1972 October Revolution Parade

Cadets of the KGB Moscow Higher Frontier Guards Command Academy during the parade.

The 1972 October Revolution Parade was held in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union in 1922. It was the 100th Soviet military parade on Red Square.^[1] Notable attendees were Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Podgorny.^[2] The parade's commander was Colonel General Vladimir Govorov, head of the Moscow Garrison. The parade's mobile column exhibited military equipment, prominently including Katyusha rocket launchers.^[3] The Parade's motto was "On Red Square under the Red Banner".^[4] Revolution Day was also celebrated in Leningrad with a military parade on Palace Square, inspected by the commander of the Leningrad Military District Lieutenant General, Ivan Shavrov.^[5]

Parade Units

Massed Bands

Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union under Major General Nikolai Nazarov.
Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music School

Ground Column

The car carrying the parade commander Colonel General Vladimir Govorov
M.V. Frunze Military Academy
V.I Lenin Political-military Academy
Felix Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy
Military Armored Forces Academy Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
Military Engineering Academy
Western Military District units
Suvorov Military School
Nakhimov Naval School
Moscow Military High Command Training School "Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR"

Nationalities

Participants from various states were present at the 50th-anniversary parade, with Russians, Ukrainians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Armenians and Kazakhs. Both active personnel and veterans participated in the march.^[6]

Annual Great October Socialist Revolution Parade
By year	1919 1941 1947 1952 1953 1957 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Related	October Revolution Holidays in the USSR military parade
Description	This template features articles from all the parades from 1918 to 1990.
Parades in Soviet Cities	1981 (Leningrad) 1983 (Leningrad) 1967 (Minsk) 1971 (Minsk) 1989 (Minsk) 1989 (Kishinev) 1990 (Kiev)
Participating units	Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music College Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union Frunze Military Academy V.I. Lenin Military Political Academy Felix Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy Military Armored Forces Academy Marshal Rodion Malinovsky Military Engineering Academy Military Academy of Chemical Defense and Control Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy Prof. Nikolai Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy Naval Engineering School Moscow Border Guards Institute of the Border Defence Forces of the KGB "Moscow City Council Western Military District units: 98th Guards Airborne Division OMSDON 336th Marine Regiment of the Baltic Fleet Suvorov Military School Nakhimov Naval School Moscow Military High Command Training School "Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR

References

↑ PeriscopeFilm (1972), 55th Anniversary of USSR - Propaganda Film Soviet Union, event occurs at 1:00-1:30, retrieved 2016-12-30
↑ RedSamurai84 (2016-05-09), USSR 55th Anniversary Parade 1972, retrieved 2016-12-19
↑ "Footage Military parade on Red Square. (1972)". www.net-film.us. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
↑ Usman (2016-04-26). "Documentary Film – Soviet Military Parade 1972 Парад 7 Ноября". Documentary Box. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
↑ RedSamurai84 (2016-10-27), Soviet October Revolution Parade, Leningrad 1972 Парад 7 Ноября, retrieved 2016-12-19
↑ PeriscopeFilm (1972), 55th Anniversary of USSR - Propaganda Film Soviet Union 29460 HD, event occurs at 1:30-2:00, retrieved 2016-12-30

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