Red Square during the 1987 October Revolution Parade.

The 1987 October Revolution Parade was a parade on Red Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917.[1][2] It took place in Moscow on November 7, 1987. Marshal of the Soviet Union and the Minister of Defence Dmitry Yazov inspected the parade. Commanding the parade was the commander of the Moscow Garrison Vladimir Arkhipov. Music was performed by the head of Moscow Garrison's central band, Major General Nikolai Mikhailov. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and other members of the Politburo were on the grandstand of Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square.[3][4][5]

Music

Providing the ceremonial music for the parade was the massed bands of the Moscow Military District, under the overall direction of Major General Nikolay Mikhailov.

Inspection and address
  1. Jubilee Slow March "25 Years of the Red Army" (Юбилейный встречный марш "25 лет РККА) by Semeon Tchenertsky
  2. Slow March of the Tankmen (Встречный Марш Танкистов) by Semeon Tchenertsky
  3. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  4. Slow March of the Officers Schools (Встречный Марш офицерских училищ) by Semyon Tchernetsky)
  5. Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Dmitry Pertsev
  6. Slow March of the Red Army (Встречный Марш Красной Армии) by Semyon Tchernetsky
  7. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  8. Slow March Victory (Встречный Марш «Победа») by Yuriy Griboyedov
  9. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  10. Slow March (Встречный Марш) by Viktor Sergeyebich Runov
  11. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy (Гвардейский Встречный Марш Военно-Морского Флота) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  12. Long Live our State (Да здравствует наша держава) by Boris Alexandrov
  13. Signal Everyone, listen! (Сигнал «Слушайте все!») by unknown composer
  14. State Anthem of the Soviet Union (Государственный Гимн Советского Союза) by Alexander Alexandrov
  15. Fanfare (Фанфара)
Infantry Column
  1. Varshavianka
  2. The Red Army is the Strongest
  3. Cavalry trot
  4. We are the Red Cavalry
  5. The Sacred War by Alexandrov and Lebedev-Kumach
  6. Victory Day (День Победы) by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
  7. In Defense of the Homeland (В защиту Родины) by Viktor Sergeyevich Runov
  8. On Guard for the Peace (На страже Мира) by Boris Alexandrovich Diev
  9. Combat March (Строевой Марш) by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev
  10. Air March (Авиамарш) by Yuliy Abramovich Khait
  11. Leningrad (Ленинград) by Viktor Sergeyeich Runov
  12. We are the Army of the People (Мы – армия народа) by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesyan
  13. there’s a parade on red square
  14. Sports March (Спортивный Марш) by Valentin Volkov
  15. Wide is My Motherland
Mobile Column
  1. Victorious March (Победный Марш) by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  2. Salute to Moscow (Салют Москвы) by Semyon Tchernetsky
  3. March of the Tankmen (Марш Танкистов) by Semyon Tchernetsky
Conclusion

Invincible and legendary (Несокрушимая и легендарная) by Alexander Alexandrov

Parade Units

Military Bands

  • Massed Bands of the Moscow Military District under the direction of Major General Nikolai Mikhailov, Senior Director of Music of the Bands Service
  • Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music College (recently awarded the Komsomol Prize)

Ground Column

Leading the column was the limousine carrying the parade commander, Col. General Vladimir Arkhipov, the commanding general of the Moscow Military District.

Mobile column

International dignitaries

Notes

  1. ↑ This polity is the internationally recognized government of Cambodia as the territory was under a Vietnamese-backed government, the People's Republic of Kampuchea, recognized by the Soviet Bloc.

References

  1. ↑ "Нагрудные знаки участникам московских парадов". izhig.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  2. ↑ "Парад и демонстрация на Красной площади в Москве 7 ноября 1987 года ( начало)". pro.nostalgiatv.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  3. ↑ RedSamurai84 (2016-05-18), HD Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1987 Part I Парад 7 Ноября, retrieved 2016-10-12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Duignan, Peter. The Cold War. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817937935.
  5. ↑ Zimmerman, Robert (2003-09-06). Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309168939.
  6. ↑ Дроздов, Сергей (2017-09-05). Правдивые байки воинов ПВО (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-457-83982-3.
  7. 1 2 3 "Venäjän vallankumousjuhlissa ei pihistelty paraatin koossa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
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