The March 1956 demonstrations (also known as the 1956 Tbilisi riots or 9 March massacre) in the Georgian SSR were a series of protests against Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy, Khrushchev was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from which years time span?
1956 Georgian demonstrations The March 1956 demonstrations (also known as the 1956 Tbilisi riots or 9 March massacre) in the Georgian SSR were a series of protests against Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy, which shocked Georgian supporters of Marxist–Leninist–Stalinist ideology. The center of the protests was the republic's capital, Tbilisi, where spontaneous rallies to mark the third anniversary of Stalin's death and to protest Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin quickly evolved into an uncontrollable mass demonstration and rioting which paralyzed the city. Soon, political demands such as the change of the central government in Moscow and calls for the independence of Georgia from the Soviet Union appeared.
1967 October Revolution Parade The 1967 October Revolution Parade is the parade on Moscow's Red Square devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1967. As 1967 being the 50th anniversary parade it would feature troops dressed up as historical units from the Russian civil war era. It would also feature the first Color guard on parade from the honor guard. Cavalry units from the Revolution era also rode through Red Square. Commanding the parade is First Deputy Commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel General Evgeny Ivanovski. Inspecting the parade and also giving his first jubilee address is Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev was on Lenin's Mausoleum in attendance. Major General Nikolai Nazarov led the Massed bands of the Soviet Union. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of East Germany Walter Ulbricht was also in attendance. The massed bands marched off to the tune of "My Beloved Motherland".