HD Final Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1990 Парад 7 Ноября

This is the parade on Moscow's Red Square devoted to the 73rd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1990. By this time the situation inside the Soviet Union had grown more chaotic. Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms were not going as expected, with the Soviet economy falling into depression, and a torrent of nationalist movements sweeping across the USSR, the country's very existence was being called into question. This would be the last military parade of the Soviet era, and the final one in Russia to commemorate the October Revolution. By the end of next year the USSR would cease to exist as a political state. Taking the salute one last time is Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Yazov. Commanding the parade is commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel General Nikolai Kalinin. Music performed by the Combined Orchestra of the Moscow Garrison conducted by Major General Nikolai Mikhailov.

[MargeTheDog]

USSR: The parade is over see you next year.


-Last online 30 years ago

[jadensanchez]

Watching this on the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution. November 7, 2017

[ivankuznetsov]

Ah, this bring's back memories of home. Time's were okay, I knew the country was crumbling. Though I had no clue at the time that just in one year, the Soviet Party would fall.
Пока, старый друг. Когда-нибудь, я надеюсь, я увижу, как ты снова воскреснешь.

[TherdPlateau]

This fascinated me... this parade occurred exactly one week before I was born, in the opposing side's capital city metro area (suburbs of DC)

[NEOM]

At 1:15:45, Alexander Shmonov was marching within the crowd of the civilian parade, nobody knew that he had a double barrel rifle he bought for 900 rubles ready to shoot Gorbachev when he was marching in front of the mausoleum, he had a accomplice columns away with a gun too ready to scare people away of Alexander when he'll aim but the attempt failed, the accomplice was scared and kept walking while Alexander took out his gun and aim but a KGB undercover officer spotted him and grab the weapon making two shots to the air. He was arrested later.


In the video looks like nobody noticed what happened.

[MO-svhc]

В ноябре 1990 никакого авторитета ни у партии, ни у государства уже не было. Все шло к планомерному закату страны и переписыванию всего имущества и богатств на бандитов под видов реформаторов.

[dylanwaller]

The Politburo looks less like a group of politicians and more like a bunch of mob bosses lol

[YugoslavianHeroesChannel]

Also the National Anthem and Speech in the beginning of the parade?

[_mr_lideyn_]

Последние вздохи великой страны, а тогда ведь еще можно было всё восстановить!

[RIPdixiecarter]

23:00


You knew communism was dying when your revolution parade is sponsored by Pepsi.

[deletednachos]

incredible you can watch such an important part of history on your couch

[andrerothweiler]

Gorbachev: Our reforms will help the Soviet Union to rise again
Soviet Union: Mr. Gorbachev, I don't feel so good

[jellysplatter]

I’m not a communist, but these kind of videos fascinate me. I find these other side of the Iron Curtain videos so interesting, big part of modern history
Edit: Understand that I am not saying that Communism itself and its ideals are fascinating. I am referring to how people lived and worked under the regime since its pretty unknown in the western world even today. Do not mix the two up

[xxsubexx]

At 27:40 someone passed out on the bottom left

[cammysmith]

24:25 when your mum meets her friend while driving home from the store.

[philippepalmer]

I was living and working in Moscow between 89-91 and my russian wife Sveta(now divorced)and I went down to watch it.We placed ourselves near the old British Embassy, Sofiyskaya embankment on the other side of the river opposite the Kremlin and saw all the military hardware and personal cross the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge that leads into Red Square.It was a memorable day and remember it well because in the evening, I with two of my colleages from the All Union Radio station sadly no more went to a packed(attendance 70k+) Lenin now Luzhniki Stadium to watch Spartak Moscow play Napoli with Maradona in the team, 2nd leg quarter finals of the old format European Cup.It suddenly started snowing so hard during the last 15mins of the first half that you couldn't actually see any of the players nor what was going on, on the pitch.Spartak went through on penalties after extra time, Maradona missed his, if I remember it right he ballooned it over the bar

[herald]

1:05:05


this is not a demonstration, this is a massal farewell walk.

[lawdennis]

21:17 just look at Lenin, he seemed to very crying for his last breath

[CaptainWahoo-ghpg]

35:37 “Songs of October”
37:24 Victory
38:46 In defense of the motherland
39:51 On guard for peace
40:23 Phalanx march
41:19 March “Leningrad”
42:08 we are the army of the people
43:28 sports march
45:04 Victory day
46:22 Long live our country
47:38 we only need one victory
52:01 March of the Soviet Tankists
53:06 March of the Soviet Tankists (REPEAT)
54:04 The warsawian
54:54 invincible and Legendary
BONUSES:
57:13 Long live our country
58:32 we are the red cavalry

[gobanito]

21:44 Mikhail Gorbachev thinking: "Oh who am I kidding, we're finished."