May 1st 1945

1h - Military leaders on the podium of the Mausoleum during the May Day parade; party and state leaders are present; among them: N. N. Voronov, K. E. Voroshilov, S. M. Budyonny, A. I. Mikoyan, N. M. Shvernik, L. M. Kaganovich, A. A. Zhdanov, L. P. Beria , N. A. Bulganin, G. M. Malenkov and others. 2 hours. - Students of the Military Academy of the RKKA named after V.I. Frunze go to the May Day parade, head to Red Square. Columns of sailors of the Navy, mechanized units are sent to Red Square. The troops are on the square. Sverdlov, on Revolution Square. 3h - Training of pilots at the Moscow Region airfields for departure to the May Day parade. 4h - Marshals, generals disperse from Red Square after the end of the parade. Departure of military equipment. General of the Army A. I. Antonov visits the troops before the start of the parade. Columns of troops in the square and streets adjacent to Red Square, before the start of the parade. KE Voroshilov, JV Stalin, GM Malenkov and other leaders of the party and state pass through the territory of the Kremlin before entering Red Square. 5h - Cavalry, artillery, infantry units are on Red Square during the parade. 6h - Searchlight, mortar, tank units and other units are on Red Square. 7h - Sverdlov Square, decorated with portraits, flags and banners. Festivities on Manezhnaya Square, on Mayakovsky Square. May Day illumination. 8h - The leaders of the party and the state rise to the podium of the Mausoleum; among them: I. V. Stalin, L. P. Beria, G. M. Malenkov, K. E. Voroshilov, M. I. Kalinin and others. 9h. - Leaders of the party and state on the podium of the Mausoleum during a military parade and demonstration; there are Soviet military leaders. Speech by General of the Army A. I. Antonov (sinhr.). 10h - Military units pass through the streets of Moscow, stand in the squares adjacent to Red Square. 11h - Military representatives of foreign states in the guest bleachers during the parade. General of the Army A. I. Antonov drives around the troops before the parade. 12h - Searchlight, artillery, tank units, motorized infantry, cavalry are on Red Square. Airplanes are flying by. 13h - Moscow Kremlin, Moskva River, building, Crimean bridge. People in Red Square. Party and government leaders pass through the Kremlin; among them: MI Kalinin, IV Stalin, GM Malenkov, AI Mikoyan, SM Budyonny and others. Speech by Stalin (sinhr.) from the rostrum of the Mausoleum. Party and state leaders on the podium of the Mausoleum. 14h - Party and state leaders, Soviet military leaders on the platform of the Mausoleum; among them: L. M. Kaganovich, N. Shvernik, L. P. Beria, I. Stalin, M. Kalinin, A. M. Vasilevsky, N. G. Kuznetsov, N. Voronov, K. Voroshilov and others.

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