Partisans Parade

The Partisans Parade (Russian: партизанский парад, Belarusian: Парад партызан) was a solemn Red Army and partisan victory parade held on 16 July 1944 on the field of the former Hippodrome in Minsk on the dedicated to the liberation of Minsk from the German occupation in the 3 July Minsk Offensive.

[3] It was attended by many different party, government and military officials, including First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Panteleimon Ponomarenko as wll as Chief of the Partisan Central Headquarters and parade commander Pyotr Kalinin.

[4][5] In the column, the partisans also marched a goat named "Kid", which was decorated with a ribbon with German orders.

[7] Today, reenactments of the parade are currently held every year on the anniversary by youth unions, university students and reenactment groups.

[11] A sculptural monument in honor of the parade was installed on Minsk's Krasnoarmeyskaya Street near the Svisloch River in 2015.