A few hours left before the start of the events dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War over fascist german invaders. These are military parades, festive concerts and exhibitions, and many other thematic events. Festive events are held in all cities, including St. Petersburg. We invite residents and guests of the city to take part in events dedicated to this memorable date.
Poster of festive events for Victory Day on May 9, 2018 in St. Petersburg
The solemn procession of veterans and residents of Kronstadt and the festive passage of the troops of the Kronstadt garrison, dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory Soviet people in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945
Solemn processions of veterans and residents of the Petrodvorets district of St. Petersburg with solemn rallies and the laying of wreaths and flowers at the memorials:
10.45 - Peterhof, Masterovy per. – Saint-Petersburg pr. – “Primorsky” memorial of the Green Belt of Glory of Leningrad;
13.30 - settlement. Strelna, St. Petersburg Highway, 69 - a memorial to fallen soldiers on Pine Alley;
13.45 - Lomonosov, stele "Lomonosov - City military glory"- a memorial in Martyshkino) May 9, 2018
Festive processions, solemn and mourning rallies and flower-laying ceremonies dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
- Sestroretsk, from the square. freedom; 11.00
- Zelenogorsk, from the square. banking; 11.00
- p. Pesochny, on the street. Soviet. 12.00
solemn processions, festive events dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
– Pavlovsk, Peschany per., 11/13 – Detskoselskaya st., Fraternal burial “Grieving” 10:00
- Pushkin, Oktyabrsky Boulevard. – Magazeynaya st., Square near the Tsarskoselsky Youth House 12.00
Solemn procession of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, delegations public organizations, detachments educational institutions, administration of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg and municipalities dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Festive program for veterans and residents of the Central District of St. Petersburg in the Summer Garden, dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 May 9, 2018 at 12.00
Solemn procession of veterans and residents of the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg"Parade of the Victors" and theatrical prologue dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 start at 12.30
(from the building of the district administration, Stachek Ave., 18, to the Palace of Culture and Technology named after I.I. Gas, Stachek Ave., 72)
and a festive concert "This Victory Day", dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Festive concert program and festive fireworks dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Festive concert "Victory May!" Dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Regional festive concert dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Street holiday dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Festive solemn procession and festive concert dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Solemn procession of veterans and residents of the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg, dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
(Brother Radchenko St. - Proletarskaya St. - Volodarsky Bridge - Krasnaya St. - Svoboda Boulevard) May 9, 2018 14.00
Festive program "Victory May", dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Festive concerts and fireworks dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
- Sestroretsk, pl. Svobody, d. 1;
- Zelenogorsk, the area in front of Lyceum No. 445;
- Pesochny village, VMG, 8 quarter, 140, square in front of the House of Culture and Creativity. May 9, 2018 6:55 pm
Musical pyrotechnic show "Colors of Victory", dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Fireworks dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945:
- Kolpino, the flood of the Izhora river
- p. Metallostroy, st. Bogachuk, on the lakes
Fireworks in the City of Military Glory Lomonosov
– Square near the fountain (Aleksandrovskaya st., 32-36)
Fireworks dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945:
Festive concert with the participation of People's Artist of Russia Vasily Gerello "Let's bow to those great years", dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (St. Isaac's Square) May 9, 2018
Festive concert dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (Summer Stage, Sosnovka Park) May 9, 2018
Festive thematic street event for residents of the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg, dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Petersburg is preparing to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The main festive events, as usual, will be held in the historical center northern capital, but other urban areas will also be affected. Among other things, in honor of Victory Day this year, a military Victory Parade will traditionally be held in St. Petersburg, along Nevsky Prospekt " Immortal Regiment", on the Palace Square and other venues in the city will give festive concerts, and the day will end with a grand fireworks display. brings to your attention the announcement of the most significant events, which can be visited on May 9 by all interested Petersburgers and guests of our city.
9.00 — Lighting of torches on Rostral columns and the beginning of the Naval parade of ships and vessels of the Baltic Fleet
10.00 - Victory Parade on Palace Square
12.00 - “Memory Watch” at the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad on Victory Square
12.00 - People's Choir of Victory 2017 at the Kazan Cathedral
14.30 – Veterans ride in vintage cars along Nevsky Prospekt to Palace Square
15.00 - Procession " Immortal Regiment» along Nevsky prospect
17.00 — Festive gala concert on Palace Square
21.00 - Performance of the combined choir of St. Petersburg universities on the steps of the Stock Exchange building on the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island
22.00 - Festive artillery salute at the walls Peter and Paul Fortress.
Naval parade in the waters of the Neva
9.00. The festive program will open on May 9 with a naval parade of ships and vessels of the Baltic Fleet, which will begin at 9.00. This year, 10 ships and vessels of the Baltic Fleet will take part in it, including the large landing ship "Alexander Shabalin", the corvette "Guarding", a submarine of the "Varshavyanka" type and a patrol ship of project 22350. Warships will line up along the Universitetskaya and Lieutenant Schmidt embankments Vasilyevsky Island, as well as from the English and Admiralteyskaya embankments on the opposite bank of the Neva. It is planned that after the end of the solemn part, everyone will be able to board them for an excursion.
Victory Parade 2017 on Palace Square
10.00. The key point of the celebration of Victory Day in St. Petersburg, of course, will be Palace Square, where the Victory Parade will start at exactly 10.00. As our agency previously reported, 4,000 servicemen of the Western Military District and cadets of higher educational institutions Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. mechanized column military equipment the legendary Pobeda T-34-85 tank will lead, and among the latest combat vehicles you can also see Typhoon armored vehicles, T-72B3 tanks, 2S19 Msta-S and 2S23 Nona-SVK self-propelled artillery mounts, S- 400 "Triumph" and "Iskander". In total, 96 units of military equipment will take part in the Victory Parade this year.
Air parade over the center of St. Petersburg
An important feature of the Victory Parade 2017 in St. Petersburg will be participation in it military aviation. On May 9, Mi-8, Mi-26, Mi-24, Ka-52 helicopters, Su-27, MiG-29SMT, Su-35, Su-34 fighters, An-12, An-26 and Tu-134 - more than 40 units in total. Special interest fans and connoisseurs of military aviation will certainly be caused by the passage of a stratospheric MiG-31BM (according to NATO classification, Foxhound - “Fox Hound”) over Palace Square. The air parade will be best seen from Palace Square, but it will be possible to observe the flight of military aircraft over the city from other points in the center of St. Petersburg.
"People's Choir of Victory" at the Kazan Cathedral
IN 12.00 on the square near Kazansky cathedral will be held annual people's patriotic action "People's Choir of Victory". Its main theme this year will be "Ten Moments of Victory" - ten battles, ten songs, thanks to which we keep the memory of the Great Patriotic War. Also in the period from May 2 to 9 along the colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral, a photo exhibition "The Link of Times" by Sergei Larenkov was organized. Everyone of any age will be able to take part in the action - from small children with their parents to veterans who decided to remember their former youth and honor the memory of their wartime comrades with a song.
Victory Day in the Peter and Paul Fortress
From 9.00 to 22.00 all Petersburgers and guests of our city will be able to visit the exhibition historical technology, see the reconstruction of artillery positions and dugouts. Battle flags will also be displayed in the Peter and Paul Fortress, and thematic exhibitions will talk about the activities of the Leningrad police during the Great Patriotic War and during the blockade.
"Singing Fountains" on Moscow Square and at the Finland Station
From 12.00. It is on Victory Day in St. Petersburg that light and music complexes will begin to operate on the fountains of Moscow Square and on Lenin Square near the Finland Station. They will be solemnly launched on May 9, and they will delight the townspeople throughout the summer. A colorful show can be watched three times a day starting at 12.00. The duration of each light and music episode will be 20 minutes. The performance will be accompanied by sound classical music, and jets of water, colored with hundreds of lights, will rise up in time with it. In total, 49 fountains and three fountain complexes will operate in the city this year.
"Spring of Victory" on Elagin Island
At 14.00 the festive program will begin at the Central Park of Culture and Culture at the memorial sign for minesweepers and will open with a solemn rally "Memory Watch". Every year on May 9, veterans of the Baltic Fleet minesweeping brigades, their relatives and friends, as well as young cadets of naval schools and ordinary citizens gather at the stele "To the minesweepers". As part of the traditional rally memorial sign flowers will be laid, a "Wreath of Remembrance" will be lowered into the water to the sailors who died in the mine war at sea. At the end of the rally, led by a brass band, the participants of the event and guests of the park will march in a solemn procession to the Variety Theater, where the festive program will begin.
"Fashion Show 1945" in the Summer Garden
14.00. This project was created in 2012 by fashion historian Megan Virtanen. In five years, it has become a good tradition dedicated to the Victory Day. In past years, displays of retro outfits were held at the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Culture, at the National Library of Russia on Moskovsky Prospekt and at the Mayakovsky Library. This time the project was supported by the Russian Museum and the fashion show will take place on the main alley summer garden. To the music of accordionist Sergei Petrov and with comments by Virtanen, beauties dressed in spring outfits in the spirit of the 1940s will defile for the audience. Any girl can take part in the competition. The only condition is the full compliance of the outfit, hairstyle, makeup and accessories with the Soviet fashion of 1945.
"Immortal Regiment" on Nevsky Prospekt
15.00. One of the brightest events of the holiday, of course, will be the annual all-Russian action "Immortal Regiment", in which all those who cherish the memory of the victorious front-line soldiers are invited to participate. It is expected that this year more than 300 thousand Petersburgers will march in the Immortal Regiment column with portraits of their relatives who participated in the battles of the Great Patriotic War. Construction will begin on Staro-Nevsky Prospekt - on the section from Suvorovsky Prospekt to Alexander Nevsky Square.
Please note that the exits from the Ploshchad Vosstaniya and Mayakovskaya metro stations will be blocked during the construction of the Immortal Regiment, so in order to take part in the action, you will need to get to the Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo metro station, since the filling of the column it is meant from there and, as far as possible, along the side streets (Mytninskaya, Degtyarnaya, Kharkovskaya, Executive Committee and Poltava). Exactly at 15.00 "Immortal Regiment" will move along Nevsky Prospekt towards Palace Square.
"RioRita - the joy of Victory" in the Ekateringof park
From 18.00 to 21.00 everyone is invited to Yekateringof Park near the Narvskaya metro station, which, as part of the federal art project RioRita - the Joy of Victory, will turn into a dance floor for three hours. The main action of the holiday will be dancing in the city park to the music of the 30s and 40s performed by a military brass band. Authentic costumes, a stylized sale of ice cream, soda and pies will add realism to the event, Balloons, original photo booths, where everyone can take a picture for memory. Guests of the holiday will receive memorable souvenirs. The main symbol of the event will be lilac - the main flower of the Victory, spring, the personification of the beginning of a new peaceful life.
Festive concert on Palace Square
AT 17:00 all Petersburgers and guests of the Northern capital are again welcomed to Palace Square, where a gala concert dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War will begin. From the central stage, located near the arch of the General Staff Building, melodies and songs of the war years performed by popular artists and groups will be heard. In particular, Oleg Gazmanov, Vasily Gerello, Methodie Bujor and many others are expected to participate in the concert program famous performers. At the same time, an exhibition of military equipment will be held on Palace Square, various interactive platforms will operate, dedicated to the Day Victory.
22.00. The celebration of Victory Day in St. Petersburg will end with a traditional artillery salute, which will thunder from the walls of the Peter and Paul Fortress - the first salvo will be fired at 22.00. By tradition, the fireworks division of the Northwestern Military District prepared a magnificent spectacle for the citizens, which will be best seen from the embankments in the city center, as well as from the nearby bridges: Palace, Birzhevoy or Troitsky. However, we remind you that it is better to come there in advance - 30-40 minutes before the start.
Despite the fact that on Victory Day, May 9, the St. Petersburg metro will operate around the clock, some central stations temporarily change their mode of operation. According to the press service of the St. Petersburg subway, most of the stations in the center will work only for exits, and Mayakovskaya, we recall, will generally be closed for an hour - from 14.30 to 15.30.
In addition, the Admiralteyskaya station will operate only for exits from 8.30 to 11.30 and from 15.30 to 24.00. Only the stations "Alexander Nevsky Square - 1" and "Alexander Nevsky Square - 2" will let passengers out from 14.00 to 15.25.
At the same time, lobby 2 of Ploshchad Vosstaniya station (exit to Moskovsky railway station) will be open only for exits from 14.30 to 15.30. At the same time, lobby 1 of Ploshchad Vosstaniya station (exit to Vosstaniya Street) at the same time will be open only to the entrance.
From 21.25 to 22.00, Gorkovskaya station will operate only for exit.
At the same time, from 07.00 to 20.00, the lobbies of the Dostoevskaya and Institute of Technology- one". As explained in the press service of the St. Petersburg Metro, if necessary, operational regulation of passenger traffic is possible.
Metro passengers are asked to plan travel routes in advance.
