| This is the parade in Moscow's Red Square, devoted to the 66th anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (what the Eastern Front of World War II is called in the former Soviet Union), in the Great Patriotic War, 9 May, 2011. For the first time ever, for the pedestrian segment, the troops are wearing field uniforms, instead of the traditional dress uniform. Presiding over the military parade in Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation; Anatoly Serdyukov. Commanding the parade is Colonel General Valery Gerasimov. General Valery Gerasimov is a graduate of the Suvorov Military School (1973), and the Tank Troops Academy Named After Malinovsky (attended 1985-1987). Music by the Military Orchestra Service of the Russian Federation, directed by Lieutenant General; Valery Khaliov. |
