The main naval parade of the country will take place in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt on the Day of the Navy, celebrated 26 July. FBA “economy today” will tell in detail about the program of the event, traffic restrictions and installation addresses of special screens.
T-34 and "Katyusha" will pass along the Neva
As the organizers said, the parade in the northern capital will begin at 11 hours. The holiday will start with a shot from the Peter and Paul Fortress. After that, several dozen ships and submarines will pass along the Neva from the Blagoveshchensky bridge.
The historical part of the parade will be opened by the landing boat "Ivan Pasko" with the boat of Peter I, who is often called "the grandfather of the Russian fleet". Spectators will see the legendary ship "Poltava" and the corvette "Boyky", large anti-submarine ship "Vice-Admiral Kulakov", large landing craft and small rocket ships, corvettes, submarines, frigate "Admiral Kasatonov", a number of anti-sabotage ships and other vessels.
Since this parade takes place in the year of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, then some of the features of the event are associated with this date. So, landing ships on the Neva will host legendary wartime equipment - a T-34 tank and a combat vehicle “Katyusha”. The event is planned to participate 4000 military, 46 the most modern vessels of the Baltic, Northern, Black Sea and Pacific fleets.
The air part of the parade is also envisaged - it will involve 42 aircraft and helicopter. Spectators will see Su-33 fighters, Su-27, MiG-29, front-line bombers Su-24 and attack aircraft Su-25. Tu-142 and Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft will rise into the sky of the Northern capital, amphibious aircraft Be-200 and Be-12, early warning and guidance aircraft A-50, Il-78 tanker, simulating air refueling of a pair of the latest fighters, helicopters Mi-8, Ka-31R, Ka-29 and Ka-27M. And will open this part of the parade in 12 hours flight of the restored famous Il-2 attack aircraft.
The main naval parade in St. Petersburg 26 July will last 65 minutes. It will end on Palace Square with a solemn procession of sailors. then, 13 hours on Dvortsovaya will begin a festive concert, the participants of which will be the best creative teams of the country and military orchestras. Since this part of the celebration will pass without spectators, artists' performances will be broadcasted on TV and social networks.
And in 22:30 festive artillery fireworks are planned on the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress and in Kronstadt.
Coronavirus restrictions on the day of the Navy
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organizers had to make certain adjustments to the celebration of the Navy Day in the Northern capital. So, Admiralty Embankment will be closed to spectators - only parade participants and guests of honor can be on it. It will be possible to get to the Palace and University embankments, passing through the frames of metal detectors and carrying masks and gloves. Visit Kronstadt, where on this day the largest ships of the Navy will be paraded, will not work - only local residents will be able to enter the city.
Everyone else is encouraged to watch the event online or follow the TV broadcasts.
Traffic restrictions in St. Petersburg on the day of the Navy
In connection with the holding of the main naval parade in the northern capital 26 July changes will be made to the organization of traffic. On this day, for the passage of warships, the Blagoveshchensky, Palace, Troitsky and Liteiny bridges. To optimize the transport situation in the city center, on the initiative of the city authorities, free passage of vehicles along the Western High-Speed Diameter is allowed (except for the ring road section (north) - Beloostrov and in the opposite direction) from 07:30 to 14:30. Besides, from 7 to 24 hours will stop the movement of vehicles on Makarovskaya st., st. Karl Marx from Makarovskaya street. to st. Martynova, etc. Lenin from Makarovskaya street. to st. Martynova, Red st. from Petrovskaya street. to Makarovskaya st., Communist Street. from Petrovskaya to Makarovskaya street.
Drivers should also be prepared to, what 26 July, 7 to 17 hours there will be a ban on through passage on the ring road through the Complex of protective structures (dam) in both directions.
Where to watch the naval parade 26 July: screens installation addresses, which TV channels will broadcast live
The most optimal option for viewers, those who want to watch the parade from start to finish - TV broadcast. As the organizers of the holiday noticed, in this case the television “the picture will give a complete picture of the details and elements of military equipment”. Of course, you can watch the parade, being on city embankments. But, At first, not all embankments will be accessible on this day, Secondly, you must have a mask and gloves with you, third, this option for watching the parade still cannot be considered safe, taking into account the current sanitary and epidemiological situation.
You can watch the parade on this day even while walking around the city, as the action will be broadcast on several large screens, installed in different locations. known, that such screens will appear on Senate Square, in Kronstadt (in Petrovsky park), at the fort "Constantine", on the South curtain wall. The same screens will be installed on Nevsky Prospekt (house no. 87 and the intersection of house no. 18 from the Moika embankment), on Sennaya Square (near house no. 7 at the intersection with Grivtsova Lane), on Bolshoy Avenue of the Petrogradskaya Side (near house no. 2 at the intersection with Zhdanovskaya embankment, house no. 14), on the embankment of Robespierre (near house no. 34), on Ligovsky Prospect (near house no. 149), on Liteiny prospect (near house no. 13), on Kamennoostrovsky prospect (near houses no. 38 and 53) and on Kuibyshev street (near house no. 38).
So that the audience can see the grandiose action from all angles and in all details, use almost a hundred cameras – they will be filming on the ground, the water, in nebe, on the embankments of St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. They will be fixed on ships, planes and even under water. The broadcast of the parade can be seen on Channel One, Channel five, NTV, channel 78.
Tatyana Lenskaya
