Parade on Poklonnaya Hill on May 9. Victory Day: festive events. Victory Day celebration

We can and must please the heroes

For several years now, a youth charity foundation “V.N.U.K” has existed in Moscow. The project activists themselves decipher the acronym as “Veterans need care and company” - and are ready to give the remaining veterans, those who do not have grandchildren, both. On the eve of May 9th their main task: do general cleaning in the apartments of those old people who can no longer cope with washing windows or shaking out carpets themselves. And along the way, of course, talk - many veterans willingly share their memories of difficult times, and volunteers willingly listen to them. Most enthusiasts are very young: schoolchildren and students.

If you want something more pathetic than simple wet cleaning, then you can take part in the patriotic event “Thank you for the Victory,” which will take place on May 6–7. As part of this project, citizens can write any personal warm words of gratitude to veterans on postcards - and Moscow volunteers will definitely pass them on to the recipients. Special mailboxes will be installed in Moscow's largest parks, and all collected postcards will be sent to veterans' councils by May 9.

In addition, a photo album - perhaps already decorated with several cards from the war years - or something more practical would be an excellent gift for a veteran. According to experienced volunteers, an LED lamp (a great way to save on electricity in the coming months), a blanket or warm blanket, treats like chocolate and fruit, or just a basket of groceries can please the elderly - what seems boring and unromantic to young people will be greeted with a bang old people.

Veterans with whom you personally know can be invited to the cinema - especially since it will not cost anything. More than 40 films dedicated to the Great Patriotic War can be seen at free charity film screenings from May 6 to May 9 in cinemas and parks. They will show these famous films, like “The Ballad of a Soldier”, “The Fate of a Man”, “Twenty Days Without War”, “And the Dawns Here Are Quiet...”, “Belorussky Station”, “Soldiers”, “Mashenka” and other films. However, if going to the cinema were not free, many Muscovites would be happy to please the heroes. There is not even a doubt about it.

The option is no worse - going to the theater or to a concert, especially since on the eve of an important holiday several youth volunteer associations planned performances dedicated to the war, also for free. For example, in the recreation center "Stimul" (Sibirsky proezd, 2, p. 5) on May 4 at 20.00 there will be a concert military songs “Let's bow to those great years”, organized by an amateur vocal studio. And near the Volzhskaya metro station (Shkuleva St., 15/18) on May 6 at 19.00 the actors of the amateur theater "Tener" invite everyone to musical performance“And the Dawns Here Are Quiet,” which will feature old pre-war songs performed by young actors, also free of charge.

Several special holiday concerts will be organized separately for veterans:

May 5 - at the territorial social service centers "Yasenevo" and "Zyuzino", beginning at 10.00;

Listen to the Alexandrov Ensemble

The main holiday celebrations in the city will, of course, take place on May 9th. But you shouldn’t sit at home waiting for fireworks and parades either. On April 28, the Moscow Spring acapella festival began in the city: a celebration of spring, music and good mood. Light white chalets decorated with fresh flowers appeared on the streets and squares of Moscow. The aroma from them is unearthly: you can’t even believe that you are in the center of a metropolis. Sometimes it is mixed with the smell of ice cream or barbecue: there is food at the festival for every taste. But main character this spring - music. They play everywhere and in all modes. On Theater Square jazz sounds, a little closer to the metro - blues... (By the way, the points with the artists are placed very competently: far enough so that the songs do not merge, and close enough so that you can quickly move between venues). In total, 150 performers will perform for Muscovites, which will total 1,200 hours of live music.

On Pushkin Square As part of the festival, the famous director and choreographer Yegor Druzhinin will stage the musical “Girl Without an Address” based on the Soviet romantic film. The last session will take place May 5 at 16.00 and 18.00. In addition, thematic excursions will be held as part of the festival. educational walks, dedicated to composers, musical theaters and capital patrons who patronized musical life cities are starting in Stoleshnikov Lane, house 6–8. For example, May 6 at 13.00 they will talk about the ceremonial and non-ceremonial Tverskaya, and May 7 at 13.00 will hold a musical tour of Moscow. Excursions about literature and history will start at Novy Arbat, 13. The final gala concert of the festival will take place on May 8.

Special holiday concerts dedicated to Victory Day will begin already May 8. At the entrance square of Victory Park, on Poklonnaya Hill, on this day at 17.00 The Kremlin Riding School will host a fashion show - the “Traditions of Russia” show. Cavalrymen will march across the square in orderly steps, and there will be a parade with the flags of the hero cities. In addition, riders will perform tricks on horses. On main stage at the same time the concert will begin.

May 9 at 13.00 in Victory Park a traditional concert will take place symphony orchestra Mariinsky Theater under the direction of Valery Gergiev. It will mark the end of the Easter festival, with which the maestro traveled all over Russia and visited Syria. Those who were unable to get to Red Square can start their morning there, on Poklonnaya Hill: at 10.00 The Victory Parade will be broadcast on large television screens.

For the first time on Poklonnaya Hill The event “Light of Memory” will take place. A 10-meter structure will appear on the entrance square: an image of fire and a flower, war and the joy of Victory. The torch flower will change color from red to white to gold.

In general, concerts will be held in every park in the capital. On the square in front of the main entrance of VDNH will speak Academic ensemble songs and dances named after Alexandrov. The ensemble, revived after a terrible tragedy in December 2016, has prepared a special repertoire. On May 9, an ensemble of military drummers will perform, and the choir will perform “Dark-skinned Girl,” “Oh, Roads...”, “It’s Time to Hit the Road,” and “On a Sunny Meadow.” The arch of the main entrance itself will turn into one huge screen on which footage of the pre- and post-war years of VDNH history will be broadcast.

Gorky Park these days will be filled with music. It's better to come at 13.00, and immediately - to the dance: everyone will be taught “Soviet retro”. The lesson will last two hours. If you're not in the mood for dancing, try the French chanson performed by Philippe Darès: close your eyes and imagine the narrow streets of Paris in the setting sun... Every half hour from 16.30 they will tell true stories about the war, and at 21.00 The film screening of “Once upon a time there was a girl” will begin - a film about the life of besieged Leningrad.

Theater Square- traditional meeting place for veterans - May 9 will live up to its name and become a platform on which scenes from plays about the war will be performed. Literary readings from young actors and graduates theater universities will also be held on Triumfalnaya Square. The most active ones will be able to take part in collective readings of poems dedicated to the war.

May 8 and 9 Pushkinskaya Square will turn into a cinema hall open air. A cinema will be installed at the monument to the poet: Muscovites will see musical performances and films about the war. And at the end of the holiday there will be a concert with military songs.

At the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Victory Day Mosconcert artists will perform. Naturally, war songs will be performed. From 19.00 to 20.00 The orchestra will perform under the direction of the famous conductor Pavel Ovsyannikov. At one time he led the Presidential Orchestra and collaborated with Alexandra Pakhmutova and Lyubov Kazarnovskaya.

On May 6, a parade of the cadet movement will be held on Poklonnaya Hill, in which more than 2.5 thousand students from cadet classes in Moscow schools will take part. It will begin exactly at noon, and the event will end with the launching of doves and the laying of flowers at the Fire of Memory and Glory. The parade of the cadet movement, like all other performances by boys and girls in uniform, will be held under the motto “The connection between generations will not be interrupted!”

How to watch the parade?

It will start at 10.00 on Red Square and will be broadcast on TV channels. Ideal option For those who want to look at the equipment, it is possible to attend rehearsals or catch the equipment after the parade. You won't be able to get to Red Square - all invitations are personal only and are not available for free sale. The parade will be broadcast at city venues and parks.

The flight of aircraft can be seen from many points. Perhaps the best of them is Raushskaya embankment. And it will be possible to photograph the equipment above St. Basil's Cathedral. Tall buildings will not obscure the view.

It is ideal to look at the equipment along the route. At the same time, it is better to avoid Tverskaya Street from Pushkinskaya Square to Manezhnaya - this section will still be blocked. Alternatively, you can look at the equipment during parade rehearsals - for example, on May 7 at 10.00 there will be a dress rehearsal with the participation of foot columns and military equipment, and on May 4 in the morning you can see an aviation flyover over Moscow.

But with foot columns things are more complicated, because they usually approach Red Square from several sides - along Varvarka, Ilyinka and from Kotelnicheskaya Embankment.

It is better to reserve viewing places in advance, because, as practice shows, there will be many people who want to see the columns of military equipment and “boxes”.

Reconstructions of military events

Central Museum of Armored Weapons and Equipment in Kubinka on May 9 will conduct a historical reconstruction of the events “Victory in the Great Patriotic War.” Spectators will see the battle for the Seelow Heights, and then concert events will begin in which spectators will be able to participate. Patriot Park even invited its guests to send a list of songs that they would like to sing to the accompaniment of a button accordion.

A large exhibition of military equipment “Weapons of Victory” will be held in Gorky Park May 8–9. The ZiS-2 anti-tank gun, T-60, T-37A tanks, M-30 howitzer and other equipment will be on display on Pushkinskaya embankment. Those who wish will be fed soldier's porridge.

Children will also find something to do in Gorky Park- little guests of the park will be able to feel like nurses and intelligence officers. The popular war game “Zarnitsa” will be held for them.

In Kuzminki Park Those who wish will be able to take pictures in wartime uniforms, and then launch letters of gratitude into the sky to those who defended our Motherland.

In the park "Tsaritsyno" In memory of the war soldiers, a ten-meter-high installation “Immortal Flight” will appear in the park - many white cranes flying into the sky. Guests of the holiday will be able to fold their own cranes out of paper and complement the installation. In addition, at 20:00 a concert of wartime songs will begin in the park, accompanied by the symphony orchestra of the Moscow Academic musical theater them. K. S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

A in Izmailovsky Park guests will be able to retrain as aircraft designers and create their own model aircraft.

On Victory Square, at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the exhibition “Battle for Moscow. First victory." At the exhibition you will be able to see military equipment, military household items, equipment, weapons, etc. 35 museums provided exhibits from their collections.

On Chistoprudny Boulevard The exhibition “Front-line Life of Heroes” will open - the installations “Hospital”, “Young Soldier Course”, “Before the Battle”, “Photo Studio”, “Dance Floor of the 40s”, “Station, Meeting of Heroes” are presented here.

At 18.55 A minute of silence will be declared throughout the city.

The concert program will begin at 19.00.

Where to watch fireworks?

The spectacle will begin at 22.00 Moscow time and will last 10 minutes. 18 guns and 72 fireworks installations will be placed at 16 points: in Luzhniki, on Poklonnaya Hill, at VDNH, in Kyzminki, Izmailovo, Lianozovo, Tyshin, Obrychevo, Novo-Peredelkino, Pokrovsk-Streshnevo, Mitino, Butove, on Borisovskie Prydy street , in the Levoberezhny district and in the cities of Troitsk and 3elenograd.

It is best to watch the fireworks on Poklonnaya Hill (there will be the most guns here) and on observation deck on Vorobyovy Gory, from where you can clearly see the whole of Moscow.

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May 7 from 7.00 until the end of the dress rehearsal of the military parade in honor of Victory Day and May 9 from 7.00 until the end of the parade on Red Square stations "Revolution Square", "Okhotny Ryad", "Teatralnaya", "Alexandrovsky Garden", "Borovitskaya" and " Library named after Lenina" will only operate for entry and transfer of passengers.

On May 7 and 9, during the construction of columns of military equipment and their passage along Tverskaya Street, the exit of passengers from the stations “Pushkinskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Mayakovskaya”, “Lubyanka” (towards Nikolskaya Street), “China” will be limited -gorod" (towards Ilyinka, Kitaygorodsky proezd and Varvarka).

On May 9, throughout the day at the Park Pobedy station, lobby No. 1 will be open only for exits, and lobby No. 2 will be open only for entrances.

On May 9, from 12:00 until the end of the festive events, entry to the Park Pobedy, Kutuzovskaya, Kievskaya, and Belorusskaya stations will be limited.

On May 9, after the end of the fireworks and public festivities, passenger entry will be limited to the stations “Revolution Square”, “Okhotny Ryad”, “Alexandrovsky Sad”, “Arbatskaya” of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, “Borovitskaya”, “Lubyanka”, “Kuznetsky Most”, “China-Gorod”, “Pushkinskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Park of Culture”, “Oktyabrskaya”, “Sparrow Hills”, “University”, “Sportivnaya”.

On May 9, Victory Day will be celebrated in Moscow parks. The program includes brass bands and songs of the war years, performances, film screenings and fireworks.

An installation of soldiers' letters from the front and an exhibition of military equipment will appear in Gorky Park, an orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev will perform in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, the traditional Victory Ball will be held in the Hermitage Garden, and the Walking Band Festival will be held in the Bauman Garden.

At 19 sites at 22:00 you can see fireworks: Gorky Park, Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, Sokolniki Park, Hermitage Garden, Krasnaya Presnya, Garden named after. Bauman, Tagansky, Izmailovsky, Kuzminki, Vorontsovsky, Lianozovsky, Goncharovsky, Perovsky, Northern Tushino, Lilac Garden, Gardeners, 50th Anniversary of Moscow Park, Babushkinsky, 850th Anniversary of Moscow Park.

Gorky Park

At the main entrance to the park there will be a large-scale installation of real letters from soldiers from the front, the texts of which will be heard from the speakers. In the morning, a live broadcast of the Victory Parade will be shown on the balustrade, and in the afternoon, on the main stage of the park, there will be a concert of a military song from the Rokada Foundation for Combat Veterans and a performance by singer Julian Dassin with the Navy Orchestra. An exhibition of military equipment and field kitchens will be located on Pushkinskaya Embankment.

In the Muzeon Art Park you will be able to find out the most eloquent information about the Great Patriotic War. How many days did it last battle of Stalingrad, how many bombs were dropped on Moscow, how many cities were turned into ruins - war statistics in installation format will allow you to feel the scale of losses.

Sokolniki Park

Guests of the park will enjoy a concert program with the participation of the Leisya Pesnya ensemble and the cover band Rock’n’Lora. A theatrical production will be shown on Festival Square - a chess game between the USSR and Germany on a large playing field. Anti-aircraft guns, military motorcycles and other equipment will move around the site. The park will feature dynamic air fountains “Tongues of Flame”, tantamaresques in the form of guns of the Great Patriotic War and signs with poignant lines from the last letters of soldiers from the front. Visitors will be able to write congratulations to veterans on an art object - a large triangular letter “We remember, we are proud and we honor.”

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

The celebration will begin with a live broadcast of the Victory Parade. The event will continue with a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. At the intersection of the Alley of Soldiers and the Alley of War and Labor Veterans, a annual festival"Musical Quarter" with the participation creative teams The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, cadet corps, art schools and historical reconstruction clubs. In the evening, a festive concert of the TV Center channel will take place on the main stage. The celebration will end with an artillery salvo from 18 guns.

Hermitage Garden

The atmosphere of the 40s will be recreated in the garden, an exhibition of Soviet retro cars will appear, and a Military Brass Band and a Male Chamber Choir will perform. At 18:00 on the square in front of the historical stage the Victory Ball “At six o’clock in the evening...” will begin: dances of guests of the holiday and veterans, performances dance groups, songs of the war years. Will pass open lessons on retro dances: Krakowiak, tango, waltz and others.

Garden named after Bauman

For the second time Festival will be held walking orchestras. Brass bands from Russia and different corners world: “Mosbras”, ½ Orchestra, “Polite People”, “Second Line”, Pakava It. A retro zone with treats and music from the Valeri Bukreev Jazz Band will be organized for veterans and older people. This year, the program included modern street culture: master classes in graffiti, beat boxing, freestyling and dancing from the Hip-Hop Academy school and the L.Mosquitos group.

Tagansky Park

The choir of the Mishanyan and Co. Orchestra and the Valery Bukreev Orchestra will perform. They will show the documentary play “Katya + Sergey. Letters" of the Rupor Theater. It is based on the correspondence of Major General Sergei Kolesnikov, commander of the artillery division of the Bryansk Front, with his wife. There will be master classes on dancing in the style of the 40s. The culmination of the holiday will be a children's parade - a procession of children in homemade costumes through the stadium and park alleys.

Krasnaya Presnya

Concert with the participation of singer Anna Sizova, the Modern orchestra and the group “Against the Rules”. Guests will see the theatrical production “Letters of Memory,” telling about the fate of the military generation. There will be a 40s-style photo zone with instant photo printing and a field kitchen.

Izmailovsky Park

A military song concert will be held in the main square of the park. Musical accompaniment of the holiday will be provided by cover bands Orange People, “Babylon”, Jazz band Move and Kadnikoff Band. The headliner of the concert will be the rock band Thomas. There will be a dance floor and a lecture hall with readings of poems and stories about the war. The “Walk of Fame” will stretch from the Main Entrance, on which there will be photographs with stories about the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

Kuzminki Park

At the Open Microphone site, everyone will be able to congratulate veterans. At 13:00 a brass band and the children's art school "Center" will perform, and at 15:00 the winners of the VIII Moscow Youth Patriotic Competition "Spring of '45" will appear on stage. At 18:00 the costumed Victory Ball will begin: to the accompaniment of the State brass band Russia will pass demonstration performances dance couples Guests will try to dance rio-rita, tango and waltz. At 20:00 the concert of the stars of “Radio Dacha” will begin. During the day, a “Frontline Photographer” will be available to visitors: they will be able to take pictures in military uniforms and with props from the 1940s.

Park "Sadovniki"

The concert program will include the military brass band “Modern” with marches and romances of the war years, and the vocal group “Five” with a program of ballads about war and love. In the “Doves of Peace” workshop, children will make doves and voluminous paper flowers that can be given to veterans or kept as souvenirs.

Perovsky Park

Artists from Moscow theaters will perform a musical and poetic program “Poems and Songs of the War Years”: works by Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak and other poets will be performed. The musical group of Peter Nalich will perform a special program. The demonstration orchestra of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will be responsible for the musical accompaniment of the holiday. There will be a military field kitchen in the style of the “Army Rest”.

Fili Park

Will perform musical groups and People's Artist of the RSFSR Irina Miroshnichenko. Master classes and yard games during the war years will be organized for children. Songs and stories about the war will be heard in the park all day long.

Babushkinsky Park

Festive concert with the participation of the military brass band “Salute of Moscow”, People's Artist RF Lyudmila Ryumina and the cover band Forward motion. Visitors can enjoy dancing to war songs with street theater actors.

Park "Northern Tushino"

The park will feature a reconstruction of the battles of the Great Patriotic War, performances by the Moskvichka drummer ensemble, the S Plus show ballet, the Alexander Park group and others.

Victory Day will also be celebrated in Lianozovsky, Vorontsovsky, Artem Borovik Park, 50th Anniversary of Moscow Park, Lilac Garden, Goncharovsky Park and others.

The holiest and brightest holiday in Russia has always been and remains Victory Day. Other former countries Soviet Union they also honor this date, paying tribute to those who died for the liberation of the world from fascist filth. Victory Day on May 9, 2017, as always, will take place through the streets and squares of all cities in Russia and many other countries that suffered from the German invaders. This year, for the convenience of workers and students, Monday will be added to the holiday falling on Tuesday, and the previous Saturday, May 6, will become a shortened working day. Thus, we will rest on the 7th, 8th, 9th.

Victory Day celebration

The spring significant day will begin the procession from the eastern outskirts - Vladivostok traditionally celebrates it with a parade on central square Fighters of the revolution. Residents of all major cities of the country will become spectators at military marches dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory over fascism.

On Victory Day 2017, events on Red Square, as always, will be spectacular and touching. The few survivors of the war will take the most honorable places on the podium, with children and grandchildren next to them. The connection between generations in the country clearly demonstrates the unity of the people and traditions, which are the basis for the education of youth. The President will congratulate the veterans and everyone present on Victory Day and will open the parade. Military school cadets and representatives of various branches of the military will walk along the paving stones, as will military equipment of the latest generation; military aircraft will take to the sky, as if on a ruler, maintaining their distance - this spectacle makes a great impression.

On a fine May day, thousands of Muscovites and city guests gather on Poklonnaya Hill. The architectural and sculptural complex, opened in 1995, consists of:

• Victory Monument;
• stelae 141;
• 8 m high with bronze bas-reliefs and the figure of the goddess Nike;
• Museum of the Great Patriotic War;
• Church of St. George the Victorious;
• Holocaust Museum;
• Memorial synagogues and mosques;
• sculptural compositions.

The architectural ensemble is a place where parents bring their children to feel the bitterness of the war years and the cost Great Victory. 1418 fountains in memory of every harsh day, authentic technology, the Victory Banner, which fluttered over the Reichstag in 1945 - all these elements and attributes leave an indelible mark on our hearts. On Poklonnaya Hill in live The 2017 Victory Day Parade is broadcast, and after it ends, a festive concert begins in an open area, where famous singers songs of the war years are heard. And in the evening, at exactly 22 o'clock, it begins festive fireworks, Poklonnaya Mountain – best place, where from a height of 365 m you can observe how in different areas capital, the sky is illuminated with colorful lights.

Events for Victory Day 2017

After the end of the Parade, folk festivities begin in the parks and squares of the capital with a concert program and a field kitchen. People who experienced terrible war days in their childhood sing old forgotten songs to the sounds of an accordion and rejoice in peaceful life. The celebration of Victory Day is a tribute to the memory of those who have passed away and gratitude to living veterans, not one of whom will be ignored by the administration of cities and towns. Children of the war also receive gifts, flowers and congratulations; the city authorities organize days of remembrance for them, set tables, organize a Victory Day concert with performances by children's groups, which is especially touching for older people.

Many other events take place in Russian cities, but none of them can be compared in scale to the “Immortal Regiment”. The brilliant idea, which swept the entire country and went beyond its borders, was first held in the city of Tomsk in 2012 on the initiative of journalist Sergei Lapenkov. Every year the action is gaining momentum; Victory Day in Moscow 2017 will undoubtedly attract a procession of thousands and stretch across half the capital. Residents of other cities come to the heart of the country to walk along Red Square with photographs of their warring relatives; this is an indicator of cohesion, the unity of living generations and a demonstration of the memory of departed liberators. Great-great-grandchildren are already proudly talking about the feat of those who fought; children, sitting on the shoulders of their fathers, try to hold up photographs of young soldiers, carefully stored in family albums.

For the past two years, Russian President V.V. has been in the front row. Putin with a photo of his father, a front-line soldier. Cities abroad picked up the idea, and now our compatriots living in other countries are organizing a procession in memory of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War. In 2016, 50 countries around the world held a campaign “ Immortal Regiment”, in which a total of about 25 million people took part. In the CIS countries, Israel, the Baltic states, Europe, America, Canada, Australia, China, local residents marched in ranks next to our compatriots.

The motor rally for Victory Day 2017 will be held in Yelnya, the city of military Glory. For several years now, motorists have been driving through places marked by battle monuments and obelisks, and ending their journey at Ushakovo Field. At every stop they sing songs to the accordion military themes, laying flowers.

Veterans and disabled people of the Patriotic War will receive payments for Victory Day, which should be higher than in previous years.

In 2016, the maximum amount for the holiday for this category of persons was 51 thousand rubles, due to inflation, some increase is planned, veterans can also count on an increase in pensions, the corresponding amounts have already been included in the country’s budget.

Victory Day in Ukraine

Unfortunately, not all countries of the former Soviet Union honor the traditions of the holy holiday. Victory Day in Kyiv in 2017 will show whether Ukrainians’ views on this day have changed compared to 2016, which literally passed with tears in their eyes. Elderly veterans and nationalist youths had their St. George ribbons torn off and burned in front of the police; the weak resistance of the elderly was brutally suppressed by young, healthy guys - we are not talking about any respect for the feat of the liberators or respect for old age. But, nevertheless, the “Immortal Regiment” marched through the city, its participants managed to reach memorial monument To the unknown soldier and lay flowers.

Processions also took place in other cities of Ukraine, although they were not crowded. Fireworks on Victory Day in 2017, a favorite entertainment for children, will be in major cities of the country. Despite economic difficulties, the authorities are still trying to arrange a holiday for the townspeople - they tidy up the parks, plant flowers on the streets, and turn on fountains. Victory Day in Ukraine will always be celebrated with the hope of a peaceful sky and the restoration of justice, because those for whom this holiday is truly associated with the liberation of the country from Nazism and cruelty, those who preserve the memory of the feat of the Soviet soldier, are still alive.

Holiday traditions

Many older people who have not mastered modern technology traditionally congratulate friends and relatives by sending postcards on Victory Day in 2017; communications workers talk about an increasing flow of correspondence for the holiday. Veterans who have a home telephone are provided with free minutes so that they can call other cities and congratulate their friends on a wonderful bright day. And those who have mastered the wisdom of the Internet exchange virtual audio letters and animated greeting cards.

Elderly people need attention like no one else, so payments for Victory Day 2017 not only make it a little easier for them financial situation, but also remind us that they are not forgotten.

The days of May are full of pleasant events. Nature, awakened after winter, beckons you to go outside, you want to be with your family, and please your children with walks together. To get more emotions and find yourself in the most interesting places in your city, you should look on the Internet, look at the Victory Day 2017 schedule and decide at a family council where to go for a walk. Perhaps residents of a small town or village will want to go to some iconic city for impressions; the memories from such a trip will remain with children for a lifetime.

Victory Day in St. Petersburg will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. The city, fabulous in its beauty, is also the most famous for its heroic past. The siege of Leningrad will never be forgotten by the people who managed to survive it; all of them, to this day, take care of every crumb of bread. Therefore, the events taking place in this legendary place, imbued with deepest sorrow and gratitude to the liberators. Elegant parks, squares, streets are decorated with flags, and monuments to heroes are buried in flowers. Piskarevskoe memorial cemetery- a special mournful place to which residents go and go, bowing their heads northern capital. Victory Day, how many years in 2017 do the surviving Leningraders remember those tragic events... 872 days of terrible trials will never be consigned to oblivion.

Victory Day in Moscow May 9, 2017 events, what time are the fireworks, celebration program - Muscovites are preparing for the greatest holiday in May. The capital's mayor's office has prepared a surprise for residents and guests of the city - an imitation of the 1945 fireworks display.

Victory Day 2017 in Moscow events

Festive events in Moscow will begin at 10 am - Muscovites can expect the Victory Parade on Red Square. The parade will be broadcast simultaneously with the start of Russian TV channels. You can get into the parade itself only by personal invitation; others can watch the procession through the city streets or on a TV screen.

At 13.00, festive events will begin throughout Moscow. Residents of the capital and guests of the city will find a lot of interesting events- lectures, meetings with veterans, concerts and broadcasts of war films.

At 6:55 p.m., a minute of silence will begin across the country.

And already at 19.00, festive concerts begin throughout Moscow, ending with fireworks. Most beautiful fireworks expected on Poklonnaya Hill - the city administration installed floodlights there to fully convey the atmosphere of Victory Day in 1945. This spectacle will be remembered for a long time by the capital's residents. In total, fireworks in Moscow will be launched at 40 points; the most popular places can be seen on the map.

Parade on Red Square on May 9, 2019

The parade will be opened by foot columns of military school cadets and active military personnel. According to the organizers, this year there will be many debutants who will walk through Red Square for the first time.

The culmination will be a procession of military equipment. The mechanized column will include:

• Mobile ground-based missile systems "Yars"
• S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and 2S38 anti-aircraft gun
• Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems
• Armored personnel carriers "Boomerang"
• Self-propelled anti-tank missile systems "Kornet"
• Self-propelled artillery gun "Phlox"
• Armored vehicles "Typhoon"
• Multiple launch rocket system "Tornado-S"
• Reconnaissance and strike robotic complex "Soratnik"

Viewers will also see new military equipment, and this year they are all passenger cars:

• Lada 4x4 Pickup mini-trucks will drive across Red Square.
• Lightweight all-terrain and armed tactical all-terrain vehicle Chaborz M-3.
• Another novelty is the new command cabriolets, Aurus luxury cars.

The parade will end with a flyover of military aircraft and an air show.

The aerial part of the parade will involve 18 helicopters and 56 aircraft of operational-tactical, long-range, military transport and army aviation of the Aerospace Forces, including the newest KA-62 helicopter and A-100 aircraft. In total - 74 cars, according to the number of years since Victory Day.

Rehearsals for the Victory Day parade on Red Square

• April 29 at 19:00
• May 4 at 19:00
• May 7 at 10:00 – dress rehearsal

You can see military equipment along the route to Red Square from the street. Nizhnye Mnevniki, where she has been based since April 20. The equipment will pass along the Zvenigorodskoe highway, then turn along the Garden Ring to the street. Tverskaya-Yamskaya, which turns into Tverskaya, where there will be a stop and you can approach the cars and take photographs.

The equipment is returning along Vasilyevsky Spusk, through the Kremlin embankment, Vozdvizhenka street and New Arbat, with a turn to the Garden Ring and Zvenigorodskoye Highway.

On April 29, the rehearsal will begin at 19:00, the second night rehearsal will take place on May 4, and on May 7 from 10:00 there will be a dress rehearsal, which will almost completely correspond to the Victory Parade on May 9, 2019.

Where can you watch the aerial part of the parade?

• Petrovsky Park
• Leningradskoe highway
• Friendship Park near the River Station
• Tverskaya Zastava Square near Belorussky Station
• Sofia and Kremlin embankments

Action "Immortal Regiment" in Moscow in 2019

May 9 is a holiday with tears in our eyes, and this year one of the touching events will take place again - “Immortal Regiment”. All those who lost their relatives in the war and who had relatives who worked on the home front are invited to take part in it. The gathering will begin at 13:00, and the procession itself will begin at 15:00. In 2019, more than 700 thousand Muscovites intend to take part in the procession.

The route of the “Immortal Regiment” action in Moscow will run from the Dynamo metro station to Red Square: along Leningradsky Prospekt, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Tverskaya Street, Manezhnaya Square and Red Square. Then the procession will split and proceed along the Moskvoretskaya embankment and the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.

Residents of other Russian cities can obtain information about the gathering place and time of the procession on the official website of the event.

The best places to view the fireworks on May 9, 2019 in Moscow

Best places to watch fireworks:

• Moskvoretskaya embankment
• And also bridges - Krymsky and Borodinsky, Pushkinsky and Bagration

The evening sky of the city will be decorated with golden peonies, multi-colored chrysanthemums, as well as red, blue, green and yellow balloons.

Operation of the metro and ground transport

On May 9, ground transport will operate on a weekend schedule. The work of transport routes transporting passengers to Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill will be strengthened.

On May 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, parking in the paid parking area will be free.

Unified schedule of events

More than 300 different events were organized for guests and residents of Moscow from May 1 to May 10, 2019, including concerts and memory events, exhibitions and sports programs. Victory Day celebrations will take place at venues in the city center, in districts and in city parks. The holiday venues will start operating at 9:00.

Unified annual schedule of events:

• 9:00 – start of work of festive areas
• 10:00 - Victory Parade on Red Square
• 13:00 - festive events in honor of the 74th anniversary of the Second World War at city venues
• 15:00 - start of the “Immortal Regiment” campaign
• 18:55 - minute of silence
• 19:00 – evening concerts
• 22:00 - festive fireworks

Festival "Moscow Spring"

Let us remind you that from May 1 to May 12, the “Moscow Spring” festival is being held in Moscow for the third time as part of a cycle of city street events. The Moscow Spring festival is also a competition. The star jury and the audience themselves will choose best performers. Let us remind you that in 2018 the group “Six AppeaL” (USA) received the Grand Prize.

A special program is planned for May 8 and 9 as part of the festival, dedicated to the Day Pobeda, during which you will see theatrical and musical performances on sites and in parks in Moscow.

Work of museums and exhibitions

• On May 9, the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow can be visited for free. The museum will be open from 10:00 to 20:30. In addition to museum exhibits, visitors will visit an exhibition dedicated to the most significant medal of the Great Patriotic War - the medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War.” Patriotic War 1941-1945."
• Impressive tank battles will take place at the T-34 Tank Museum on May 9. Three dozen radio-controlled scale models of Soviet and German tanks will recreate the events of 1943 on the legendary Kursk Bulge. Starts at 14:00. Participation in the event on the territory of the museum and memorial complex is free. No pre-registration required. Visiting the museum requires entrance tickets. All established benefits apply.