1965 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The 1965 Moscow Victory Day Parade (Russian: Парад Победы, romanized: Parad Pobedy) was held on 9 May 1965 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.

The parade marks the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Major political figures attending were General Secretary of the Communist Party Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin, and Minister of Defence Marshal Rodion Malinovsky among other leaders in the Soviet government.

12 delegations from socialist nations such as the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Cuba, and North Vietnam attended the parade,[4] with the dignitaries including East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph,[5] Czechoslovak politburo member Zdeněk Fierlinger, Algerian politburo member Houari Boumédiène and Communist Party of Spain Chairman Dolores Ibarruri.

Several of the then living officers from the war bearing the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union, including Georgy Zhukov, the parade inspector of the original 1945 Victory Parade, attended the event.

Soviet defense Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky takes the salute during the military parade, 9 May 1965.