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Also rehearsing for the parade are the massed military bands of the Armed Forces, the MVD, EMERCOM and the Moscow Garrison, all to be conducted for the 14th straight year by Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov, the Senior Director of Music of the Bands Service of the Russian Armed Forces since 2002, with a combined number of more than a thousand military bandsmen, and the world-famous Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Music College "Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov", under the leadership of Colonel Alexander Gerasimov, the long-time college director, which has always (with a brief break from 2009 to 2011) had the traditional privilege starting 1940 of leading the parade proper, distinguished by their dark blue and red dress uniforms, snare drums and fifes, plus the color guard unit. From the 3rd week of March up to the 3rd week of April, the Alabino military training center serves as the parade training ground for the estimated 12,000 military personnel in attendance for the Moscow parade, plus more than 175 vehicles and 80 aircraft.
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Unit practices within Moscow Oblast itself started in early March in the Alabino field before the full blown parade practice run-throughs for all the participating units will commence.Īll parade practice runs began on 26 March 2016 in Alabino with the first practice run through for the ground column, kicking off the month long national preparations for Victory Day, and will last even until the middle of April when the runs on Red Square for the national parade itself will start, ending with a final general combined practice run of the parade in early May. Individual unit practices were held in the various military installations for all the participating units in the national and local parades. Preparatory activities īeginning in November/December 2015, preparations for the parade were well attended at the unit level. Other guests included People's Artist of Russia Joseph Kobzon, American boxer Jeff Monson, American filmmaker Oliver Stone, and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.1.4 First ever parade to include active women in the Armed Forces.1.3 Debut appearance of the National Guard of Russia and the Russian Aerospace Forces.1.2.1 Timeline for preparatory activities in Moscow.