1945 Moscow Victory Parade
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The 1945 Moscow Victory Parade, also known as the Parade of Victors, was a victory parade held by the Soviet Armed Forces after the defeat of Nazi Germany. This was the longest and largest military pa
NKVD soldiers carrying the German standards; the LSSAH standard staff is first from left
The historical part of the 2020 parade dressed in uniforms dating back to the 1945 parade.
Konstantin Rokossovsky
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Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky was a Soviet and Polish general who served as a top commander in the Red Army during World War II and achieved the ranks of Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marsh
1945 Moscow Victory Parade
…and the general rehearsal on Red Square on June 22. Marshals Georgy Zhukov, who had formally accepted the German surrender to the Soviet Union, and Konstantin Rokossovsky, rode through the parade ground on white and black stallions, respectively. The fact is commemorated by the equestrian statue of Zhukov in front of the…
Rokossovsky in 1945
Graduates of the Leningrad Higher Cavalry School 1924/25 Sitting in the second row (right to left): 1. Bagramyan, 3. Yeremenko. In the third row (right to left): 1. Zhukov, 5. Rokossovsky, 8. Ivan Konev. Standing in the fourth row (right to left): 2. Semyon Timoshenko
Communist party Membership card issued to Rokossovsky, following his reinstatement in 1940
Kresty Prison, where Rokossovsky was imprisoned in Leningrad (the city was renamed as Saint Petersburg after the fall of the Soviet Union)