page_title: List of Victory Day Parades in Minsk
section_title: 2005 parade
hierarchical_section_title: List of Victory Day Parades in Minsk / 2005 parade
caption_attribution_description: Belaz 75296 on Victory Day parade in Minsk
context_page_description: The annual Victory Day Parade on Victors Avenue in Minsk is a traditional military parade of the Armed Forces of Belarus that takes place every 5 years on 9 May in honor of the jubilee anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The parade is held in the same style of other Russian Victory Day Parades.
context_section_description: The 2005 Victory Day Parade celebrated the diamond jubilee of the end of the war. The parade was attended by President Alexander Lukashenko as the head of state. More than 2,500 troops representing all branches of the military and the uniformed services, as well as more than 200 pieces of military equipment participated. It was the first to be held on Victors Avenue. On 26 April, by order of Defence Minister Leonid Maltsev, the procedure for the preparation and conduct of demonstration flights was established. That same day, the flight crews and technical personnel of air bases participating in the flypast rehearsed near the 50th Mixed Air Base in the village of Machulishchi near Minsk. General rehearsals were held between 6–7 May.
  There were 100,000 spectators attending the parade on 9 May. The president's speech preceded the actual parade proceedings, despite the fact there was reportedly poor audibility in spectator seats. The parade was inspected by Lieutenant General Maltsev and commanded by Major General Yuri Merentsov. A 20-minute exhibition of military drill by a 148-member honor guard concluded the parade as well as a performance by the Band of the Minsk Garrison led by Colonel Vladimir Ermolaev.
caption: A BelAZ truck during the parade.
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