Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1987 Парад 7 ноября

This is the parade in Red Square, devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1987. General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms of "glasnost" (openness), and "perestroika" (restructuring) were introduced this year, and In the spirit of peretroika the way Red Square was decorated for these celebratory parades was changed this year. From 1967 to 1986, the style in which Red Square was decorted in for parades was very consistant. The new style introduced in 1987 was somewhat of a throwback to the theme in which Red Square was decorated in from the mid 1950s through 1967. The spirit of optimism and hope for the future in the Soviet Union looked especially bright in Red Square during this year's parade. East-West relations were also signifigantly improving this year, and by New Years of 1988, the threat of nuclear war, which was so prominant earlier in the decade, seemed to all but vanish. In December 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan signed the INF treaty (which eliminated intermediate range class nuclear missiles in both nations). Presiding over the military parade is newly appointed Minister of Defense of the USSR, General of the Army; Dmitriy Yazov. Commanding the parade is commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel General; Vladimir Arkhipov. Music performed by the Moscow Military District Orchestra, directed by Major General; Nikolai Mikhailov.

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[tennisguyky]

This was an impressive parade for the 70th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution. The weather looks decent, the best since 1983 which was a sunny, clear day.

[RedSamurai84]

@tennisguyky Not to sound technical but it was completely clear in 1982, '83 was partly cloudy skies.

[tennisguyky]

Thanks RedSamurai. Do you have the 1982 parade? Would love to see it as it was Brezhnev's last appearance and also my birth year!

[RedSamurai84]

@tennisguyky I unfortunately do not, that is the most requested October Revolution parade. Thats gonna be a very hard one to find, it would not surprise me if the Soviet government siezed the recording after he died and locked it away in an archive somewhere, as it was his last public appearance before his death, it might have been too much for Brezhnev's friends in the Politburo and Soviet society. It wouldn't surprise me if it had a tag on it that said "Do not open until 2012" lol.

[MarxistLenin93]

Thanks for uploading these old videos RedSamurai, much appreciation man. Слава СССР!

[mishapanov]

горбачев ссука

[thrashmetalfiend]

To think, I was only 11 days old when this parade took place.

[vicle1967]

Я был участником этого парада

[TheGayestGuyOnEarth]

перестройкой здесь и не пахнет...

[eduardoandrade2008]

 A Military parade very amazing.

[MillibandM]

@spfix6 what song is it? at 9:21 ?

“Hymn to Moscow” (1948)

Music: Vano Muradeli; lyrics: Alexander Kovalenkov