As the president finishes the address and a threefold Ура! resounds all over the square by the entire parade assembled and the honor guard presents arms, the Massed Bands play the National Anthem of Russia and a ceremonial battery armed with the 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) fire a 21-gun salute.[17] In the 2000s, a band didn't perform the anthem, with the soldiers on parade singing all three verses.