1918 May 1 Parade

The 1918 May 1 Parade ({{langx|ru|Парад 1 мая 1918 года}}) was a military parade of the Moscow Garrison on 1 May 1918 on Khodynka Field.{{Cite web|url=https://www.calend.ru/events/5134/|title = На Ходынском поле состоялся первый военный парад Красной Армии}} It was the first parade of the recently established Red Army and the first military parade held in modern Russia.{{Cite web|url=https://cont.ws/@staromodnyiej/932301|title = 1 мая 1918 г. на Ходынском поле состоялся первый военный парад Красной Армии - Старомодница — КОНТ}} As of 2019, the parade is the only one of its kind to not have been held on Red Square. The parade was attended by the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR Vladimir Lenin, his spouse Nadezhda Krupskaya and his sister Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova. The site of Khodynka was chosen due to the holiday of International Workers' Day and its status as a peaceful holiday rather than a military one. Musical accompaniment was provided by the Massed Military Bands led by Lyudomir Petkevich.[http://marsches.zbord.ru/viewtopic.php?t=418 Биография Л. А. Петкевича]

The ceremonies began at 10:00 AM (MSK) with the performance of The Internationale, the then Soviet anthem.{{Cite web|url=https://histrf.ru/biblioteka/b/nash-piervyi-parad-nastupaiet-kak-rkka-otmietila-1-maia-1918-ghoda|title = Наш первый парад наступает: как РККА отметила 1 мая 1918 года: историческая правда России от РВИО - История России}}{{Cite web|url=http://maxanto.ru/news/top-novostey/pervyy-voenyy-parad-russkoy-revolyutsii|title=Первый военый парад русской революции, Топ статей}} British diplomat and Unofficial Ambassador to the Bolsheviks R. H. Bruce Lockhart described the mood during the parade as "May was excited and feverish".{{Cite web|url=https://algoritm-kniga.ru/100/1-maja-1918-goda|title = 1 мая 1918 года}} Immediately after the parade, a demonstration of workers took place on Moscow's Red Square, where a temporary tribune was erected in what is now Lenin's Mausoleum.