At the end of July, the country will celebrate one of the main summer holidays.
Russia is rightfully considered a great maritime power. The history of the Navy is inseparable from the history of the state. The rise and fall of a country has always been associated with successes and failures in battles on the water, with periods of strengthening or weakening of sea power. Today, the Russian Navy includes the following associations: 4 fleets - the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, as well as the Caspian Flotilla.
Navy Day 2018: what date?
Navy Day is traditionally celebrated in Russia on the last weekend of July. This year, sailors and everyone associated with the navy will be congratulated on Sunday, the 29th. The whole country is looking forward to this summer holiday to watch the fireworks and naval parade.
The biggest celebrations take place in seaside towns, where the largest naval forces of the Russian fleet are based: St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Vladivostok.
Navy Day 2018 in St. Petersburg: where and when will the parade take place, how to watch
The authorities of the Northern capital have prepared a large-scale entertainment program for residents and guests of the city. The naval parade in St. Petersburg starts at 11.00 local time. Ships, aircraft and ground forces will take part in it. The procession was organized in memory of Peter the Great, who not only founded the Russian fleet, but also put forward the idea of a festive review of ships.
Those who cannot attend the event in person will be able to enjoy the spectacle without leaving home. The naval parade will be shown on all federal channels in the country.
Petersburg residents will be able to watch the broadcast on Palace Square, where a large screen will be installed for this purpose. Afterwards there will be a concert dedicated to Navy Day. Singer Oleg Gazmanov, the Eskadron group, Alexander Rosenbaum, and the Turetsky Choir will take part in it.
Kronstadt will partially host the parade: large ships simply cannot enter the Northern capital.
Navy Day 2018 in St. Petersburg: program
9:30 - grand opening of the holiday on the famous cruiser Aurora.
11:00 - ship parade.
14:00-20:00 - opportunity to visit the ships that participated in the parade for free.
15:00 - start of the festive show on Palace Square
22:00 - end of the festive concert
23:00 - festive fireworks Peter and Paul Fortress.
On the last Sunday of July, Russia traditionally celebrates a major public holiday - Navy Day. The professional holiday does not bring residents of the country additional days off, but it gives a lot of unforgettable emotions, because only on this solemn day do we have a unique opportunity to admire the power of the Russian army, and especially its fleet.
The naval parade is the main attribute of the holiday. They take place in all cities where the domestic fleet is based, but the largest, of course, will take place in the northern capital - St. Petersburg and Kronstadt will host a parade, which will bring together the main new products and “oldies” of the domestic fleet, distinguished by their equipment, strength, endurance and others advantages.
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The parade, according to the preliminary program, will begin at 11.00 local time. As in the case of the Victory Day parade on Red Square, only a few will be able to see the action with their own eyes, and therefore it is better to occupy comfortable places for broadcast.
The broadcast can be seen on TV - all federal channels in the country will show the naval parade.
For those who are already going to celebrate the holiday at this time, the screen will be installed on main square St. Petersburg - after that a large-scale cultural and entertainment program will take place on Dvortsovaya, dedicated to the Day Navy.
About 40 ships, the same number of aviation units and more than 4 thousand “souls” of ground forces will take part in this year’s parade - the latest equipment and capabilities of the Russian army will be presented on land, in the air and on water. Unique boats and reconnaissance ships, submarines, missile launchers. The organizers promise viewers a lot of surprises and unexpected discoveries.
Kronstadt will also host the parade - part of the parade was moved to the city due to the considerable size of some representatives of the domestic fleet, because of which they simply cannot enter St. Petersburg.
Navy Day in St. Petersburg - program of events
The city authorities have already presented the full program for celebrating Navy Day in 2018. The celebration starts with a parade at 11.00, after which residents and guests of the northern capital will be treated to a concert program with historical context.
Of the stars, Alexander Rosembaum, Oleg Gazmanov, as well as the “Turkish Choir” will appear on stage on this day. Spectators will be treated to performances by military bands from abroad and songs of the war years performed by talented local and visiting performers.
The holiday will end with bright fireworks.
Changes in traffic flow in St. Petersburg in honor of Navy Day celebrations
Due to festive events in St. Petersburg, the traffic pattern will change ground transport, as well as skip mode water transport along the Neva:
— Traffic will be closed on the Admiralteyskaya Embankment from the Blagoveshchensky Bridge to the Palace Embankment, the Palace Embankment, the Kutuzov Embankment from the Palace Embankment to the Liteiny Bridge, Birzhevaya Square, Dvortsovy Proezd, as well as on Admiralteysky Prospekt;
— Traffic will be closed on Makarovskaya Street, Komsomol Street, Karl Marx Street and Yakornaya Square;
— The entrance to Liteyny Bridge from Pirogovskaya and Arsenalnaya embankments;
— From 11:00 to 13:00 – unscheduled opening of the Blagoveshchensky, Dvortsovy, Troitsky and Liteyny bridges;
As everyone knows, on July 29 there will be a special event - Navy Day, which not only sailors, but also ordinary residents of Russia have been waiting for for so long. In honor of him in all port cities Russian Federation will hold large-scale parades, concerts, festivals and many other interesting things. The main parade and concert will take place partly in St. Petersburg and partly in Kronstadt, so it’s better to familiarize yourself with the programs that all cities have prepared in advance so as not to miss something interesting.
It is worth noting that, according to custom, in Kronstadt and St. Petersburg there will be one parade for two cities, because they are located at a very close distance from each other and, moreover, St. Petersburg is not able to receive the most big ships because of the shallow waters, so they will go to Kronstadt. But at the same time, the concert programs of the cities will be completely different. And if the administration of Kronstadt is still keeping secret the surprises that it has prepared for the guests, then the program of events in St. Petersburg has already been put on public display.
How will Navy Day be celebrated in St. Petersburg?
Everyone knows that Navy Day for Russians is not just a day on the calendar, like hundreds of other professional holidays, it is an occasion to throw noisy celebrations and at the same time become imbued with the history of the Russian military fleet.
As many people know, this year Navy Day turns as many years old as the beginning of the Second World War, namely 79. It was in the year of the beginning of the World War that this holiday was approved, which means even under the rule of the Soviet Union, but despite this it is also revered Nowadays.
In those years, the USSR had certain problems with recruiting people for the fleet. It is not known exactly what exactly was the reason for such an attitude towards naval service, perhaps it was military actions that in those years did not yet affect the Soviet Union, but already threatened the inhabitants with danger, but the holiday was created precisely with the aim of attracting conscripts.
This idea was put forward by the famous naval commander Nikolai Kuznetsov and it was happily accepted by the then government. July 24 was chosen as the day for the celebration, and it was on this day that the holiday was celebrated for 40 years. Later it was decided to move it to the last weekend of July. In Russia, Navy Day was approved back in 2006 and since then this holiday has been revered in all corners of the country.
In honor of Navy Day, the St. Petersburg administration has prepared an incredibly exciting program for the residents of the country. The opening of the holiday should take place at 9:30 on the banner cruiser Aurora. Most likely, the traditional St. Andrew’s flag will be raised there, but there is no exact information on this yet.
Afterwards, the honored sea wolves will be congratulated, because service in the navy is really quite difficult and life-threatening due to pirates and the fickleness of nature, so the Russian government is very protective of such people and does not skimp not only on kind words in their direction, but also on cash bonuses in varying amounts, depending on how long a person has worked in a given industry.
Next will be the parade itself, which everyone is waiting for. It is worth noting that on July 22, a dress rehearsal for the parade took place, at which some lucky ones were able to see in advance what the authorities had prepared for the guests on Navy Day. The parade itself will take place in the Neva waters at 11:00, and it will be broadcast on Palace Square for those who cannot watch it in person.
At 14:00 there, on Palace Square, a video excursion will take place, during which everyone will be able to get to know the history of the Russian fleet. There will also be an opportunity to personally board the ships that took part in the parade.
At 15:00 all guests will enjoy an exciting concert, which will be attended by both local stars and invited guests. On stage you will be able to see famous Russian singers Alexander Rosembaum and Oleg Gazmanov. Also, Honored Artist of Russia Evgeny Dyatlov will perform for all those who come.
In addition to all this, the stage will feature performances by orchestras from India, Vietnam and China.
At the end of the concert, everyone will be treated to a colorful fireworks display on the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Navy Parade in 2018: program of events in St. Petersburg on July 29, where to watch the fireworks, list of ships, and much more, read the material.
On July 29, 2018, Navy Day 2018 will be celebrated in the Northern capital. Residents and guests of the city will enjoy a lot of entertainment, the main one of which will be the Navy Parade.
The grandiose review of equipment will begin at 11:00 Moscow time in the waters of the Neva and in the Kronstadt roadstead, where 41 ships of all fleets - the Baltic, Northern, Black Sea, as well as the Caspian flotilla - will be stationed.
Channel One will broadcast the parade live. The broadcast starts at 11:00 Moscow time.
Along the main water artery of St. Petersburg in a ceremonial formation iiiichtluv From Blagoveshchensky to Troitsky Bridge the following will pass: the small missile boat "Uragan", the mine defense ship "Alexander Obukhov", missile, anti-sabotage, landing, patrol and artillery boats, the corvette "Soobrazitelny", the diesel-electric submarine "Dmitrov", a large landing ship "Minsk" and other vessels.
The best place to watch the aviation show is on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya and Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
At the same time, large screens will be installed on Palace Square, where you can watch a live broadcast of the entire parade.
At 14:00 a big concert will begin on Palace Square. In particular, soloists of the Mariinsky Theater, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Rosenbaum, actor and singer Evgeny Dyatlov, the Rimsky-Korsakov Central Concert Orchestra of the Russian Navy under the direction of Alexey Karabanov, as well as Alexander F. Sklyar and group "Va-Bank", Oleg Gazmanov and the group "Squadron", "Turetsky Choir" and SOPRANO.
The main event of the holiday is the parade of the Russian Navy, in which warships of four Russian fleets - the Baltic, Northern, Black Sea and Pacific, as well as the Caspian Flotilla - will take part. In addition, naval aviation will take part in the parade.
In the first historical part of the parade, artillery boats of the Caspian Flotilla will pass along the Neva, carrying the flags of the formations that defended the maritime borders of our Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.
In the second part of the parade, modern ships of the Russian Navy will demonstrate their combat power.
The favorite part of the holiday is the air show, in which naval aviation aircraft and helicopters will take part: modernized Il-38N anti-submarine aircraft, Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft, Su-30SM and Su-33 fighters, as well as Ka-27M helicopters.
The parade begins at 9.30, from 11.00 a video broadcast of the marine part of the event will begin.
The favorite part of the holiday is the air show, in which naval aircraft and helicopters will take part. Federal agency news/Evgenia Avramenko
Then the celebration will move to Palace Square, where at 14.00 a large concert will begin, which will last until the evening.
The concert will be attended by artists of the Mariinsky Theater accompanied by a symphony orchestra, as well as Alexander Rosenbaum and Evgeny Dyatlov.
Then there will be a show of military bands from Russia, India, Vietnam and China.
Alexander F. Sklyar and the group “Va-Bank” will perform front-line songs and famous compositions from Russian films.
At 18.00 Oleg Gazmanov and the Eskadron group will perform in front of the audience with their famous “sea” hits, and the big concert will end with a performance at 20.00 by the Turetsky Choir and the Turetsky Soprano ensemble, to which everyone can sing along.
Traditionally, on Navy Day, warships invite everyone to come aboard. Visiting hours are from 14.00 to 18.00. Mooring places are the Promenade des Anglais and the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
At 22.30 the festive fireworks display will begin, the traditional launch location of which is the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress. The fireworks display will be most impressive from the Palace Embankment, from the Palace and Trinity bridges and from the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island.
In the second part of the parade, modern ships of the Russian Navy will demonstrate their combat power Federal News Agency/Evgenia Avramenko
In Kronstadt, which is the historical base of the Baltic Fleet and sea gate Petersburg, celebrations will also take place. there in naval parade Ships that, due to their size, will not be able to enter the Neva will take part; the aerial part of the show will involve fighters, attack aircraft, bombers and naval aviation helicopters.
The parade will include the Soobrazitelny and Boykiy corvettes, small missile ships, including the Serpukhov, armed with the Kalibr cruise missiles, the newest frigate Admiral Gorshkov, the diesel-electric submarine Vladikavkaz, and the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov”, as well as representatives of the new generation of Russian large landing ships.
The parade will begin with a ceremonial formation at 12.30 on Anchor Square in front of the Naval Cathedral, and all the main “land” events of the Kronstadt part of the holiday will also take place there.
In Kronstadt, ships will also be open to the public at the Ust-Rogatka piers in the Srednyaya (Petrovskaya) harbor. Visiting hours are from 14.00 to 20.00.
The fireworks display in Kronstadt will take place on Anchor Square at 23.00.
Traditionally, on Navy Day, warships invite everyone to come aboard. Visiting hours are from 14.00 to 18.00. Mooring places - Promenade des Anglais and Lieutenant Schmidt embankmentFederal News Agency/Evgenia Avramenko
It will be possible to get to Kronstadt only by public transport, the number of which the city authorities will significantly increase, reports Ros-Registr. There will be more buses, with a 15-minute break, electric trains will follow from the Baltic Station to Oranienbaum, where guests will be received by special buses that will take them to Kronstadt and Fort Constantine. There will be a platform for viewing the parade at the fort, and other festive events for adults and children will also be held there.
On Sunday, July 29, travel along the central section of the Western High-Speed Diameter (WHSD) (from Ekateringofka to Bogatyrsky Prospekt) will be free during the raising of bridges.
In St. Petersburg, on the day of the holiday from 6.00 to 12.00, Nevsky Prospect from Dvortsovy Proezd to Sadovaya Street, Dvortsovy Proezd, Admiralteysky Proezd, Admiralteyskaya and English Embankments to the Blagoveshchensky Bridge, as well as Senate Square will be closed to vehicles.
On Sunday, July 29, from 10.00 to 11.30, traffic restrictions will be introduced for small, sports sailing, pleasure and fishing vessels in the waters of the Neva and Gulf of Finland, as well as in the Fontanka River (from Prachechny to Panteleimonovsky Bridge) and in the Winter Canal (from the Hermitage Bridge to the 2nd Winter Bridge).
On July 29, from 11.00 to 13.00, the Blagoveshchensky, Dvortsovy, Liteiny and Troitsky bridges will be closed to traffic and opened.
Will end festive program fireworks in honor of Navy Day. It will start at 22.00 on the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
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Navy Day in St. Petersburg 2018: the parade will be held on a grand scale
Russia celebrates Navy Day. Celebrations take place throughout the country - from Kamchatka to Kaliningrad. The main naval parade will take place in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, in which the country's President Vladimir Putin will take part. More than 40 warships will take part in the ceremonial events, almost half of which are the latest.
On July 29, 2018, Navy Day 2018 will be celebrated in the Northern capital. Residents and guests of the city will enjoy a lot of entertainment, the main one of which will be the Navy Parade.
The grandiose review of equipment will begin at 11:00 Moscow time in the waters of the Neva and in the Kronstadt roadstead, where 41 ships of all fleets - the Baltic, Northern, Black Sea, as well as the Caspian flotilla - will be stationed.
Channel One will broadcast the parade live. The broadcast starts at 11:00 Moscow time.
Navy Parade in St. Petersburg 2018. Live broadcast on July 29. Watch online VIDEO
Along the main water artery of St. Petersburg, in ceremonial formation from the Blagoveshchensky to the Trinity Bridge, the following will pass: the small missile boat "Uragan", the mine defense ship "Alexander Obukhov", missile, anti-sabotage, landing, patrol and artillery boats, the corvette "Soobrazitelny", diesel-electric the submarine "Dmitrov", the large landing ship "Minsk" and other vessels.
The best place to watch the aviation show is on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya and Lieutenant Schmidt embankment.
At the same time, large screens will be installed on Palace Square, where you can watch a live broadcast of the entire parade.
At 14:00 a big concert will begin on Palace Square. In particular, soloists of the Mariinsky Theater, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Rosenbaum, actor and singer Evgeny Dyatlov, the Rimsky-Korsakov Central Concert Orchestra of the Russian Navy under the direction of Alexey Karabanov, as well as Alexander F. Sklyar and group "Va-Bank", Oleg Gazmanov and the group "Squadron", "Turetsky Choir" and SOPRANO.
Fireworks on Navy Day in St. Petersburg on July 29, 2018: where to watch?
The festive program will end with fireworks in honor of Navy Day. It will start at 22.00 on the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Navy Day began to be celebrated in Russia
In Vladivostok, over 40 warships and support vessels took part in the celebration of Navy Day, said the official representative of the fleet, captain of the second rank Nikolai Voskresensky.
A parade and military sports festival took place in the waters of the Amur Bay, in which warships, boats, submarines, military equipment of the coastal forces and more than 1.5 thousand military personnel of the Pacific Fleet took part, TASS reports.
In particular, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Order of Nakhimov, the guards missile cruiser "Varyag", the large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Panteleev", the destroyer "Bystry" and other ships took part in the parade.
The ships demonstrated how they search for and destroy enemy submarines and underwater mines, the Pacific Fleet special forces demonstrated the capture of a submarine, and the amphibious assault showed a landing on the coast.
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In addition to the already mentioned new flagship “Admiral Gorshkov”, among the new products of the domestic fleet, parade spectators will also see the small rocket ship “Uragan”, the large landing ship “Ivan Gren”, the reconnaissance ship “Ivan Khurs”, and the small missile ship of the “Karakurt” type. In total, 18 new units of the Russian fleet will be involved in the parade.
More than 30 warships, submarines and boats will be involved in the ceremonial events in Sevastopol. The holiday will begin with the ceremonial raising of St. Andrew's flags and flags of color on the ships of the fleet. Then, in the inner roadstead of Sevastopol Bay, a parade of ships and a military sports festival will take place, during which 18 episodes are planned to be shown demonstrating the capabilities of the fleet forces.
The program for the holiday in St. Petersburg is also impressive. Warships from four Russian fleets - the Baltic, Northern, Black Sea and Pacific, as well as the Caspian Flotilla - will take part in the parade. In addition, naval aviation will take part in the parade.
In the first historical part of the parade, artillery boats of the Caspian Flotilla will pass along the Neva, carrying the flags of the formations that defended maritime borders during the Great Patriotic War. In the second part of the parade, modern ships of the Russian Navy will demonstrate their combat power.
While St. Petersburg is just preparing for the start of the grandiose parade, in the East of the country the main part of the holiday has already died down. The naval parade in Vladivostok took place in the waters of the Amur Bay.
The parade formation was led by the flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Order of Nakhimov, the guards missile cruiser "Varyag". Behind it are the large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Panteleev", the destroyer "Bystry", the hospital ship "Irtysh", the training ship of the Baltic Fleet "Perekop" from Sevastopol, the border ship "Commander". The submarine “Komsomolsk-on-Amur” closed the parade line.
