# Partisans Parade

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1944 Red Army parade in Minsk

Partisans march past the reviewing stand during the parade

The **Partisans Parade** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): партизанский парад, [Belarusian](/source/Belarusian_language): Парад партызан) was a solemn [Red Army](/source/Red_Army) and [partisan](/source/Belarusian_resistance_during_World_War_II) [victory parade](/source/Victory_parade) held on 16 July 1944 on the field of the former [Hippodrome](/source/Hippodrome) in [Minsk](/source/Minsk) on the dedicated to the liberation of Minsk from the German occupation in the 3 July [Minsk Offensive](/source/Minsk_Offensive).[1][2] The offensive was part of the [Soviet Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation (codenamed Operation Bagration)](/source/Operation_Bagration).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The parade included the participation of 30 partisan brigades totaling around 30,000 partisans in all.[3] It was attended by many different party, government and military officials, including First Secretary of the [Communist Party of Byelorussia](/source/Communist_Party_of_Byelorussia) and [Chairman](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Belarus) of the [Council of Ministers](/source/Government_of_Belarus) [Panteleimon Ponomarenko](/source/Panteleimon_Ponomarenko) as wll as Chief of the [Partisan Central Headquarters](/source/Central_Headquarters_of_the_Partisan_Movement) and parade commander Pyotr Kalinin.[4][5] In the column, the partisans also marched a [goat](/source/Goat) named "Kid", which was decorated with a ribbon with German orders.[6] The parade was the first of its kind in the [USSR](/source/USSR) and was the first victory parade in the country celebrating the country's war victories.[7]

Today, reenactments of the parade are currently held every year on the anniversary by youth unions, university students and reenactment groups.[8][9][10] In April 2010 a memorial stone was installed.[11] A sculptural monument in honor of the parade was installed on Minsk's Krasnoarmeyskaya Street near the [Svisloch River](/source/Svislach_(Berezina)) in 2015.[12][13]

## See also

- [1941 October Revolution Parade](/source/1941_October_Revolution_Parade)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-articles_1-0)** ["У Мінску ўсталююць помнік народным мсціўцам"](https://m.nn.by/articles/69219/). *m.nn.by*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-google_2-0)** Epstein, B. (2008). [*The Minsk Ghetto 1941-1943: Jewish Resistance and Soviet Internationalism*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ivcA93p1afIC&pg=PA228). University of California Press. p. 228. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780520931336](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780520931336). Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-jamestown_3-0)** ["The Partisan Movements in Belarus During World War II (Part One)"](https://jamestown.org/program/the-partisan-movements-in-belarus-during-world-war-ii-part-one/). *Jamestown*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-archives_4-0)** ["Partisan parades celebrating the liberation of Belarus | Archives of Belarus"](http://archives.gov.by/eng/index.php?id=156030). *archives.gov.by*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-militera_5-0)** ["Военная Литература --\[ Мемуары \]-- Ваупшасов С.А. На тревожных перекрестках: Записки чекиста"](http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/vaupshasov/44.html). *militera.lib.ru*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Осипов, Максим (2010-03-05). ["Песни партизан..."](http://www.newsvm.com/news/26/57341/) Вечерний Минск. Retrieved 2010-03-06.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-google2_7-0)** Slepyan, K. (2006). [*Stalin's guerrillas: Soviet partisans in World War II*](https://books.google.com/books?id=PvsLAQAAMAAJ). University Press of Kansas. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780700614806](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780700614806). Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-belta_8-0)** ["1944 partisans' parade reenactment in Minsk | In Pictures | Belarus News | Belarusian news | Belarus today | news in Belarus | Minsk news"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190704173647/https://m.eng.belta.by/fotoreportage/view/1944-partisans-parade-reenactment-in-minsk-102721-2017). *BELTA*. Archived from [the original](https://m.eng.belta.by/fotoreportage/view/1944-partisans-parade-reenactment-in-minsk-102721-2017) on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-belarusfeed_9-0)** ["Goat Will Head Partisans' Parade In Minsk This Weekend"](https://belarusfeed.com/goat-head-partisans-parade-minsk/amp/). *belarusfeed.com*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Партизанский парад 1944 года в Минске"](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PBBxTVw8bFM). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 24 June 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-tio_11-0)** ["www.tio.by/info/novosti/11018/A"](https://www.tio.by/info/novosti/11018/A). *tio.by*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-minsk-old-new_12-0)** ["Памятник "Парад белорусских партизан""](https://minsk-old-new.com/places/pamyatniki-i-skulptury/pamyatnik-parad-belorusskih-partizan). *minsk-old-new.com*. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-euroradio_13-0)** ["У Мінску рэканструявалі партызанскі парад 1944 года. Відэа"](https://euroradio.fm/u-minsku-rekanstruyavali-partyzanski-parad-1944-goda-videa). *euroradio.fm*. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

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