People's Artist of Russia Vasily Gerello and college students
Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vyacheslav Makarov. Head of the administration of the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg Shtukova Svetlana Viktorovna.

The action “Be worthy of the memory of the fallen!”, dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, took place on May 8, 2017 at the Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery.

Together with the administration of the Admiralteisky district, represented by the head of the department of youth policy and interaction with public organizations, Ilona Borisovna Sumarokova, 1st year students of the Department of Nursing took part in the Action: Agabekova Fatkhanum, Agalyev Gudrat, Amirkhanov Eldar, Ashurova Umeda, Dementyeva Arina, Demirova Zarema, Dzhumakhanov Louise, Dudnik Marina. Mamedova Emilia, Mamedova Emilia, Prazukina Polina, Reimbayeva Feruza, teacher Poznanskaya Yulia Sergeevna.

The ceremony began with a moment of silence, after which the Russian anthem was performed. A wreath from the President of the Russian Federation was laid at the memorial of the Motherland.

Flowers were laid by Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko, members of the government of the city and the Leningrad Region, chairman and deputies of the Legislative Assembly.

Also, wreaths and flowers were laid at the memorial from veterans of the Great Patriotic War, blockade survivors, the command of the Western Military District and the Russian Navy, the Constitutional Court, the Federation Council.

The Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery is the world's largest cemetery for the victims of World War II. In 186 mass graves lie 420 thousand inhabitants of the city, who died from starvation, bombing, shelling, and 70 thousand soldiers defending Leningrad. The cemetery was founded in 1939 and was named after the nearby village of Piskarevka.

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May 05, 2017 in the solemn procession of veterans of the Admiralteisky district dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. students of the Department of General Medicine of the group F-121 and F-122 took part together with the teacher Yulia Petrovna Dobrobaba.

On May 3, 2017, the college hosted a festive concert dedicated to Victory Day, which was attended by veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

A holiday is approaching for all veterans of the Great Patriotic War: May 9, Victory Day. This day is not only joyful, but also a memorable day: more than seven decades ago, in May 1945, the peoples of the entire Soviet land with their allies defeated Nazi Germany. The war that destroyed millions of lives has been stopped!

The Great Patriotic War is a significant milestone in the history of many countries and states, and every generation is obliged to remember, thanks to whom we are now celebrating a glorious holiday - Victory Day!

On the eve of the holiday, a festive concert was organized by the students. The concert program was attended by students of the Department of Nursing and General Medicine. Students read poems about the war, about people who fought, sang military songs.

Assistance in the preparation of the concert was provided by Galina Klimentyeva, teacher of the hostel Voronova.

The celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War will take place on May 9, 2017 in all cities and settlements Russia, as well as in many foreign countries: on the territory of the former USSR, in Israel, the USA and in all cities of the world where there is a large Russian diaspora.

St. Petersburg will traditionally host a whole series of festive events, including the Victory Parade, the laying of wreaths, a festive concert on Palace Square, a parade of warships and water shows in the Neva and, of course, fireworks.

Federal News Agency talks about the most important and interesting events and warns that transport, including the metro, will operate according to a special schedule on holidays.

Security measures

On Victory Day, large bags and bottles will not be allowed into Palace Square for security reasons. These restrictions will affect all festive events, primarily the parade and concert on Palace Square. It is forbidden to go to these events with bags larger than 50 by 50 cm. It is also forbidden to bring alcohol, liquids in glass containers, and plastic bottles should not exceed 0.6 liters in volume. Also, drunk people and those who try to carry weapons or explosive objects are not allowed to enter the holiday. Citizens will be examined by police officers.

WREATH LAYING
Hospital for War Veterans (11:00)
st. Narodnaya, 21, building 1

FUNERAL CEREMONIES
PLAYING WREATHS AND FLOWERS:
Memorial plaque "To the heroism and courage of the people of Leningrad" (9:30)
Nevsky prospect, 14
Piskarevsky Memorial Cemetery (11:00)
Serafimovskoye cemetery (11:00)
Smolensk memorial cemetery (11:00)
Nevsky Memorial Cemetery "Cranes" (11:00)
Triumphal Arch of Victory (11:00)
Red village, pl. military glory
Theological cemetery (12:15)
Stela "Hero City Leningrad" (10:00)

Rostral columns (9:00–12:00)
LIGHTING THE TORCHES

Palace Square (10:00)
PARADE OF THE ST. PETERSBURG TERRITORIAL
GARRISON OF THE WESTERN MILITARY DISTRICT

In front of the Kazan Cathedral (12:00)
PATRIOTIC ACTION "VICTORY PEOPLE'S CHOIR"
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Summer garden (12:00)
HOLIDAY PROGRAM

St. Isaac's Square (12:30)
HOLIDAY CONCERT
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PEOPLE'S ARTIST OF RUSSIA VASILY GERELLO
"LET'S BOW THE GREAT YEARS"

(14:30)
VETERAN TRAFFIC IN RETRO CARS
ON NEVSKY PROSPECT

Pl. Vosstaniya - Palace Square. (15:00)
"IMMORTAL REGIMENT"
The passage of the participants of the All-Russian patriotic project along Nevsky Prospect (Vosstaniya Square - Palace Square (construction from Suvorovsky Prospect to Alexander Nevsky Square)

Rostral columns (17:00 - 23:00)
LIGHTING THE TORCHES

Palace Square (17:00)
HOLIDAY CONCERT

Exchange building steps (21:00-23:00)
PERFORMANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY CHOIR OF ST. PETERSBURG
Exchange Square, 4

Peter-Pavel's Fortress (22:00)
FESTIVE ARTILLERY SALUTE

TsPKiO them. CM. Kirov (14:00)
FESTIVE PROGRAM "VICTORY SPRING"
Yelagin island, 4

Monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad (12:00)
"MEMORY WATCH"
sq. Victory, 1

Yekateringofsky park (18:00-21:00)
ART PROJECT "RIO-RITA - THE JOY OF VICTORY"
st. Liflyandskaya, 12

ADMIRALTEYSKY DISTRICT

SOLEMN PROCESSION OF VETERANS AND RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT AND CONCERT (13:00)
Sadovaya st., 52 - Voznesensky pr. - Izmailovsky pr. - emb. Obvodny Canal - a square near the Baltic Station

VASILEOSTROVSKY DISTRICT

Memorial Apple Orchard (13:00)
ACTION OF MEMORY "REMEMBER, PROUD, HONOR"
st. Cash, 55

VYBORGSKY DISTRICT

Sosnovka Park (12:00)
SOLEMN AND FUNERAL CEREMONY PLAYING WREATHS TO THE MEMORIAL "THE DEFENDERS OF THE LENINGRAD SKY", THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE AND AT THE CEMETERY "SOLDIERS OF THE AVIATORS"

PROCESSION OF THE IMMORTAL REGIMENT AND CONCERT PROGRAM

Pos. Levashovo (12:00)
FESTIVE GRAND PROCESSION and FESTIVE CONCERT
st. Chkalova, 28 - st. Volodarsky, 9

KALININSKY DISTRICT

Murinsky park
FESTIVE STREET EVENT (17:00)
PYROTECHNICAL SHOW (21:50)
pr. Lunacharskogo in the alignment of st. Demyan Bedny

KIROVSKY DISTRICT

Prospect Stachek (15:00)
STREET HOLIDAY "VICTORIOUS MAY!"
St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "Center for Culture and Leisure" Kirovets ", Stachek Ave., 158

Square near Novatorov Boulevard, 32 (16:00)
STREET FESTIVAL "THIS IS A HOLIDAY, WITH TEARS IN THE EYES .."

KRASNOGVARDEYSKY DISTRICT

Malinovka Park (15:00)
HOLIDAY CONCERT
Ave. Enthusiasts

KRASNOSELSKY DISTRICT

ave. Veteranov (11:15)

st. Pilyutov - Memorial "Frontier"

Memorial "Frontier" (12:00)


Veteranov Ave., 121

South Seaside Park (17:00)
FESTIVE PARTY
Peterhof highway, 27

Krasnoe Selo, Lenin Ave. (11:30)
FESTIVE SOLEMN PROCESSION
sq. Military Glory - Upper Park

Memorial "Common grave of Soviet soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War" (12:00)
SOLEMN-FUNERAL RALLY AND
CEREMONY OF LAYING WREATHS AND FLOWERS
Red Village, Upper Park

KRONSHTADT DISTRICT

Mass grave at the Russian City Cemetery (12:00)
FUNERAL-FUNERAL CEREMONY OF LAYING WREATHS AND FLOWERS
Kronstadt

Kronstadt (9:00)

and residents of Kronstadt, the festive passage of the troops of the Kronstadt garrison
Lenin Ave. - st. Soviet - Anchor Square.

Kronstadt (13:00)
REGIONAL HOLIDAY CONCERT
Anchor Square

Kronstadt (22:00)
MUSICAL PYROTECHNICAL SHOW "PAINTS OF VICTORY"
Anchor Square

RESORT AREA

FESTIVE PROCESSIONS, SOLEMN-FUNERAL RALLYS
AND FLOWER LAYING CEREMONIES:
Sestroretsk, from the square. Freedom (11:00)
Zelenogorsk, from the square. Banking (11:00)
p. Pesochny, on the street. Soviet (12:00)

Sestroretsk (18:55)
HOLIDAY CONCERT
sq. Freedom, 1

Zelenogorsk (18:55)
HOLIDAY CONCERT
square in front of Lyceum No. 445

Pesochny (18:55)
HOLIDAY CONCERT
VMG, 8 quarter, 140, square in front of the House of Culture and Creativity

KOLPINSKY DISTRICT

Kolpino (14:00)
CEREMONY PROCESSION OF VETERANS
and residents of the Kolpinsky district
st. Brothers Radchenko - st. Proletarian - st. Red - Svoboda Boulevard

Kolpino (18:00)
FESTIVE PROGRAM "VICTORIOUS MAY"
St. Petersburg State Institution "Park of Culture and Leisure Kolpino", City Garden

FESTIVE FIRES:
Kolpino, Izhora river flood (22:00)
p. Metallostroy, st. Bogachuk, on the lakes (22:00)

MOSCOW DISTRICT

Moscow Victory Park (13:00)
STREET HOLIDAY

NEVSKY DISTRICT

Victory Park, central alley
GRAND PROCESSION "NEVSKY PARADE" (14:00)
from the Ice Palace along Bolshevik Ave. to the SCC "Burevestnik"

PETRODVORTSOVY DISTRICT

Peterhof (10:45)
CEREMONY PROCESSION OF VETERANS
and residents of the Petrodvortsovy district of St. Petersburg with holding solemn rallies and laying wreaths and flowers at the Primorsky memorial of the Green Belt of Glory of Leningrad
Peterhof, Masterovoy per. – Saint-Petersburg pr. – “Primorsky” memorial

settlement Strelna (15:30)
CEREMONY PROCESSION OF VETERANS
and residents of the Petrodvorets district of St. Petersburg with solemn rallies and the laying of wreaths and flowers at the memorial to the fallen soldiers on Pine Alley
settlement Strelna, St. Petersburg Highway, 69 - a memorial to the fallen soldiers on Pine Alley

Lomonosov (13:45)
CEREMONY PROCESSION OF VETERANS
and residents of the Petrodvorets district of St. Petersburg with holding solemn rallies and laying wreaths and flowers at the memorial in Martyshkino
Lomonosov, stele "Lomonosov - City military glory» – memorial in Martyshkino

PUSHKINSKY DISTRICT

Pushkin (12:00)

Leningradskaya st. – Petersburg Highway, Buffer Park

Pavlovsk (10:00)
SOLEMN PROCESSION, FESTIVE EVENT
Peschany per., 11/13 - Detskoselskaya st., fraternal burial "Grieving"

Pushkin (12:00)
SOLEMN PROCESSION, FESTIVE EVENT
Oktyabrsky Blvd. – Magazeinaya st., square near the Tsarskoselsky Youth House

PRIMORSKY DISTRICT

Marshal Novikov st. (12:00)
CEREMONY PROCESSION OF VETERANS
delegations public organizations, detachments educational institutions, Primorsky District Administration
st. Marshal Novikov - st. Dolgoozernaya, 16

Dolgoye Lake Park (13:00)
FESTIVE CONCERT AND FIREWORKS
crossing Dolgoozernaya st. etc. Queen

FRUNZE DISTRICT

(14:00)
STREET ACTION "GROW AND REMEMBER"
intersection of st. M. Balkanskaya and J. Hasek

Square on the street. Plovdiv (13:00-16:00)
STREET PARTY

On May 9, St. Petersburg will solemnly celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The parade will be attended by 96 vehicles, 4,103 military personnel, 40 aviation units and up to ten ships.

This year, for the first time, aviation will take part in the Victory Parade in St. Petersburg. Mi-8, Mi-26, Mi-35, Mi-28N, Ka-52 helicopters, Su-27, MiG-29SMT, MiG-31BM, Su-35, Su-34 fighters, transport aircraft An-12, An-26 and Tu-134 - more than 40 units. In 2015, we recall, in the celebrations dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory, tanks passed through the Northern capital for the first time.

For three May days, the symbol of the great victory will circle over the Northern capital, recalling the feat of fathers and grandfathers. If on May 7 an airplane with a large 20-meter St. George ribbon makes a small circle, flying from Gostilitsy airport to the park of the 300th anniversary of St. St. George ribbon in the sky can be seen in almost all areas northern capital. A light-engine aircraft will fly at an altitude of 200 to 500 meters. Aviation clubs "PiterPolet" and "Nevsky Aeroclub" make such a gift to the townspeople.

The main events dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War will traditionally be held on May 8 and 9, 2017.

• from 11:00 to 12:00 - the official solemn and mourning ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers at the Piskarevsky memorial cemetery, Serafimovsky cemetery; Smolensk memorial cemetery; Nevsky Memorial Cemetery "Cranes", on Victory Square and near Arc de Triomphe Victory in Krasnoye Selo. The ceremony at the Theological Cemetery will begin at 12:15.
• 15:00 — festive concert at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall

• from 10:00 to 11:00 - a military parade on Palace Square.
• 14:30 - solemn passage of veterans of the Great Patriotic War on retro cars along Nevsky Prospekt from Vosstaniya Square to Palace Square.
• 15:00 - the beginning of the movement of the column of the Immortal Regiment.
• 17:00 - festive program on Palace Square.
• 22:00 - fireworks.

Other interesting events this May holiday weekend:

Victory Day in the gardens of the Russian Museum

On May 9, in honor of the 72nd anniversary of the Great Victory, the Russian Museum invites veterans and participants of the Great Patriotic War, residents and defenders of besieged Leningrad, home front workers, as well as all residents and guests of the city to festive events in the Mikhailovsky and Summer Gardens.

The second military-historical festival "Combat Steel"

From May 6 to May 9, a large-scale family military festival "Combat Steel" will be held in the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, which will combine unique exhibits military equipment and weapons of Russia over the past 100 years.

Days of Remembrance at the Artist's Attic Art Gallery

From May 6 to May 9, the Artist's Attic space invites everyone to the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

Fair "Nevsky Souvenir"

From May 6 to May 9, the Oktyabrskaya Hotel will host the Nevsky Souvenir fair: a spring renewal of jewelry collections and a variety of artistic products. Masters of folk crafts, handmade, manufacturers of jewelry and souvenirs will be presented here - more than 150 participants in total.

Victory Day in the Botanical Garden

On May 9, the Botanical Garden of Peter the Great invites citizens and guests of the capital to visit tropical greenhouses on this festive day. For veterans of the Great Patriotic War and blockade survivors with one escort, admission is free.

Action "Music of Victory"

Soloists of the leading musical theaters and orchestras of St. Petersburg will perform for the ninth time free of charge in the gardens and parks of the city as part of the Culture Nearby project. The program consists of 5 thematic blocks: "Music of Victory", "Joseph Haydn and his contemporaries", "Melodies about St. Petersburg", "Legends of Soviet Jazz" and "Improvisations on a Western Theme".

Water Lantern Festival

On May 6, 7 and 8, Babushkin Park will host the Water Lantern Festival, which has already become traditional for Petersburgers, the most romantic event of this spring, during which each participant will be able to pave the way for their dreams on their own.

Military Historical Festival "Victory Spring - 2017"

From May 2 to May 8, the youth military-historical festival "Victory Spring - 2017" will be held on the territory of the park of the 300th anniversary of the city of St. Petersburg. The work of exhibitions in this format will last until May 9 inclusive.

Festive program "Spring of Victory"

On May 9, the Kirov Central Park (Yelagin Island) invites you to the Spring of Victory holiday program dedicated to the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Project "RioRita - Joy of Victory"

On May 9, everyone is invited to “return to Leningrad” for three hours together with the city art project “RioRita – the Joy of Victory”. Ekateringof Park will turn into a dance floor in May 1945, where melodies of the 1930s and 1940s will be played by a military brass band.

Victory Day at the Leningrad Zoo

Victory Day at the Peterhof Museum-Reserve

On May 9, the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve invites veterans and everyone to the celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.