SOVIET ARMY CELEBRATES MAY DAY 1950

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• Publication Date: July 3, 1950
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Military - Biographical
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
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PUBLISHED USSR
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PUBLISHED 6 Nov 1949 - 4 May 1950
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Parades were held o- 1 May 1950 in many cities in connection with the
celebration of May Day. Orders of the day were issued by both the USSR War
Minister and the USSR Navy Minister. Garrison commanders issued parade orders
during the week preceding the holiday. Military units from local garrisons
and military schools paraded to start off giant civilian demonstrations. The
emphasis this year, as shown by the relatively short duration of the Moscow
military parade, was predominantly civilian. Most provincial newspapers de-
voted less than half a column to the local military parades. The following
information on the parades and celebrations was taken from local newspapers.
Numbers in parentheses refer to the appended sources.
Guards General-leytenant S. Kozak, commander of the Kishinev Garrison,
issued Order No 49, dated April 1950,to troops of the Kishinev Garrison,
as follows: Troop units of theKishinev Garrison will participate in the
parade. The deputy commander of the garrison will lead the parade, which
will be reviewed by the commander. Summer parade uniforms will be worn.
Colonel of Militia Pashchenko, chief of the Kishinev Militia Administration,
will be responsible for the maintenance of order during the parade.(1).
The parade was reviewed by Guards General-leytenant S. A. Kozak. Other
officers on the reviewing stand were I. L. Mordovets /Minister of State Se-
curity, Moldavian SSRJ and F. Ya. Tutushkin Minister of Internal Affairs,
Moldavian SSJ.(2)
General-leytenant Kosyakin, commander of the Kiev Garrison, issued
Order No 11, dated 25 April 1950, to troops of the Kiev Garrison, as fol-
lows: Military school and troop units located in Kiev will, participate
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in the parade. Guam; General-polkovnik Grechi;o, commander of the Kiev
Military District will review the parade. General-leytenant Kosyakin is
designated as parade commander. Summer parade uniforms will be worn. Gen-
eral-mayor Trantin, commandant of the Kiev Garrison, will be responsible
for maintenance of order during the parade.(3)
Guards General-polkovnik A. A. Grechko reviewed the military parade.(4)
MINSK
General-polkovnik 'hibisov, cons ander of the Minsk Garrison, issued
Order No 46, dated 27 April 1950, to troops of the Minsk Garrison, as fol-
lows: Marshal of the Soviet Uniin Timoshenko, commander of the Belorussian
Military District, will review the parade. General-polkovnik Chibisov is
designated as parade commander. General and officers will wear parade uni-
forms; privates and nonc,)mmissioned officers will wear summer uniforms. The
chief of the Minsk Militia Administration ',rill close pedestrian and all trans-
porttraffic at 0800, 1 May, on the following streets: Sovetskaya, Moskovsk-
aya, Nemiga, Goi'kiy, and adjoining side streets. The Minsk Garrison com-
mandant and the chief of the Militia Administration will be responsible for
the maintenance of order during the parade.(5)
Marshal S. K. Timoshenko received the report of General-polkovnik Chi-
bisov, parade commander, took his place on the reviewing stand, made a short
speech, and reviewed the troops.(6)
// The Commander of the Petrozavodsk Garrison issued Order No 20, dated
30 April 1950, to troops of the Petrozavodsk Garrison: Military units and
members of administrations and institutions located in Petrozavodsk will take
part in the parade. The commander of the White Sea Military District will
review the parade. Summer parade uniforms will be worn. The commandant of
the city of Petrozavodsk will be responsible for the maintenance of order dur-
ing the parade.(7)
The order of General-leytenant Gerasimenko, commander of thp,Riga Gar
rison, to troops of the Riga Garrison was probably printed in Sovetskaya Lat-
viya on 29 or T,:) April. However, neither of these issues is available in CIA.
The parade was commanded by General-leytenant G-srasimenko and reviewed
be Ceneral of the Army I. Kh. Bagramyan, commander of the Baltic Military Dis-
trict.(8)
The May Day order of the commander of the Tbilisi Garrison to troops of
the gerrison was not published in Zarya Vostoka. The parade was commanded
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by General-leytenant A. Tarasov (9), a role usually deleGated to the commander
of the Tbilisi Garrison. No mention is made of General-mayor Yushkevich, who,
as corm=der of the Tbilisi Garrison, issued the order to troops of the Tbilisi
Garrison for the '7 November parade.(10)
General of the Army A. Antonov, commander of the Transcaucasus Military
District, reviewed the troops at the parade. Cadets of the Nrkhimov Naval School
and other military schools, as well as troops of the Tbilisi garrison, partici-
pated in the parade.(9)
The Nay Day order of the commander of the Tashkent Garrison was not pub-
lished in Pravda Vostoka.
General of the Army I. Ye. Petrov, commarder of the Turkestan Military
District, inspected and reviewed the troops. Cadets of the Tashkent Infantry:
Talk and Suvorov schools, together with units of the military garrison, par-
ticipated in the parade.(ll)
VIL' i YUS
General-mayor 01ev, commander of the Vil'nyus Garrison, issued Order No 9,
dated 30 4zril 1950, to troops of the Vil'nyus Garrison: Troop units located
in Vil'nyus will participate in the parade, under the command of General-mayor
Olev. Summer parade uniforms will be worn. Abramyan, military commandant of
.11'nyus, will be responsible for the maintenance of order. Zadorozhnyy will
carry out the artillery salute.(12)
Only Party and government officials were listed among those reviewing the
parade in he four lines devoted to the military part of the May Day parade.(13)
The commander of the Yerevan Garrison issued Order No 10, dated 30 April
1950, to troops of the Yerevan Garrison: Units of the garrison will assemble
and form according to instructions of the Yerevan Garrison commandant. Summer
pelnde uniform will be worn. The Yerevan Garrison ccmriandant will be respon-
sible for maintenance of order during the parade.(14)
Units of the Yerevan Garrison were reviewed, anc.then passed in parade.(15)
General-polkovnik A. Luchinskiy, commander of the Leningrad Military Dis-
trict, issued order No 6, dated 30 April. 1950, to troops of the Leningrad Gar-
rison: Units of the military acadercies and schools, and army and navy troops
will participate in the parade. General-poll:ovnik A. Luchinskiy will review
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the parade, which is to be led by General _polkovnik Iiovalev. General-mayor
Paramzin, commandant of the city garrison, will be responsible for maintenance
of order during the parade.(16)
Party and government officials, accompanied by representatives of the
army and navy, reviewed units of the Baltic Fleet based in Leningrad. General-
polkovnik A. Luchinskiy inspected the troops, received the report of the parade
commander, and then reviewed school and army and navy units stationed in the
city.tl7)
Military parades were also held in Frunze, Stalinabad, and Tallin, with
naval and military reviews in Baku and Vladivostok.(18) The demonstration in
Alma-Ata was entirely civilian.(19) Turkmenskaya Iskra published in Ashkhabad,
Turkmen SSR, the only remaining republic center, is not available in CIA.
1. Sovetskaya Moldaviya, No 86, 30 Apr 50
2. Sovetskaya Moldaviya, No 88, If May 50
3. Pravda Ukrainy, No 102, 29 Apr 50
If. Pravda Ukrainy, No 105, If May 50
5. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, No 88, 30 Apr 50
6. Sovetskaya Belorussiya, No 90, If May 50
7. Leninskoye Znamya, No 87, 30 Apr 50
8. Sovetskaya Latviya, No 105, If May 50
9. Zarya Vostoka, No 91, If May 50
10. Zarya Vostoka, No 219, 6 Nov 49
11. Pravda Vostoka, No 103, If May 50
12. Sovetskaya Litva, No 103, 30 Apr 50
13. Sovetskaya Litva, No 105, If May 50
14. Kommunist, No 103, 30 Apr 50
15. Kommunist, No 105, If May 50
16. Leningradskaya Pravda, No 103, 30 Apr 50
17. Leningradskaya Pravda, No 105, If May 50
18. Izvestiya, No 105, If May 50
19. Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, No 92, If May 50
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