2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade



The Moscow Victory Parade of 2009 was held on the Victory Day on the 64th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War ending in the defeat of Nazi Germany.

The parade was commanded by Valery Gerasimov, commander of the Moscow Military District, and reviewed by Anatoliy Serdyukov of the Russian Ministry of Defence.

A speech was made by the third president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in which he warned other countries against embarking on military adventures, this was thought to be a veiled warning to the Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili.

Forces at the Parade

 * Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
 * Troops of the Border Guard Service of Russia
 * Troops of the EMERCOM
 * Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs
 * Military academies' students.
 * other armed forces

With more than 9,000 soldier, sailors, and airmen and 100 vehicles marching in the parade, this was the largest such parade held in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Unlike previous Victory Day parades, there were no units parading in Great Patriotic War uniforms, though the Victory Banner was paraded at the beginning of the ceremony.

Ground vehicles at the Parade
This was only the second time since the fall of the Soviet Union when armoured fighting vehicles took part in the Red Square parade.

Vehicles in the parade included:


 * UAZ-469
 * GAZ-2975
 * BTR-80
 * BMP-3
 * BMD-4
 * Sprut anti-tank gun
 * T-90A
 * 2S19 Msta
 * 9K22 Tunguska
 * Tor Missile System
 * Buk-M1-2
 * BM-30 Smerch
 * S-300
 * Iskander M
 * RT-2PM Topol

Aircraft at the Parade

 * Kamov Ka-52
 * Mil Mi-24
 * Mil Mi-8
 * Mil Mi-26
 * Antonov An-124
 * Beriev A-50
 * Sukhoi Su-27
 * Tupolev Tu-160
 * Mikoyan MiG-31
 * Tupolev Tu-95
 * Ilyushin Il-78
 * Mikoyan MiG-29
 * Sukhoi Su-24
 * Sukhoi Su-34
 * Tupolev Tu-22M
 * Sukhoi Su-25
 * Sukhoi Su-27 and 4 Mikoyan MiG-29 of the Russian Knights and Strizhi