The most extensive manoeuvres ever held by the Red Army took place in the Kiev district along the Polish border The aim it is understood was to demonstrate before representatives of France and Czechoslovakia - with whom Soviet Russia has entered a mutual aid pact - the quality of Russia's fighting forces Tanks and motorised artillery participated in the manoeuvres in large numbers but crack cavalry divisions also played an important role because of the country's lack of roads Photo shows Military planes flying over machine gun carriages drawn by cavalry September 24th 1935