This is the parade in Moscow's Red Square, devoted to the 68th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, 7 November 1985. This year would see the appointment of Mikhail Gorbachev as the new (and last) Soviet leader. During the spring of 1985 Gorbachev began an infamous anti-alvohol campaign, which would have repercussions on the Soviet economy. In the summer of 1985 Gorbachev instituted some personnel changes in the Politburo, most notably, replacing Premier Nikolai Tikhonov with Nikolai Ryzhkov, as well as dismissing Grigory Romanov from his Politburo post. Earlier in the year, the Soviet Union celebrated 40 years of victory over Nazi Germany with a special military parade in Red Square. 1985 would continue to see Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Presiding over the military parade is Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union; Sergei Sokolov. Commanding the parade is the newly appointed commander of the Moscow Military District, Colonel General; Vladimir Arkhipov. Music performed by the Moscow Military District Orchestra, directed by Major General Nikolai Mikhailov.