1985 Moscow Victory Day Parade

The 1985 Moscow Victory Day Parade (Russian: Парад Победы, romanized: Parad Pobedy) was held on 9 May 1985 on the Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Victory in Europe.

[1][2] The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The parade was observed by Soviet leaders from the Lenin Mausoleum.

Major political figures attending were General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, and Minister of Defense Marshal Sergei Sokolov among others.

Following the limousine carrying General of the Army Lushev, the parade marched past Red Square in the following order:[4] Providing the ceremonial music for the parade was the massed bands of the Moscow Military District, under the overall direction of Major General Nikolay Mikhailov.

Nikolai Skomorokhov and a color guard of veterans trooping the Victory Banner across Red Square.
Soviet Air Force veterans in front of a portrait depicting participants in the 1985 parade.