MAY DAY PARADES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000700710011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 28, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT May Day Parades
ORIGIN
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LST-A-T-:F- WAR JUSTICE
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I TELUUGE REPORT
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DISC. July 1947
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participants
in may Day p xadeo bold in c` ties Mllits-ry districts of the US$ L
1. Nam
Order of the ur ?ade
1. Red Banner, Order of Df njin, ond Order of Suvorov, 1 ?unze Military
Aazdemy l fd by the Cos uannUi.n q- tlanersC-, hero of the Soviet Union Colonel
General Obib2+ orn The Ajad tcy colon were borne by Hero of the Soviet
Union. (thy:?i.oe) Cuartte Ck ),onol, Pokrr'th? in. aocompa4aied by Heroes of the
Soviet Union (twice) Lt. ?ol, Y.& : re o and Major AlelWchin.
2,. Dzer2hl.n i t ?tt :lerzy- adom ' led t y the Co nd:4.ng General, Colonel
General KhoP hl.rvF~
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Stalin Academy of' Armored T.a;.i and. Mec aarAzed Troope wider the leadership
of the Co!Ama }d:ling, General, D! 8ute,:ta:nt Gen oral Verahiniin
m Co posits :: ee-iment of fl Zb ovsict Read Banno r Air f t.demy cad ore were
borne by Hero of the SIavLst i n ('rice) Guards Major Kozhedub,
acaos p s .ed by hero of the So-,. t U ie:i (twice) Lieutenant Colonel G1inks,,,
Kutb ehev Military Anat~Vd .;'d, 'oroahiIOV Military Aoadk b
First otoa=R1fleei Order, of Let-tn, Red `. ser Division, in than name of
Dzer?shinski which f).i tiaa ui. t, tz tteelk during the Civil War at Rostov
Lvov,, Dabno, and ot.,. er citia*=l .
Composite Regiment f"ro s the led iy Rear Admiral Krupski. ` al e
let J3attalion wes under Lleuta,aaaut Colo,a,l Pekin, and the 2nd Battalion
uv.O r Oa stain lot r;I+.a haQa r ;
S. Taman Red Ran cer, Order of i r?orovr Divie .n, In the name of Ealinin.
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This unit was dis.tin,;aisheil .ra liberator tC Litht.ania en3 Stalingrad, and
in battles around olone"c, ;-~a?rek, and R rt er =Commeaata This
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Students from. Tula, and S,rvo?ov Sch'oias, led by lieo.tenant General
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10. Two battalions of students from itakhirnov T,aval School, under Captain
let Rank Izya.chik...
11. Cavali' L,;iedrons, in coluie,head.ed by Colonel Litovchenko.
12. An artillery column. led by Lieutenant General Nyabov. Cornoonents were
one Guards Unit, led by Major General Kolesov, and a Guards Iortar,
cii; exopol Red Banner, Order of Suvorov, Order of Kutuzov, Order of
Aieksaad. Nevski Regiment, which participated in the liberation of
Rostov Don Basin, Simferopol, and Sevastopol. The equipment included
Xatyusha mortars and very powerful artillery. Each gun was so large
that three special tractors (Tyagach) were required for transoaortation
one for the barrel, one for the heavy -platform, and one for the breech.
13. A motorcycle battalion was awarded the title "fombitski`l for daring
raids in battle near Dembica, Poland,
14. A tank battalion, consisting of T-34 and IS tanks, under Hero of the
Soviet Union, Guards t?.ajor F. Gorenchuk. The unit was equipped with
self-=propelled runs, both light and heavy,,
15~ Air Forces were commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General
Sudets. (Previously reported as Chief of Staff to ::arshal Vershininy
former commander of the 17th Air Army.) Large planes, under the leader-
ship of navigator Sterligov, were followed by bombers led by Lieutenant
General Fedorov.3 These were succeeded by IL 1?Stormoviks" under Major
General Kolomiitsev, fighter groups led by Colonel Sukhachev and
Lieutenant Colonel Galchenko, and fast aircraft led by Lieutenant Colonel
.Akulenko
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W The salute was taken by Colonel General Nikolai Ivanovieh Gusev,
of Artillery on 19 November 1942, and Colonel General of Artillery on 18
September 1943. His awards include Order of Lenin twice - 8 October 1942
and 6 April 1945, Order of Kutuzov let Class - 9 February 1943, Order of
lied Banner - 27 August 19)43, Order of Suvorov let Class twice ,t L5; July
19)}4 and 25 May 1945, Order of Suvorov 2nd Class - 4 October 19).}3, and Cold
Star Medal ? 6 April 1945. He read a paper at a Scientific Contorence of
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces. in Germany on 1 December 19450)
Commanding General of the Leningrad ciilitary District, A description of the
parade was signed by Lieutenant Colonel Shvenko, regular correspondent of
lied Star and lecturer at the Molotov Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Higher
Officers. Armored Forces and Tank School at Leningrado
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Tbilisi' The parade, taken by Commanding General of the Transcaucasian
Military District Marshal Tolbulrls.in, was commanded b,r Colonel General of
Artillery Vasili Ivanovich Kaza? ov. ]Comment; Kazelcov was Lt. Gen.
IV. Netrozavodek (Karelia)
A. Colonel General 1'rolov, Conuianding; General of the White Sea 1-1ilitary
District, took the salute. The parade leas led by a composite battalion
of officers from leadqurrterss, headed by Colonel Reih.1 tiara?
i infantry unit, which participated in the celebration, held the order
of Alekeandr Nevski. This unit was commended several times by the
Uonmianda "-in-Chief for its fighting record in the Arctic area,
Alga (Latvia)t The salute of troops of Riga Garrison was taken by Army
General I. Kh. Bagramyan, Commanding General of the )3altic Military District.,
Participants includea Latvian Infantry, a naval Contingent from the Baltic
Fleet, Air Forces, and Artillery tanks.
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