{"id":1835,"date":"2015-05-07T20:34:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T04:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2019-08-27T06:04:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:04:09","slug":"local-events-moscow-victory-day-on-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/local-events-moscow-victory-day-on-may-9","title":{"rendered":"Victory Day in Moscow &#8211; Detailed Schedule of Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 9 Victory Day in Moscow will host more than <strong>200 festivities<\/strong> dedicated to the <strong>70th anniversary<\/strong> of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 &#8211; 1945.<\/p>\n<p>We always have a big demand for our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\/moscow-at-night\">Moscow Night Tours<\/a> on May 9 as the fireworks are fantastic and only locals now the best and safe places to watch fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>What will be going on<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in<strong> Moscow on Victory Day<\/strong>? Join us on our tours and get involved!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_29066\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrSzCnz9Sic?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Main events on Victory Day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The central events will be the parade on Red Square, the procession &#8220;Immortal regiment&#8221;, thematic programs on Poklonnaya Hill. A lot of buzz throughout all day on pedestrian zones, boulevards, parks, squares. The culmination of the festival will be grand fireworks display in 16 spots of Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Military Victory Parade\u00a0<\/span>in Moscow<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Red Square on May 9, 10:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 15,000 soldiers will take part in the parade, including 1,300 foreign soldiers\u00a0from\u00a0ten countries, including India and China.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in the history of the Pacific Higher Naval School named after S.O. Makarov. The participants of the parade will be dressed in the form of the Great Patriotic War and armed with weapons of those years<\/p>\n<p>The composition of the mechanized columns will be\u00a0fundamentally new compared to previous years. For the first time we will see new war machines on the platforms &#8220;Armata&#8221;, &#8220;Boomerang&#8221;, &#8220;Kurganets-25&#8221;, missile system &#8220;Yars&#8221;, five armored vehicles &#8220;Tiger&#8221; with anti-tank systems &#8220;Cornet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the sky, a new aerobatic team &#8220;Wings of Tauris&#8221; will perform on an aircraft Yak-130.<\/p>\n<p>Victory Day parade 2015 will be attended by 194 armored vehicles and 143 planes and helicopters.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Decorations in Moscow \u00a0for the Victory Day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From 4 to 12 May Moscow will be decorated in blue and white style &#8220;Hurray to Victory&#8221;: a white dove on a blue background, and St. George Ribbon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">200 &#8220;fires&#8221; will be spread all over the city center, as well as 6-to-24-meter flagpoles with images of war dates, orders, the hammer and sickle and\u00a0stars with the height of 3 to 17 meters, the largest of them will be installed at Lubyanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clear Sky on Victory Day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10 aircrafts will disperse the\u00a0clouds over Moscow on Victory day. But most likely, it won&#8217;t be necessary, as the weather forecasters promise excellent weather with sunshine and above 20 degrees Celsius.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victory Parade on Red Square<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victory Parade\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on <a title=\"Red Square and Kremlin tour in Moscow\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-tours-red-square-kremlin-tour\/\">Red Square<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0will be held at 10.00, May 9, 2015,\u00a0and\u00a0will become the largest in history. 15,000 soldiers and officers, 194 pieces of military equipment, 150 planes and helicopters will be the core of this solemn parade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Poklonnaya Hill, Tverskaya and Pushkinskaya Square, <a title=\"Tverskaya street\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-things-to-do-tverskaya-street\">Tverskaya Street <\/a>and Patriarch&#8217;s Ponds will live broadcast the parade on\u00a014 large screens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_36989\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ix2EZBIHOhw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Immortal Regiment<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Tverskaya Street and at the Kremlin &#8220;Immortal regiment&#8221; will march, which will consist of\u00a0relatives of the heroes of the war with their photos.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Poklonnaya Hill<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The festivities in honor of the Great Victory on Poklonnaya Hill will begin at 15.00 on May 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Poklonnaya Hill in Victory Park will show great musical and artistic program dedicated to the 50th anniversary of &#8220;Hero City&#8221; title of Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From 17.30 to 18.30 there will be demonstrations on military-applied kinds of equestrian sport. At the entrance area will be joint performances of the Horse Riding School, Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and children&#8217;s groups equestrian ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not to be missed is\u00a0an exposition of 15 retro cars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The interactive project &#8220;Camomile field&#8221; is an art installation that will show military equipment and fresh flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">19 to 22 hours &#8211; a festive solemn\u00a0concert.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main stages on the Victory Day 2015 in Moscow will be:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Poklonnaya Gora<\/strong> &#8211; May 8 and 9, \u00a0big concert program with participation of stars<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Patriarch&#8217;s Ponds<\/strong> &#8211; a concert of classical music in the unique water scene<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On <strong>Tverskoy Boulevard<\/strong> Muscovites will build a 12-foot &#8220;people&#8217;s victory&#8221;\u00a0wall \u00a0of photographs and documents of war period.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On <strong>Pushkin Square<\/strong>, guests can visit the festival &#8220;Cinema&#8221;, where all day long will be shown films on the military theme. Boys and girls in the civil and military costumes will dance to popular tunes of 1940s. You can get acquainted with the reconstructed &#8220;Victory Train&#8221; &#8211; the same &#8220;boxcar&#8221;, in which Russian soldiers returned home with a victory. Various types of weapons and equipment of the Great Patriotic War will also be exhibited here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gogol Boulevard<\/strong> will present nine public areas. Each of these stages of the war will perform\u00a0music, memoirs and art reading.\u00a0<\/span>On Gogol and Nikitsky Boulevard, as well as on the Kuznetsk bridge\u00a0street will perform with theater actors on the theme of military history.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Theatre Square<\/strong> \u00a0will present the music festival\u00a0and dances which\u00a0will last all day and will end with fireworks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kuznetsky Most<\/strong> street\u00a0will entertain us with\u00a0performances of street theater and music concert. You can also explore war chronicles and photographs here. Ten photo exhibitions on the war will combine into the\u00a0Chronicle of the Great Patriotic War, the liberation of the European capitals, the famous campaign posters calling for the defense of the homeland, and a working model of the telegraph 40s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>VDNKh\u00a0<\/strong>will show us 3D-cube\u00a0with\u00a0the old parades and movies inside it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_4917\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4917\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4917 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Moscow-e1472758685375.jpg\" alt=\"Victory Day in Moscow\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victory Day Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Historical photographs and documents will be on display in Nikolskaya street, Kuznetsky Most, Arbat, Tverskaya Square, the Patriarch&#8217;s Ponds, Theatre Square, Poklonnaya hill, Tverskaya and Passion Boulevard, Chistoprudny Boulevard and Pushkin Square.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All central pedestrian zones &#8211; Pushkin square, Theater Square, the streets of St. Nicholas, Kuznetsky Most and Arbat, Stoleshnikov, Chamberlain and Lavrushinsky Lanes &#8211; will host an interactive program, you can try the porridge from the field kitchen, listen to\u00a0karaoke songs of the Great Patriotic War, photograph in uniform and see the Russian military in pictures.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Free entry to museums on May 9:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Museum of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia &#8211; Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya, Building 25, Building 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Museum and memorial complex &#8220;History of the T-34&#8221; &#8211; Moscow region, village Sholokhovo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The State Museum of the Defence of Moscow &#8211; Michurinsky Avenue, Building 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Museum and park complex &#8220;Northern Tushino&#8221; (submarine) &#8211; Liberty Street, 44-48<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Exhibition Hall &#8220;History of the War in Afghanistan&#8221; &#8211; the street 1st Vladimir, 12, Building 1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All-Russian Minute of Silence<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On May 9, at 18-55 a moment of silence will cover the whole city, which will be accompanied the audio and video stream.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Light show<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the framework of the Festival &#8220;Circle of Light&#8221;, \u00a0the building of the Belarusian railway station and Theatre of the Russian Army will take part in\u00a0light shows:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Belarusian railway station<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">from 21-30 to 21-50 &#8211; light show on the facade of the Belarusian railway station<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> from 21-50 to 22-00 &#8211; the play &#8220;Victory Train&#8221; with a laser show and a demonstration of newsreel<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> from 22-00 to 22-10 &#8211; a citywide fireworks, accompanied by laser and light effects on the facade<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> from 22-10 to 23-00 &#8211; a cyclical show: VJ of video projections, songs of the war years and the play &#8220;Victory Train&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Theatre of the Russian Army &#8211; 8, 9, May 10<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">from 21-30 to 23-00 &#8211; cyclic show &#8220;Way Soldier&#8221; and theater show &#8220;Years of War &#8220;: VJ and video mapping on the facade of the Theatre of the Russian Army<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4955\" style=\"width: 978px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4955\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Russia.jpg\" alt=\"Travel Moscow on May 9\" width=\"968\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Russia.jpg 968w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Russia-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Russia-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Russia-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Victory-Day-Russia-600x436.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fireworks on\u00a0May 9 in Moscow<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The highlight of the celebratory events will be a grand fireworks display.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">70 firing units will be placed in 16 locations: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Poklonnaya Hill<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Luzhniki Stadium<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parks Izmailovo, Kuzminki, Nagatino, Lianozovo, Tushino, Obrucheva, Novo-Peredelkino, Pokrovsky-Streshnevo, Mitino, South Butovo, Exhibition Center, near the Left Bank, in Troitsk and Zelenograd.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> They will use the new Firing set with electronic start system, capable of creating detailed panoramic picture in the sky. The military will make 30 salvos of artillery, and the installation on the basis of KAMAZ trucks will do 10000 firing shots. All this along with volleys of powerful searchlights illuminating the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The beginning is at 22-00, the duration is 10 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:\u00a0\u044f\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e\u043c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0443.\u0440\u0444<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Are you the lucky one who plans to travel Moscow on May 9?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 9 Victory Day in Moscow will host more than 200 festivities dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 &#8211; 1945. 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