July 28 is a day off or not in St. Petersburg during the days of the Navy

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Celebrations in honor of the Navy are held in Russia annually in July from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The main festivities are concentrated in regions with military harbors.

Noted by the whole world

In Kronstadt in 2017, the largest parade of military equipment in the history of the state was held. Dedicated to the Navy, it took place in the second half of summer, in July, on a day off. On July 28, a dress rehearsal was held in St. Petersburg. It involved ships and military aircraft of several Russian fleets. The place of the main celebrations was Kronstadt. The embankments of the Gulf of Finland and the Neva were visited these days by hundreds of thousands of citizens and guests of St. Petersburg.

The first passage of warships took place on 28 July. Day off or not, the number of those watching the movement of the strategic submarine "Dmitry Donskoy", which became one of the main decorations of the holiday, did not affect the number of those who watched the movement along the bay. The coast was filled with people. Other military ships also took part in the celebrations on the day off on July 28 in St. Petersburg.

The scene is the whole city

In previous years, the holiday also fell on other dates of the month. Four years ago, it took place on July 28 - a day off in St. Petersburg. Dozens of ships of the Northern Flotilla passed in the naval parade. However, it is difficult to compare the celebrations of previous years with the scale of events in 2017. In addition to the waters of the Gulf of Finland and the Neva, festive venues filled the whole of St. Petersburg.

The Fontanka River is closed on holidays for all small boats between Prachechny and Panteleymonovsky bridges. The ban also applied to other bodies of water, including the Winter Canal. Regardless of whether July 28 is a day off or not, the areas of the Ring Road, the Bolsheokhtinsky and Alexander Nevsky bridges may experience a large influx of traffic, they will bear the main flow, transferred here from the places of the main crowd of spectators.

Building bridges for the holiday

In the city on the Neva, tourists love to watch the construction of several bridges at once at an unusual time for this, on the days of big celebrations. From the very morning, people rush to Blagoveshchensky, Palace, as well as Troitsky and Liteiny to see how four bridges will fix their wings raised until lunch from July 28. The weekend in St. Petersburg will be marked by an influx of spectators drawn to the bridges to watch them being raised. Guests of the northern capital, in addition to the beauties and historical places of the city, are particularly interested in this technical process.

From the morning of July 28, this day off or notday, the atmosphere of the holiday begins to be felt from the very morning. It's the end of the month, which means the parade is coming. Admir alteisky proezd, several embankments, including Dvortsovaya, Universitetskaya and Lieutenant Schmidt, are preparing for the influx of visitors, and also restrict traffic these days to make it easier for pedestrians to move from July 28. A day off in St. Petersburg brings almost all of its inhabitants to the streets of the city.

Terrible Kronstadt

The most massive festivities are concentrated in Kronstadt, where the main heroes of the celebrations, the ships of the Northern Flotilla, which are in service with the country, are located in the harbor. In 2017, they were joined by military frigates that arrived from the harbors of the B altic and Black Seas, as well as the Pacific Ocean. The parade of equipment could be observed from July 28. The day off in St. Petersburg was marked by the passage of about three dozen warships, including nuclear submarines, missile cruisers, and sailboats, in front of an admiring public.

Meanwhile, on land, the Museum of History, located in the same place, in Kronstadt, became the center of the influx of spectators, where platforms were opened that introduced visitors to Russian folk crafts. Those who gathered could show their skills in weaving, blacksmithing and pottery. Many people took a great interest in weaving baskets and painting on wood. From Friday, July 28, to the weekend on July 30, the museum hosted the Poetry of Crafts festival. Toward evening, spectators gathered to Petrovsky Park, where creative and sports grounds were also organized. The concert "Seven Feet Under the Keel" and "Neptune's Feast" were also held there.

All roads lead to Peter

The leaders of the state led by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin also took part in the celebration of the Navy Day. His arrival was announced by the Kremlin from 28 July. The day off in St. Petersburg began with the Divine Liturgy. Patriarch Kirill conducted it in the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral. The military parade at the Navy Commander Vladimir Korolev was hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Then, together with him and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the head of state on a boat made a tour of the ships.

The crews of all boats, cruisers and frigates received personal congratulations from Vladimir Putin that day. The presidential boat did not ignore any of the ships that took part in the parade, many of which arrived in St. Petersburg on July 28. Day off or not, guests began to arrive to the Gulf of Finland for the celebrations in advance, despite the weekday in the calendar. Then the leaders of the state watched the parade from the podium installed on the Admir alteyskaya embankment.

Not a single fleet

The embankments of the Gulf of Finland and the Neva could not fit everyone who wanted to join the holiday, therefore, all kinds of events were held for the spectators left overboard throughout the city, preparations for which began on July 28. The day off, on which the main celebrations fell, attracted fans of tug of war to Makarovskaya Street, where competitions in this spectacular sport were held. On Palace Square, a concert of military bands went on all day, after which the “ChorusTurkish.”

The culmination of the holiday from the waters of the Neva and the Gulf of Finland shifted closer to night to Anchor Square, from where the city was lit up by a grandiose fireworks display. Preparations for it have been going on since July 28. The day off in St. Petersburg, on which the main celebrations fell, received numerous guests of the northern capital and in the Peter and Paul Fortress, on Manezhnaya Square, in Pushkin, in the Alexander Garden and many other parts of the city.