the Evening of 24 July in Saint-Petersburg and Kronstadt ended with a dress rehearsal to the main naval parade devoted to Day of Navy fleet of Russia. Opened the General practice of the celebration of the solemn part on the Admiralty embankment. It was attended by the honor guard, the military brass band, and 10 of the main calculations. Control centre the parade – the frigate “Admiral Kasatonov”.
the Marine part of the parade began with the simultaneous dilution of four bridges: the Trinity, the Foundry, the Annunciation and the Palace. Opened the Wake of the Corvette “courageous”, then – small missile ship “Serpukhov” and others. Then on the waters of the Neva were in the parade line were two dozen ships. At Kronstadt RAID – several large landing ships “Minsk”, “Queens”, as well as the latest “Peter Morgunov”.
the Main naval parade devoted to Day of Navy fleet of Russia will take place on 26 July in Saint-Petersburg and Kronstadt. On the waters of the Neva and on the Kronstadt RAID solemn systems will be 46 ships, boats and ships, 41 aircraft and a helicopter, more than three thousand soldiers and cadets. For the first time in the parade will be attended by three submarines: “Saint Petersburg”, “Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy”, and “Stary Oskol”.
in addition to modern ships and vessels, visitors will also be recreated and the first ship of the line of Russia XVIII “Poltava”, and also the famous boat of Peter the Great.
In the aerial part of the parade above the Northern capital 41 will fly the helicopter and the plane. Will premiere: the amphibian be-200.
at the same time the ceremonies will be held in Baltiysk, Severomorsk, Sevastopol, Kamchatka, Vladivostok and for the first time in contemporary history of Russia in Kaspiysk. Only June 26, will involve more than 100 vessels, which will support them with air up to 80 planes and helicopters, and marching under the sounds of military bands will be more than 15 thousand soldiers and cadets.
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