8 5 years ago, on the day of the historic parade in Red Square on November 7, 1941, a parade of Soviet soldiers and armored vehicles took place in the city of Kuibyshev (Samara). In the deep hinterland of our country, in one of the most important political centers of the Soviet Union, in the city's central square, a wide-ranging review of the Red Army and Soviet equipment was held in the presence of the leadership of the Soviet Union and representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps. The location of "Parade No. 2" on November 7, 1941 - outside Moscow - was not chosen by chance: the diplomatic corps, ambassadors and diplomats of foreign powers moved to Kuibyshev (at least until 1943), which became the "reserve capital" of the country. Significant efforts were made by Soviet diplomacy to create more favorable international conditions for the alienation of the enemy. Later, the work in "Capital on the Volga" was coordinated in preparation for the Tehran Conference. One of the most important areas of interaction between the NKID and foreign embassies accredited in Kuibyshev was the creation of national military formations within the Red Army: the French Normandy-Nymans battalion of fighters, Polish army units, the Czechoslovak army corps, etc. In addition, it was to Kuibyshev that, according to Resolution No. 801 "On the Evacuation of the Capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow" adopted on October 15, 1941 by the State Defense Committee, most of the NKID employees of the Soviet Union and foreign diplomats were transferred. In the shortest time, embassies of Afghanistan, Great Britain, Iran, China, Poland, USA, Turkey, Japan, as well as diplomatic missions of Bulgaria, Greece, Mongolia, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Yugoslavia were located in Kuibyshev. After that, diplomatic missions of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, as well as the French National Liberation Committee were opened in Quivishev. ***.

8 5 years ago, on the day of the historic parade in Red Square on November 7, 1941, a parade of Soviet soldiers and armored vehicles took place in the city of Kuibyshev (Samara). In the deep hinterland of our country, in one of the most important political centers of the Soviet Union, in the city's central square, a wide-ranging review of the Red Army and Soviet equipment was held in the presence of the leadership of the Soviet Union and representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps. The location of "Parade No. 2" on November 7, 1941 - outside Moscow - was not chosen by chance: the diplomatic corps, ambassadors and diplomats of foreign powers moved to Kuibyshev (at least until 1943), which became the "reserve capital" of the country. Significant efforts were made by Soviet diplomacy to create more favorable international conditions for the alienation of the enemy. Later, the work in "Capital on the Volga" was coordinated in preparation for the Tehran Conference. One of the most important areas of interaction between the NKID and foreign embassies accredited in Kuibyshev was the creation of national military formations within the Red Army: the French Normandy-Nymans battalion of fighters, Polish army units, the Czechoslovak army corps, etc. In addition, it was to Kuibyshev that, according to Resolution No. 801 "On the Evacuation of the Capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow" adopted on October 15, 1941 by the State Defense Committee, most of the NKID employees of the Soviet Union and foreign diplomats were transferred. In the shortest time, embassies of Afghanistan, Great Britain, Iran, China, Poland, USA, Turkey, Japan, as well as diplomatic missions of Bulgaria, Greece, Mongolia, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Yugoslavia were located in Kuibyshev. After that, diplomatic missions of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, as well as the French National Liberation Committee were opened in Quivishev. ***.