HD Soviet October Revolution Parade, 1988 Part I Парад 7 Ноября

This is the parade on Moscow’s Red Square devoted to the 71st anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1988. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms of Perestroika were in full swing this year. During this time in history many still looked to a hopeful future, indeed this would be the last November parade that had a jubilant atmosphere with everything looking normal in the USSR. The Soviets were also finalizing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, which would be fully completed by F