* Troops of the EMERCOM
* Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs
* Military academies' students.
* other armed forces
Ground vehicles at the Parade
This was the first time in the history of post-Soviet Russia when armoured fighting vehicles took part in the Red Square parade.
In order of presentation: [ [http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=131429 Moscow Victory Parade of 2008. Ground vehicles part] . Archive of direct pickup]
First Group
* Advanced guard flag group by three UAZ-469s
* GAZ-2975
* BTR-80
* BMP-3
* BMD-4
* Sprut anti-tank gun
* T-90
* 2S19 MstaSecond Group
* 9K22 Tunguska
* Tor Missile System
* Buk-M1-2
* BM-30 Smerch
* S-300
* Iskander M
* RT-2PM Topol
* Rear guard flag group by three UAZ-469s
Aircraft at the Parade
In order of presentation [ [http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=131430 Moscow Victory Parade of 2008. Aircraft part] . Archive of direct pickup] :
* 3 Mil Mi-8 (with flags)
* Antonov An-124 and 2 Sukhoi Su-27
* Tupolev Tu-160 and 2 Mikoyan MiG-31
* Tupolev Tu-95, Ilyushin Il-78 and 2 Mikoyan MiG-29 (Il-78 and Tu-95 were imitating aerial refueling)
* Ilyushin Il-78, Sukhoi Su-24, Sukhoi Su-34, also imitating aerial refueling
* 3 Tupolev Tu-22M
* 4 Sukhoi Su-25
* 5 Sukhoi Su-27 and 4 Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian Knights and Strizhi)
Training for the parade took two months in Alabino, Moscow Oblast.
External links
* [http://dryutsky.livejournal.com/335102.html Parade repetition photos]
* [http://vovanko.livejournal.com/65969.html Aviation photos]
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