I have reminded of this more than once. On May 9, 1992, I saw what was perhaps the most significant thing that happened in those years. Yeltsin then canceled the military parades. But in 1992, an international parade of military bands of allied countries took place. And most importantly, veterans of World War II marched across Moscow: not only Soviet ones, but also Britain, America, France and (it’s scary to think!) Italy and Germany! There was also an international column of concentration camp prisoners. And the Russians walked in it, by the way, with critical slogans.<\/p>\n
I remember that I then said with relief: “Well, that war is over too!” Because to end the TU war was much more difficult and more important than the cold one.<\/p>\n
But no. In 1995, a fake parade of old military equipment was held on Red Square. And then it started … Russia is still the only country in the world that is still waging a war with TU. I’m not a big fan of Kusturica, but Underground is a movie about Russia.<\/p>\n
But something else is even sadder. Try typing in the search “Peace Victory Parade” (that’s how this procession was called a little awkwardly in 1992): you will see only two mentions in passing and not a single (!) Photo. The photo archives of RIAN and TASS each offer<\/a> fifty photos of the march of the communists that took place that day (then the confrontation between the leftists and Yeltsin was growing) and one photo each of exotic pipers on Red Square. I also found only one video plot<\/a>. Made by Americans. There are simply no people from these photographs of mine, they have been erased from history (and I remember that a lot of colleagues were filming next to me).<\/p>\n