1980 October Revolution Parade

The 1980 October Revolution Parade was a parade on Red Square in Moscow on November 7, 1980 in honor of the 63th anniversary of the October Revolution. Taking the salute is Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Ustinov. Commanding his last parade is commander of the Moscow Military District, General of the Army Vladimir Govorov. The military music was performed by the Combined Orchestra of the Moscow Garrison conducted by Colonel Nikolai Mikhailov. Attending the parade was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev , as well as the President of Ethiopia, Mengistu Haile Mariam.^[1]

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Annual Great October Socialist Revolution Parade
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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