It was the 100th Soviet military parade to be held on Red Square.[4][5][6] The parade's de facto motto was "On Red Square under the Red Banner".[7] Both active personnel and veterans participated in the march, with participants from various republics including Ukrainians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Armenians and Kazakhs.[1]Revolution Day was also celebrated in Leningrad with a military parade on Palace Square, inspected by the commander of the Leningrad Military District, Lieutenant General Ivan Shavrov.[8] Participants received commemorative badges and special thanks Colonel General Govorov and members of the District Military Council. The badge is a gilded eight-pointed star with faceted beams, with a circle formed by the ribbon of the Order of Lenin in the center of the star. The silhouette of a modern tank is depicted in the background and in the upper right corner, there is the inscription “100th parade”.[9] On November 3, 2007, graduates of the Kalinin (now Tver) Suvorov Military and Nakhimov Naval Schools who participated in the 100th military parade gathered for the first time on Red Square on the occasion o the parade's 35th anniversary.[10]
