MOSCOW, May 9 - RIA Novosti. Victory Day in Moscow will be celebrated with concerts, photo exhibitions and a musical and poetic program: many cultural and entertainment events are planned for May 9 in the Russian capital.

Events in the center of Moscow

Poklonnaya Gora will become the main festive venue in Moscow - big concerts will be held here. On Victory Day, visitors to the park will see a live broadcast of the military parade on Red Square on the big screen. In addition, the Light of Memory project is being implemented on Poklonnaya Hill, during which Muscovites will be given special bracelets. According to the authorities, about 30,000 people will participate in the action. The bracelets will begin to glow before the start of the fireworks, when the participants of the action gather.

Veterans will meet at the Theater Square, they will remember the years of the war, dance to the music of the war years. Also this year, the legendary film "Officers" turns 45 years old, this event will be dedicated to a concert program on Pushkin Square, which will be attended by choirs, orchestras and other creative groups.

Creative meetings with famous actors and directors will take place on Strastnoy Boulevard as part of a theatrical and musical program, the main motive of which will be the cinema of the war years.

A musical and poetic program will be held on Triumphalnaya Square, theater and music concerts, literary readings, lecture halls will be held on Gogolevsky, Nikitsky, Chistoprudny and Strastnoy Boulevards, art objects will be installed and dance floors will be opened.

In addition, photo exhibitions will open in Moscow: on May 9, an interactive project "Museum of the History of Victory" will be presented on Moscow boulevards, Arbat and Patriarch's Ponds, where Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to see weapons and equipment of the war years.

"Concerts will also take place on May 8 and 9 on the square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. On May 9, the Quatro group will present to the audience their unique project "Grandchildren to Veterans": songs from the war and post-war years will be heard from the stage next to the temple. A large-scale musical and theatrical program" Front-line brigades" will cover all the administrative districts of the capital on May 9. Artists and art groups will perform for Muscovites and guests of the city," the Moscow Department of Culture reports.

parks

Muscovites and guests of the capital will also be able to celebrate Victory Day in 21 city parks.

“Guests are waiting for performances by military and brass bands, exhibitions, songs of past years, waltz and quadrille lessons. Festive programs will begin at 13.00, at 22.00 fireworks will be launched into the sky in 20 parks,” reads a message on the website of the mayor and the government of Moscow.

On the wooden terrace of the Krymskaya embankment, the KinoZvuk symphony orchestra will perform with compositions from films of the war years, as well as the actors of the Sketches in Space theater will show performances of Uninvented War Stories here.

The Bravo group, the Lyudmila Zykina State Academic Russian Folk Ensemble and military bands will perform in Sokolniki Park. In addition, an exhibition of military equipment and vintage cars will open along the main alley of the park.

The Bauman Garden will host a festival of marching bands. There will also be master classes on playing brass instruments - trombone, trumpet and recorder.

In Petrovsky Park, the military band, the soloists of the show "Voice. Children" and the group "Forbidden Drummers" will be responsible for the musical program.

On Victory Day, Kuzminki will host a costume ball, a concert of a brass band and the Partizan FM group.

In the Sadovniki park, artists from the Bolshoi Opera Company will perform songs of the war years in a modern version, and the Broadway vocal group will perform an a cappella program.

Heroes die not when death comes, but when they are forgotten. Every year the Great Patriotic War goes further and further into the past. There are fewer participants in those events. It is all the more valuable that for millions of our compatriots, Victory Day remains a real national holiday. It is a symbol of respect and gratitude of descendants to their great-grandfathers, the spiritual unity of a multinational country. We will tell you about the events for May 9, 2017 in Moscow.

In honor of the 72nd anniversary of the surrender of Germany, about 2000 interactive platforms and interesting programs were organized for guests and residents of the capital. Public events - rallies, parades, festivities, concerts, honoring veterans, laying flowers at the monuments to the fallen - are the main events of this day.

Parade at the Kremlin walls

The most significant event of the holiday, according to tradition, will begin at 15:00 on Red Square. Unlike last year's completely grandiose anniversary parade, this one will be a little more modest, but no less impressive. On May 9, 2017, 11,000 military personnel, about 100 pieces of equipment and 71 aircraft will take part in the march along Red Square.

For the first time, viewers will see cutting-edge:

• self-propelled gun mounts "Coalition-SV";
• missile systems (RK) "Ball" and "Bastion";
• new modifications of Typhoon vehicles with increased protection.

On the paving stones will also pass:

• missile systems "Yars";
• self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S";
• anti-aircraft complexes "Buk-M2" and "Pantsir-S1";
• tanks "Armata" and T-90A;
• anti-aircraft installations S-400;
• armored personnel carriers "Kurganets-25" and BTR-82A;
• infantry armored vehicles "Boomerang".

In the sky will circle:

• heavy transport aircraft AN-124-100, "Ruslan",
• strategic bombers Tu-22M3, Tu-160,
• MiG-31 interceptors,
• su-34 fighters,
• helicopters Mi-28, Ka-52, Mi-26.

Aerobatic teams will show their skills.

Legendary war workers - the SU-100 self-propelled gun and the T-34 tank - will again take their place in the ranks. WWII units will march across Red Square: Cossacks, pilots, infantry and sailors. Accurately recreated costumes and historical weapons will set the true spirit of Victory throughout the event.

March of memory "Immortal Regiment"

On May 9, Muscovites and caring guests of the city are invited to take part in the Immortal Regiment procession.

• The action starts from the metro station "Dynamo" in Moscow at 15:00 and will continue at the walls of the Kremlin.
• The purpose of the event is to unite everyone who cherishes the memory of their grandfathers who won the Victory.
• In all metropolitan centers for the provision of public services, anyone who wants to join the movement can print a picture of a front-line soldier for free.

• “In 2017, the Immortal Regiment will go from the Dynamo metro station to Red Square. The procession will start at 15:00. We expect from 700 thousand to 1 million participants. If more Muscovites come than last year, the action will be extended by 1-1.5 hours,” N. Zemtsov (co-chairman of the Immortal Regiment patriotic public movement) is quoted in the message.
• Also, marchers will be able to get free water along the entire route of the march, but the field kitchen will not work. This year, the organizers intend to improve the musical accompaniment. Military music will play along the way, and screens will be placed for the participants to broadcast the Victory Parade.

Fireworks

On May 9, 2017, at exactly 22:00, the sky of Moscow will light up with many lights. Victory will be saluted with the help of new installations equipped with a computer launch system to obtain a three-dimensional light panorama.

In 10 minutes, 30 artillery shots and 10 thousand volleys will be fired from special installations on the KamAZ platform. An additional interactive effect will create a spotlight.

It is best to enjoy the colorful volleys on Poklonnaya Hill - the main fireworks platform of the capital, the observation deck of the Sparrow Hills and VDNKh.

“A brass band is playing in the city garden…”

Field kitchens, concerts, theatrical performances, military bands and songs of those years on May 9 - in all parks of Moscow. Each district of the capital offers its own special events dedicated to the Victory Day.

On Poklonnaya Hill

Equestrian performance "Traditions of Russia"

The event starts at 17:00. The wonders of dressage will be demonstrated by the Guard of Honor Company, the Presidential Regiment, riding schools from Moscow and other cities. The Presidential Orchestra will show its skills.

Virtuoso Concert

On May 9, 2017, the unsurpassed symphony orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater will play on the stage of the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora. The musicians, led by conductor Valery Gergiev, prepared a unique program especially for the holiday.

"Light of Memory"

On May 9, activists will hand out 30,000 luminous bracelets on Poklonnaya Hill. In the evening before the fireworks, their radiance will merge with a ten-meter symbol of memory - a composition of flowers and eternal flame.

Walking in the parks of the capital

Perovsky

The amazing vocal data of the soloists of the television show “Voice. Children” and the performance of the group “Forbidden Drummers” can be heard in Perovsky Park. The highlight of the holiday will be the “Peace Wall” created by the guests from hundreds of paper doves. The solemnity of the event will be given by the parade of cadets.

Them. Bauman

On May 9, you will be able to attend the show of walking bands in the Bauman Garden. The festival in Moscow is being held for the fourth time. In 2017, the most unusual brass bands take part in it: Mosbras, Bubamara Brass Band, ½ Orchestra, Mishanyan Orchestra and others.

You will be surprised, but it turns out that in this form you can perform not only marches and jazz compositions. In the arsenal of walking orchestras - club house, mixes from works of various genres, performed in an unusual manner on the trumpet or sousaphone.

Do you want to participate? Create a costume for yourself in a cardboard atelier, learn the basics of playing the trumpet or trombone at master classes - and go!

Tagansky

The youngest participants of the holiday, together with their parents, can create costumes and decorations for the children's Victory Parade and personally take part in it. The march will take place on May 9 at 14:30 in the Tagansky park.

Snow-white balloons, laid out in the form of a dove of peace, will soar into the sky at 15:00. You can learn how to dance a square dance, a waltz to the fashionable hits of the 1930s and 1940s at a special master class.

In the evening, at 18:00, the event will continue with the performance of the Eurovision participant - Peter Nalich.

Small sites

You can learn the basics of foxtrot, waltz and square dance on Victory Day in the Lilac Garden, Goncharovsky Park.

The musical platform of the "Northern Tushino" offers a diverse program - from the performances of the soloists of the Bolshoi Theater Opera and to the show prepared by the radio "Dacha".

Kuzminki Park

To the live music of a brass band and the unusual rhythms of the Partizan FM group, on May 9, 2017, a costumed quest “Military Intelligence. Southeast" in the park "Kuzminki".

The territory will be conditionally divided into units and, starting from the checkpoint, all participants will master the course of a novice soldier, providing medical care to the wounded and injured. At a halt, you can taste the cooking of the field kitchen and play games.

The aviation battalion will have models of military equipment. Fashion of the 40s will be presented in a special fashion show, and retro cars can be seen up close. The combat unit will be attended by Moscow artists with a sponsored concert, and laureates of the Spring of 1945 competition will perform on stage. In the evening, hundreds of balloons with wishes and dreams will fly into the sky.

Sokolniki

Take the opportunity to experience history in the full sense of the word. An exhibition of military equipment and retro cars of the 1940s will be held in Sokolniki Park in the center of Moscow to the accompaniment of military bands.

The most beloved films about difficult years and remarkable people of the era and rich porridge cooked in a real field kitchen will create the right mood. The performance of the Bravo group will provide a pleasant spiritual atmosphere of the post-war years.

On May 9, retro cars and military equipment can also be viewed on Pushkinskaya Embankment, in the Hermitage Garden.

Events worth visiting

• On Strastnoy Boulevard, as part of the Cinema Pavilion event, everything will be dedicated to the cinema of the war era, creative meetings with famous directors, actors and other filmmakers will be held.
• For boys and their dads! In the cultural center "Meridian", located on the street. Profsoyuznaya, d. 61, an annual exhibition of bench models of military equipment. There is everything: planes, armored personnel carriers, tanks, ships, helicopters. And also dioramas of famous battles, fighting robots from the world of fantasy, collectible historical miniatures and warriors of all eras: from Egyptian warriors to Saxon knights and special forces soldiers.
• In the Fashion Village on the square near the Central Department Store on May 9, an unusual event will take place: you can plunge into the atmosphere of the 40s and watch fashion shows in the spirit of those years.
• On the veranda of the theater "School of the modern play" at 15:00, the program "And I will call my friends ...", dedicated to the works of Bulat Okudzhava, will begin. You are expected at the address: Sredny Tishinsky lane, 5/7, building 1. The format of the event is open. Theater actors, songwriters and poets will perform. The main theme will be poems and melodies about the war.
• On Victory Day on Stary Arbat there will be a photo exhibition of culinary masterpieces of the 40s and 50s and master classes on their preparation as part of the event.
• On May 9, 2017, you can visit the Spring Flower Festival in Moscow, held in the Aptekarsky Ogoda (botanical garden) on Prospekt Mira, 26, building 1. Amazing tulips, hyacinths, outlandish sakura, magnolias and almond trees. Many rare and exotic plants bloom in the Botanical Garden during this period.
• On May 9, 2017, the International Billiards Tournament for the Moscow Mayor's Cup will begin at the Olimpiysky sports complex. The event is open to players of all levels.

Motofreestyle

An unusual extreme event for the Victory Day was prepared by Russian athletes.

Victory Day is a special date for each of us. Every year the horrors of war are pushed further and further away, and the heroes and eyewitnesses of those events are becoming less and less. May 9 remains the most significant and large-scale holiday, founded to commemorate the heroic deeds of our ancestors.

In 2016, Victory Day will be celebrated on a grand scale. A parade will be held in Moscow, in which mechanized and foot columns, and aviation will take part. In addition to this key event, the city will host various competitions, fairs, exhibitions, festive concerts and theatrical performances. The celebration of Victory Day will traditionally end with large-scale fireworks, which can be viewed at 16 venues.

The main attribute of the Victory Day celebration is the St. They will be distributed in crowded places. You can get a symbol of gratitude for the feat of our grandfathers and grandmothers near the metro stations of the capital and other points of issue.

In addition to the main events dedicated to Victory Day, there will also be a procession of the Immortal Regiment, in which residents of many Russian cities will take part. During the procession, relatives of the war veterans will walk through the streets of the city. Anyone can join the memory route. The Immortal Regiment campaign is an opportunity to pay tribute to the heroes of the war. Gathering of participants of the action will begin on Pushkinskaya Square.

We have collected for you the most significant and interesting events dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The program of events dedicated to the Victory Day on May 9, 2016 in Moscow

08.05.2016

On May 9, 2016, more than one hundred events will be held in Moscow on the occasion of the celebration of the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The city authorities have prepared 68 sites throughout Moscow. It is planned that the Victory Day will be celebrated by about 12 million people. Citizens are waiting for festive concerts, exhibitions, songs of past years, dance lessons and much more.

The main event in Moscow on May 9, 2016 will be the parade on Red Square. It will start at 10:00. You can get to the parade only with special nominal invitation cards. Anyone who does not have such a ticket will be able to watch what is happening on Red Square on large screens installed on Teatralnaya, Triumfalnaya and Pushkinskaya Squares, as well as on Poklonnaya Hill and Patriarch's Ponds.

Also, residents and guests of Moscow will be able to watch the Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2016 on TV - Channel One will be responsible for the live broadcast. In addition, you can watch the broadcast on our website - stay tuned for updates in the slider.

Most of the events at the venues start at 13:00. For example, on May 9, 2016, a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra will take place on Poklonnaya Hill. From 16:00 to 17:45 Avtoradio will present its program, and from 19:00 to 22:00 a concert of Russian pop stars will begin. On stage will be: Iosif Kobzon, Nadezhda Babkina, Stas Piekha, Diana Gurtskaya, Olga Kormukhina, Tatyana Ovsienko, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Ekaterina Guseva and others.

It should be noted that on May 9, 2016 at 20:55 Poklonnaya Hill will host the Light of Memory campaign - the organizers will give out 12,000 bracelets that will change their color along with the design, which is a flower and an Eternal Flame.

On May 9, 2016, in Lianozovsky Park, after the rally, which is scheduled for 11:30, brass bands will perform at 12:00, and Nike Borzov will present a separate program a little later. Also on Victory Day, an exhibition of military equipment will be held in the park.

You can also visit the festive events dedicated to May 9, 2016 in: Gorky Park and Museon Arts Park, Sokolniki, Hermitage Garden, Bauman Garden, Tagansky Park, Krasnaya Presnya, Perovsky Park, Kuzminki, Sadovniki, Goncharovsky Park, Fili, North Tushino and Babushkinsky park.

After the festive program of events in Moscow on May 9, 2016 comes to an end, the long-awaited grandiose fireworks will start. What time will the fireworks start and what is the list of sites (launch points) for fireworks? May 9, 2016 fireworks will begin at 22:00. Volleys will be fired from 35 sites.

Fireworks launch points in Moscow on May 9, 2016 (list of sites, map):

Mitino
Roslovka street, 5
On the territory of the landscape park behind the Aquamarine sports and recreation complex.

Izmailovsky Park of Culture and Leisure
Town named after Bauman, house 2
A site on the bank of the Silver-Grape Pond.

Zelenograd
Ozernaya alley, house 8
Park "Victory" in the city of Zelenograd, the lower platform of the fountain, on the banks of the "Big City" pond.

Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo
Volokolamsk highway, 73
On the territory of the Tushino airfield, 500 meters southwest of the Volokolamsk highway.

Luzhnetskaya embankment
Luzhnetskaya embankment, house 24, building 6
On the territory of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, opposite the Grand Sports Arena.

Site of the Russian Defense Sports and Technical Organization
Street Zarechye, house 3A, building 1
Site of the Russian Defense Sports and Technical Organization (DOSAAF of Russia in Moscow).

Lianozovo
Novgorodskaya street, 38
In the park "Chermyanka", on the bank of the "Altufevsky" pond.

Novo-Peredelkino
Fedosino street, 18
Wasteland near a nearby pond.

All-Russian Exhibition Center
Agricultural street, house 23, building 1
On the square between the northern gates of the All-Russian Exhibition Center and Agricultural Street.

Obruchevsky
Miklukho-Maklaya street, house 6, building 1
On the territory of the universal sports ground, 60 meters southeast of the main building of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

South Butovo
Akademika Pontryagina street, 11, building 3
On the bank of the "Chernevsky" pond.

left bank
Festivalnaya street, 2B
Park "Friendship", near the sculptural composition "Friendship of the Continents".

Trinity
Physical street, property 11
On the territory of the Troitsk separate subdivision of the Physical Institute named after A.I. P.N. Lebedev RAS, 300 meters northeast of property 11.

Tagansky park
Taganskaya street, 40-42
GAUK of Moscow "Tagansky Park of Culture and Leisure".

Park of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow
Myachkovsky Boulevard, 31/19
GAUK of Moscow "PKiO of the 850th anniversary of Moscow".

Babushkinsky park
Menzhinsky street, possession 6
GAUK of Moscow "PKiO Babushkinsky", at the security post behind the Children's cinema of the Leisure Center "Arktika".

Izmailovsky park
Alley of the Big Circle, house 7
GAUK of Moscow "Izmailovsky PKiO", the central part of the park.

Lilac garden
Schelkovskoe highway, possession 8-12
Park "Lilac Garden".

Sokolniki Park
Mitkovsky proezd, house 5, building 3
GAUK of Moscow PKiO Sokolniki, Hyde Park - a platform for public events.

Hermitage Garden
Karetny Ryad Street, Building 3, Building 7
GAUK Moscow MGS "Hermitage", the central square of the garden.

Perovsky park
Lazo street, property 7
GAUK of Moscow PKiO Perovsky, in the middle of the central alley.

Krasnaya Presnya Park
Mantuliskaya street, house 5
GAUK of Moscow PKiO Krasnaya Presnya.

North Tushino Park
Svobody Street, property 50-70
GAUK of Moscow MPK "Northern Tushino", behind the main stage on the mini-football court.

Manor Vorontsovo
Vorontsovsky park street, 8
GAUK of Moscow "Vorontsovo Manor".

Lianozovsky park
Uglichskaya street, 13
GAUK of Moscow PKiO Lianozovsky.

Goncharovsky park
Rustaveli street, property 7
Goncharovsky Park.

Kuzminki Park
Kuzminsky park, house 1, building 10
GAUK Moscow PKiO Kuzminki, paved area next to the building.

Park Gardeners
Prospekt Andropov, 58A
Park "Gardeners".

Park of the 50th Anniversary of October
Udaltsova street, 22A
Park "50th Anniversary of October".

Gorky Park
Krymsky Val street, 9
GAUK Moscow TsPKiO them. M. Gorky, fireworks are launched from the Crimean embankment.

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora, entrance square, on a hill.

Bauman Garden
Staraya Basmannaya street, 15
GAUK Moscow SKiO them. N.E. Bauman, near the open stage.

Borisov Ponds
Borisovskie Prudy, house 25, building 2
The area of ​​the embankment of the Moskva River, opposite the house 25 building 2 along Borisovskie Prudy street.

Victory Park
Brothers Fonchenko street, 7
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora, at the intersection of Memory Alley and Partizan Alley.

Artyom Borovik Park
Pererva street
Intersection of Bratislavskaya street and Pererva street

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