I'm sure it's hard to underestimate the significance of the Battle of Moscow and the history of the November 7 military parade.

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A honor guard marches during a rehearsal of a military parade in Moscow, on October 26, 2011. The parade, which is scheduled on November 7, is to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1941 Moscow parade, when Red Army troops marched past the Kremlin and then went directly to the front line fight the Nazi Germany troops at the gates of the Russian capital.