Every year, on May 9, millions of Russians with tears of joy watch the Victory Parade. This day has become a national holiday for almost seventy years ago. Finally, the act of surrender of German troops was signed on May 8, 1945. On the morning of May 9, a firework sounded in Moscow. Thirty volleys of one hundred guns marked the great Victory. On May 24, the Supreme Commander announced the decision to hold the Victory Parade on Red Square, on the main square of the country.
The combined regiments from all fronts, representatives of all types of the Armed Forces, gentlemen of the Order of Glory, Heroes of the Soviet Union, participants in the storming of Berlin, distinguished soldiers and officers should participate. However, getting into the ranks of the elect, those who march by marching along the main square of the country, was not easy. To do this, it was not "simple" to distinguish oneself in battles, it was necessary to have the appearance as well. Participants in the Parade were to be no older than 30 years and not lower than 176 centimeters. A parade uniform was sewn for them - after all, during the hostilities no one thought about it, no one kept it. Preparation time is a month. JV Stalin set the date - June 24. And on June 23, G. K. Zhukov himself strictly took the "exam" from future participants who trained for several hours every day. Not all successfully passed the test. The heroes who planted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag on May 1, 1945 also failed to do this. Three soldiers of the 150th Infantry Division were not strong enough in combat training. And the marshal did not want anyone else to carry this symbol. Therefore, the Victory Banner did not participate in the Parade, and after it was deposited at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces.
G.K. Zhukov took not only the "exam" of the participants, but also the Victory Parade of 1945 instead of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I.V. Stalin. And Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky commanded them. Together they rode on white and black horses on Red Square. By the way, picking up a horse was not so easy for Zhukov. Snow-white Idol, a horse of the Terek breed, was not a novice in such matters. He participated in the parade on November 7, 1941. But it so happened that the rehearsal of the Victory Parade did not pass him by. He was taught to make stops at the right time, accustomed to tanks, salvos of guns, screams, so that at the crucial moment he would not be scared. The idol did not disappoint.
At ten in the morning of June 24, 1945, a magnificent horse passed through the gates of the Spasskaya Tower with the illustrious commander on his back. And G.K. Zhukov thereby immediately violated two unbreakable traditions: he rode on horseback and even in a headdress through the main gate of the Kremlin.
This day the weather did not spoil, it was pouring rain, so I had to cancel the air demonstrations and the demonstration of civilians. But all this could not overshadow the solemnity of the moment and the joy of all those gathered in the square. Victory Parade took place. Combined regiments marched along Red Square, a combined orchestra played a special march for each of them, 200 enemy banners were thrown on a special pedestal near the Mausoleum as a sign of victory over fascist Germany, and the heroic dog-sapper Dzhulbars, on Stalin's personal order, was carried on his tunic.
Now, the Victory Parade is held every year in every city as a tribute to the fallen heroes and as a sign of respect to the survivors, as a gratitude to those who fought for their country.
