1941. Red Square Parade

Photo by Anatoly Garanin from the Archive of RIA "Novosti"

60 years ago, on November 7, 1941, on the occasion of the anniversary of the October Revolution on Red Square in Moscow, a parade took place, after which the troops went to the front. The weather made the raids of German aircraft on Moscow impossible.

Speaking at the parade, Stalin said: "The war that you are waging is a liberation war, the war is fair. Let the courageous image of our great ancestors - Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov! Let the victorious banner of the great Lenin!" "

In order for anything to happen, all the soldiers participating in the parade were seized. All shells from tanks and artillery guns were also seized.