Red Square in Moscow, Russia

 

Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow, because Moscow's major streets—which connect to Russia's major highways—originate from the square.

During the Soviet era,, Red Square maintained its significance, becoming a focal point for the new state. Besides being the official address of the Soviet government, it was renowned as a showcase for military parades from 1919 onward

 

 

The Soviet Union held many parades in Red Square for May Day,Victory Day and the October Revolution  which consisted of propaganda, flags, a labor demonstration, and a troops march and show off of tanks and missiles.

Two of the most significant military parades on Red Square were November 7, 1941, when the city was besieged by Germans and troops were leaving Red Square straight to the front lines, and the Victory Parade in 1945, when the banners of defeated Nazi armies were thrown at the foot of  Lenin's Mausoleum

In 1963 a group of African students organized a protest on Red Square in response to the alleged murder of a medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.
This was the first recorded political protest on Red Square since the late 1920s

In 1990 the Kremlin and Red Square were among the very first sites in the USSR added to UNESCO's World Heritage List

A general view of the Red Square during snowfall in the night hours, in Moscow, Russia on October 08, 2015