Posted on May 10, 2009 - by Venik
Photos: 2009 V-Day Celebrations in Russia
WWII V-Day, traditionally celebrated in Russia on May 9, is the most significant holiday in the country, rivaled only by the New Year. The government upped the anty this year by throwing the biggest military parade since the Soviet days, with more troops, tanks, and aircraft. The next year’s parade, commemorating 65-th anniversary of history’s greatest military victory, is expected to be even more spectacular. The Moscow parade was the largest, but other Russian cities, like Yekaterinburg, threw their own, almost as impressive. The cost of this yearly celebration is difficult to estimate. This year Moscow spent nearly a hundred million rubles just to get the Red Square’s cobble stone surface ready to receive the 47-ton T-90 tanks and the 95-ton Topol ICBM launchers.
Russian troops participating in the parade spend weeks at a base outside of Moscow preparing for the event. A few days before May 9, military vehicles move into the city and are positioned on the streets leading to the Red Square. These are hard times for residents living or working in downtown Moscow, as all civilian vehicles parked in reserved areas are towed en masse at the expense of their owners.
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The parade follows a strict protocol established over the past several decades. The two ZIL-117B convertibles have been a part of the parade since the early 1970s. A total of three such vehicles were manufactured.
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A wonderful collection of images, superbly presented. Thank you Venik
As others have said around the web, lets hope next year they put on display some T-95′s, and PAK-FA…
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