Russian Weaponry Displayed During Victory Parade

Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade on Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence. (May 9)

Russia celebrated Victory Day today with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The annual parade marks the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, and remembers almost 27 million Soviets who perished in World War II. Russia has not displayed heavy weaponry at the parade in Red Square since 1990. Politicians and generals want to show the results of sharply increased military spending and they are telling the world that Russia is still a force to be reckoned with. Russia now has a new president at its helm. Dmitry Medvedev has just been sworn in and the parliament has rubber stamped his choice of former president Vladimir Putin as prime minister. Medvedev shook hands with war veterans when the parade started and said the Victory Day celebration was the most sacred in Russia. It was Putin who, before stepping down as president, ordered generals to revive the Soviet-era tradition of driving tanks, howitzers and missile launchers through Red Square on May 9. More than 100 pieces of military hardware were on show, including the Topol and the Iskander M, the country's most modern missile launchers.

Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade on Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence. (May 9)

5-9 (CNN) Russian weaponry rolled through Moscow in the Victory Day parade today. It's the first time the missiles and tanks have been in the annual event since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russians weren't the only ones watching. As Barbara Starr reports, some people in Washington took notice as well.

5-9 (CNN) Russian weaponry rolled through Moscow in the Victory Day parade today. It's the first time the missiles and tanks have been in the annual event since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russians weren't the only ones watching. As Barbara Starr reports, some people in Washington took notice as well.

Russia celebrated victory over Nazi Germany with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Warplanes flew over Red Square and missile launchers rumbled past ranks of soldiers on Friday (May 9) when Russia celebrated victory over Nazi Germany with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The annual May parade, which commemorates the almost 27 million Soviets who perished in World War Two, is also intended to show Russia's revival and a military that the Kremlin says is still a force to be reckoned with. Vladimir Putin, before stepping down as president, ordered generals to revive the Soviet-era tradition of driving tanks, howitzers and missile launchers over Red Square as Russia's top brass watch from a platform in front of Lenin's mausoleum. President Dmitry Medvedev, sworn in as Kremlin leader this week, shook hands with veterans at the parade's opening. "Glory to the victorious soldier, glory to the great army of liberation. Congratulations with the day of great victory, hooray," Medvedev said. Putin did not give a speech. The Kremlin has sought to foster memories of the World War Two, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War, as a way to forge Russian unity after the upheavals and rancour which followed the fall of the Soviet Union. Politicians and generals are keen to show results of sharply rising military spending at home and to send a message overseas about Russia's renewed power. Russia has no...

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Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 was a victory parade held after the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War. It took place in the Soviet capital of Moscow, mostly centering around a military parade through Red Square. The parade took place on a rainy June 24, 1945, over a month after May 9th, the day of Germany's surrender to Soviet commanders.Marshals Georgy Zhukov, who had formally accepted the German surrender to the Soviet Union, and Konstantin Rokossovsky, rode through the parade ground on white and black stallions, respectively. The fact is commemorated by the equestrian statue of Zhukov in front of the State Historical Museum, on Manege Square. The Premier of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin stood atop of Lenin's Mausoleum and watched the parade.Displays of the Red Army aircraft and vehicles were some of the focal points of the ceremony. One of the most famous moments at the end of the troops parade took place when various Red Army soldiers carried the banners of Nazi Germany and threw them down next to the Mausoleum. One of the standards that were tossed down belonged to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Hitler's personal bodyguard raised to divisional size.