1987 October Revolution Parade


The 1987 October Revolution Parade was a parade on Red Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917. It took place in Moscow on November 7, 1987. Marshal of the Soviet Union and the Minister of Defence Dmitry Yazov inspected the parade. Commanding the parade was the commander of the Moscow Garrison Vladimir Arkhipov. Music was performed by the head of Moscow Garrison's central band, Major General Nikolai Mikhailov. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and other members of the Politburo were on the grandstand of Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square.

Music

Providing the ceremonial music for the parade was the massed bands of the Moscow Military District, under the overall direction of Major General Nikolay Mikhailov.
;Inspection and address
  1. Jubilee [Slow March "25 Years of the Red Army"] by Semyon Chernetsky
  2. Slow March of the Tankmen by Semyon Chernetsky
  3. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  4. Slow March of the Officers Schools
  5. Slow March by Dmitry Pertsev
  6. Slow March of the Red Army by Semyon Chernetsky
  7. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  8. Slow March Victory by Yuriy Griboyedov
  9. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  10. Slow March by Viktor Sergeyebich Runov
  11. Slow March of the Guards of the Navy by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  12. Long Live our State by Boris Alexandrov
  13. Signal Everyone, listen! by unknown composer
  14. State Anthem of the Soviet Union by Alexander Alexandrov
  15. Fanfare
;Infantry Column
  1. Varshavianka
  2. The Red Army is the Strongest
  3. Trot March by Semyon Chernetsky
  4. We are the Red Cavalry
  5. The Sacred War by Alexandrov and Lebedev-Kumach
  6. Victory Day by David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov
  7. In Defense of the Homeland by Viktor Sergeyevich Runov
  8. On Guard for the Peace by Boris Alexandrovich Diev
  9. Combat March by Dmitry Illarionovich Pertsev
  10. Air March by Yuliy Abramovich Khait
  11. Leningrad by Viktor Sergeyeich Runov
  12. We are the Army of the People by Georgy Viktorovich Mavsesyan
  13. There is a parade on Red Square
  14. Sports March by Valentin Volkov
  15. Wide is My Motherland
; Mobile Column
  1. Victorious March by Nikolai Pavlocich Ivanov-Radkevich
  2. Salute to Moscow by Semyon Chernetsky
  3. March of the Tankmen by Semyon Chernetsky
; Conclusion
Invincible and legendary by Alexander Alexandrov

Parade Units

Military Bands

Leading the column was the limousine carrying the parade commander, Col. General Vladimir Arkhipov, the commanding general of the Moscow Military District.