7 May in 14:20
A full-dress rehearsal for the upcoming military parade dedicated to the 76th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War has taken place on Moscow’s Red Square.
The rehearsal involved infantry columns consisting of 37 parade units, over 190 pieces of military and special equipment, 76 aircraft and helicopters. In addition, more than 12,000 troops participated in the training. Parade units included officers, sergeants and soldiers from various military formations, students from military universities, the Suvorov and Nakhimov military schools and cadet corps, members of the Yunarmia (or Young Army) All-Russia Movement, as well as units from the Emergencies Ministry, the National Guard and the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Border Guard Troops. Female troops represented by parade units from the Military University, the Military Academy of the Signal Corps, a branch of the Military Logistics Academy and the Air and Space Defense Academy