"Russian March" through cities and villages

On November 4, 2011, in addition to Moscow, events of Russian nationalists under the brand “Russian March” were held in different cities of Russia. This year we know of events being held in at least 32 cities.

In St. Petersburg, a rally was held in Yuzhno-Primorsky Park, which attracted about 500 people. The protesters performed under imperial flags, state flags of the Russian Federation, banners of the “Slavic Force” and the “National Socialist Initiative”. The rally was led by Dmitry Sukhorukov (St. Petersburg DPNI) and Nikolai Bondarik (Russian Imperial Movement). Some of the participants arrived at the site by doing a “Russian jog” from the Prospekt Veteranov metro station, while the rest mostly arrived on ordered buses from the Avtovo metro station. A tribune was installed in the park with a large poster with the image of Minin and Pozharsky and the inscription “Let's return Russia to the Russians.” The faces of many of those gathered were hidden by black masks, scarves and gauze bandages. The rally ended with a speech by the leader of the Kolovrat group, Denis Gerasimov. (Recall that earlier the “Kolovrat” concert “Russian Image” was held on November 4, 2009 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow during the “Russian March”. They tried , albeit unsuccessfully, to convict D. Gerasimov for racist propaganda in the Czech Republic in 2005). The location of the protest was guarded by the police. Before the start of the action, a suspicious package was found at the site, the area was cordoned off, and a mine clearance team arrived to inspect it.

After the end of the action, columns of young people numbering approximately 200-250 people, chanting xenophobic slogans, marched from the park to the Leninsky Prospekt metro station. The crowd periodically came out onto the roadway, and sometimes went deeper into the courtyards. Then they took the metro towards the center. While passing through the turnstiles, several participants were detained by the police.

In the subway car, the march participants began to “mock” people of “non-Slavic appearance.” There were no police officers either in the carriage or at the stations. According to reports from right-wing radical blogs, “ there were two white carriages ” (an action of Nazi skinheads who raid the carriage and attack people of “non-Slavic appearance”) and one person was severely beaten.

In Arkhangelsk, at the intersection of Chumbarova-Luchinsky and Volodarsky streets, a coordinated “Russian March” took place in the form of a rally. According to the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 60 people gathered for the rally. The organizer of the rally was Andrei Pleshachkov.

The Russian March did not take place in Astrakhan.

In Barnaul, on Freedom Square, at the monument to victims of political repression, a rally “For the Russian Nation!” was held, which brought together about 70 people. Participants of the action held posters: “To Russians - honest Russian power!”, “No to Kremlin occupation! Power to the Russian people!”, “Russian, get up!”, as well as a number of banners and posters in support of Colonel Kvachkov. In addition to political topics, ROCOR priest Father George gave a speech about the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. The police did not interfere with what was happening. One person was detained but was soon released.

In Vladivostok, nationalists joined the religious procession, which began at the Intercession Church. Those gathered carried banners and imperial flags.

The “Russians Mean Sober” race was also held in Vladimir . About 100 people took part in it, including activists from Ivanovo, Murom and Suzdal. The runners chanted “One for all and all for one”, “Russians choose sports”, “For a healthy lifestyle”, etc.

In Volgograd, the procession took place without any incident. It is difficult to calculate the exact number of participants; a rough estimate is more than 1000 people. During the action, money was collected for Kvachkov.

In Vologda, the march was agreed upon and took place in the form of a picket. A total of 50 people attended the event.

In Voronezh, the action was not coordinated with the authorities. Despite this, a group of about 40 young people came to Chizhov’s gallery, at the same time as the police officers. Several people were detained for document checks. After this, the route was changed, and the group walked from the monument to A.S. Pushkin to the officers' house under the imperial flag, shouting nationalist slogans. At the end of the route, police officers caught up with them, and the marchers fled. According to right-wing websites, 17 people were detained. The local branch of the “People's Council” refused to participate in the action “ due to the presence of pagans .”

In the city of Usinsk (Komi), the “Russian March” was banned. Despite this, the police detained three people who tried to hold a picket. An administrative act was drawn up regarding the picket.

In Yekaterinburg, the march attracted at least 200 people. It was organized by Nikolai Bogdanov. Those gathered marched from KOSC "Russia" (sports complex) along Syromolotova Street to the Kirovsky supermarket, holding banners "Russian means sober", "Let's return Russia to the Russians", "Russians are coming", imperial and Russian flags, flags of the Airborne Forces, and chanting “Stop feeding the Caucasus!” and “There is no party of swindlers and thieves.” Among the participants in the action were a large number of supporters of Colonel Leonid Khabarov, who was arrested on suspicion of preparing an armed rebellion. The city authorities did not approve for them to hold their own rally near the Black Tulip. Police officers were on duty at the event.

In Ivanovo, the nationalists were forced (at the request of the organizers) to mix with the LDPR column, although it was initially assumed that they would go separately. They displayed three "imperial" flags. No more than 50 nationalists participated.

The march did not take place in Izhevsk , despite the propaganda activities of its supporters.

In Irkutsk, about 80 people gathered under imperial flags for a march on the square near the monument to Alexander III. Those gathered held banners “Building Russia in Russian”, “Russia for Russians and in Russian”, “Glory to Russia!” and "Russian March". Members of the Irkutsk branch of the Resistance movement (Roman Zentsov) took part in the march.

In Kazan, the action took place in the city center along a pedestrian street. It was not possible to calculate the exact number. There were no more than 50 people at the rally with posters and flags (with spectators - about 100).

In Kaliningrad, less than 100 people took part in the march, which organizers and participants assess as a failure of the event. According to the organizers, even many traditional participants did not come.

In Kirov, about 300 people took part in the action, speaking under slogans for a healthy lifestyle and under imperial flags.

Two events organized by the ultra-right took place in Krasnodar . Some nationalists, led by Dmitry Valkovich, applied to hold a procession and rally, and if refused, they planned to participate in LDPR events in Chistyakovskaya Grove. As a result, the authorities allowed Valkovich to hold a rally in Chistyakovskaya Grove, prohibiting the procession along Krasnaya Street. The authorities also approved the request of local activists of NOMP Kvachkov to hold a rally at 10 am in the same Chistyakovskaya grove. About 20 people took part in this event. Later they joined Walkovich's action. Despite the authorities' ban, the march along Krasnaya Street took place; the meeting place was announced at the intersection of Severnaya and Krasnaya streets, from which the protesters still had to walk to the grove. Up to 150 people took part in the procession and subsequent rally with imperial flags and flags with the image of Kolovrat. Participants shouted xenophobic chants at non-Slavic passers-by. At the beginning of the procession, about 8 people were detained. Judging by the description, participants were detained with flags, nationalist symbols, and crosses (straight edge) on their hands. Sanctioned actions took place in the city for the first time.

In Krasnoyarsk, up to 400 people took part in the action. In addition to imperial symbols, those gathered used the banner “Prisoners of conscience, you are not forgotten!” and “No drugs, no immigration!” (at the same time, the crossed out syringes were very reminiscent of the symbols of the banned DPNI).

In Kursk the action was cancelled. According to the organizers, they feared criminal prosecution (under Articles 282 and 280).

In Maykop (Adygea), the march did not take place. Previously, the action was organized in Maikop by the “Union of Slavs of Adygea”. *" We do not see the point in this event, since it is ineffective*," said Vladimir Karataev, chairman of the board of the Union of Slavs of Adygea.

In Murmansk, about 100 people came to the gathering place, but police officers detained the organizers and took them to the police department. For this reason, the procession did not take place. Previously, the procession was prohibited, but it was approved through the court.

In Nizhny Novgorod, about 300 people took part in the march. Participants walked 2.5 kilometers, chanting “Freedom for the Russian people” and calling for a fair distribution of the budget, and also encouraged young people to quit smoking.

In Novomoskovsk (Tula region) a procession took place, then a rally. The event brought together at least 50 people.

In Novosibirsk, the procession began in the city center at the St. Nicholas Chapel at the Ploshchad Lenina metro station. According to the organizers, this place “is the geographical center of the Russian Empire.” The event brought together more than 800 people who walked through the center to the State Public Scientific and Technical Library and spoke under the slogans “Stop feeding the Caucasus!”, “Russia for the Russians!” and "Siberia for Siberians!" At the head of the column were activists of the Novosibirsk “Voluntary Youth Squad” (“Northern Wolf”) (declared as a project of the “Nashi” movement, participates in “healthy jogging” with activists of Healthy Lifestyle-Novosibirsk, leader – Roman Bykov). Also participating in the action were activists of the local “Resistance” with their symbols, the healthy lifestyle block (flags of healthy lifestyle NSK (with the coat of arms of Novosibirsk) and SBNT (“Union of the Struggle for National Sobriety”) with St. George the Victorious), the socio-political movement “Russian Breakthrough Tomsk” ( leader - Evgeny Loginov, about 15 activists) with his banner, there was also a banner “Novosibirsk Fight Club - No Fear - Northern Wolf” (probably belonging to the “Voluntary Youth Squad”). In addition to the organizers (Mikhail Stasyshin, Rostislav Antonov, Roman Bykov), State Duma deputy from “A Just Russia” Ilya Ponomarev, known for his left-wing political views, the leader of the Novosibirsk “Right Cause” Sergei Dyachkov and the leader of the Novosibirsk “Patriots of Russia” Alexander Mukharytsin spoke at the rally.

Also on November 4 in Novosibirsk, a group of about 15-20 far-right activists held a separate march along one of the central streets of the city. Banners for a healthy lifestyle, against tolerance and a “Be a Warrior” banner were used. Participants used pyrotechnics and shot traumatic weapons into the air.

In Omsk, the procession was organized by the Liberal Democratic Party. Organizers report that about 250 people took part. But, judging by the photographs, no more than 150 participated.

In Perm, about 300 people gathered under imperial and Russian flags and marched along Krupskaya Street from Friendship Square to Makarenko Street. Those gathered lined up in a rectangle with banners “Russian Perm”, “Russia - Russian order!”, “1612 - the people saved their homeland.” Throughout the entire procession, participants walked in a dense, organized column and shouted “Glory to Russian weapons!”, “Only Rus' - only victory!”, “Russia is Russian land!”, “Glory to Rus' - glory to Russia!”, “For a healthy lifestyle - Hey, hey!”, “What did our grandfathers fight for? So that we drink away the meaning of Victory?” Finally, the marchers sang “Katyusha” several times. Reports from the march in Perm were widely disseminated on nationalist websites and blogs.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a rally under imperial flags was held at the Spartak stadium.

In Pskov, a picket in support of the “Russian March” was held on Lenin Square. The logs say that the picket was a single one, but the photographs show at least two people with a banner reading “Pskov for the Russian March” and an imperial flag with the inscription “We are Russians. God is with us.” The picket lasted about an hour.

In Pyatigorsk, several hundred participants of the event began a procession at 12.00 from the monument to General Ermolov. The action took place without incident.

In Rostov-on-Don, although the march was not sanctioned, two organized groups took to the streets of the city to carry it out: activists of the local NOMP Kvachkov and a group of youth with imperial flags, organized through the social network “VKontakte”. The latter part of them went out onto Bolshaya Sadovaya Street on their own, counting on the spontaneous self-organization of some gatherings in the city center, and some of them joined the rally of local LDPR activists. Most of those who came out and everyone who was wearing various kinds of imperial symbols were detained (according to various sources, from 30 to 100 people were detained and taken to the police department, and after drawing up protocols they were released). Many far-right people perceived these arrests as a provocation on the part of the LDPR, since representatives of the LDPR itself, through VKontakte, invited far-right youth to join their rally, bringing with them imperial flags. Let us recall that two applications from the far right to hold a “Russian March” in Rostov-on-Don on Don were not satisfied with the city authorities.

Also this year, the “Eurasian Imperial Run Rostov - Donetsk” was announced on November 4th. Participants were asked to travel by transport almost to the border with Ukraine, run the last 15-20 km, get to Donetsk and there take part in events dedicated to National Unity Day. As a result, a “Procession with the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God” took place in Donetsk, which brought together about 500 people from Russia and Ukraine.

In Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region), the “Russian March” was held for the first time. At the monument to Lev Oshanin on the Volzhskaya embankment, about 80 young people with posters and about the same number of representatives of law enforcement agencies gathered - police officers, traffic police cars, police and a riot police truck. The march participants moved along the embankment to the Poljot sports palace, where the rally took place. Then the organizers started a song with the obscene phrase “fuck it... we’ll deport you.” After this, the rally participants listened to a lecture downloaded from the Internet by Professor Zhdanov on the dangers of alcohol and smoking. At 5 p.m., a rally was also held at the Lenin monument, where the documentary film “The Russia We Lost” was shown.

In Ryazan, the action was banned by the authorities. The organizers also could not agree on the possibility of hanging the imperial flag at the LDPR rally, and the people’s gathering of nationalists also could not be held, as they decided to go to the “Russian March” in Moscow. But it was not possible to go to Moscow either.

In Samara, about 200 people gathered in Kuznetsov Square on Bezymyanka, mostly teenagers and fans of the Krylia Sovetov football team. After 10 minutes, one of the organizers came out to the crowd and directed everyone to Kalinin Square. About 100 people reached Kalinin Square, who in turn were sent to the Samarets Cultural Center, where a rally took place, but almost no speakers could be heard. The teenagers began shouting “Glory to Rus'!” One tried to climb onto the stage and beat the speaker, but was detained. The police detained several more people. In general, the march did not take place.

In Saratov , the crowd, about 150-200 people, mostly young people, marched along Kirov Avenue. The official organizer was Pavel Galaktionov (co-chairman of the Russian Bloc - Saratov movement). In addition, representatives of NOMP, Cossacks, the Volya party (Samara), and the Northern Brotherhood organization (Balakovo) came to the rally. Participants gathered near the building of the Covered Market and walked across the avenue to Lipki, where the rally took place. Those gathered chanted “Stop robbing Russian regions!”, “Russia - Russian power!”, “Glory to Rus'!”, “Russian people are sober people!”, “Russians forward!”, “Beat the blacks.” At the rally, the main demand put forward by those gathered was an end to the criminal prosecution of the “Dagestan captive” Andrei Popov. The speakers stated the need to stop the “ infusions” of Russian money into Chechnya and the Caucasus countries .” At the end of the event, activists adopted an appeal to Prosecutor General Ustinov and the chief investigator of the Russian Federation Bastrykin, which was signed by about 100 people. In the resolution, those gathered, in particular, called on the authorities to make it as easy as possible admission to Russian citizenship of compatriots living abroad.

When most of those gathered left the venue of the meeting, a group of young people with the symbols of the Makhachkala football club "Anzhi" on their clothes approached the monument to Chernyshevsky from the side of the avenue and addressed the nationalists in a harsh manner. After this, a fight almost broke out between the parties, which was interrupted by the police. Law enforcement officers detained two young people, who were released after checking their documents. In addition, several nationalists who drank alcohol before the rally were detained. They were fined 100 rubles and released.

Also in Saratov, policedetained 20-year-old Alexander Samiev, who was distributing anti-fascist leaflets.

In Smolensk, the organizers managed to hold a rally in the city center. About 100 people took part (according to the organizers - 250).

In Stavropol, participants in the “Russian March” marched from General Yermolov Square to the “Soldier” monument. According to the organizers, about 600 people took part. The “imperial motor rally” planned after the procession did not take place. Police officers, according to the participants, during the procession asked to turn imperial flags, and they did not obey them.

A rally agreed by the LDPR was held in Surgut . In total, no more than 30 people took part in it.

The coordinated “Russian March” was held in Syktyvkar (Komi), in which activists of the “border of the North Syktyvkar”, “border of the North Vorkut”, as well as the local “People’s militia of Minin and Pozharsky” (leader - Alexander Ivanov) took part. About 30 people participated in the action. Due to attempts to go through a march to the site of the “United Russia” rally and attempts to lift up nearby at the rally of LDPR activists were detained (including Alexei Kohlov and Yuri Avdoshkin). On the eve of November 2, for a drunken fight with a policeman, the leader of the RSI Vorkuta Alexander Morozov was detained, who walked at night in the city center with other activists and flags. Earlier, the organizers of the march received approval for its implementation on the route, the application for which they submitted.

In Tambov, the march gathered no more than 10 people. On the day of the action, the organizers of the gathering were detained. In particular, Yuri Dmitriev was detained. A few more people were detained by CPE employees at the collection site. All of them were later released.

In Togliatti, the Russian March was authorized by the authorities and organized the NP of the RCC "Power" and the movement "People’s Cathedral". About 100-150 people took part in it. The column of the walking was accompanied by several dozen police officers and FSB officers. The audience set fire to the fireflies and blew up the noise crackers, held the icons, patriotic banners and sovereign flags in their hands. The column passed along the route Square of Freedom - Youth Boulevard - Victory Street - Central Park - Central Square. The procession ended with a rally and a concert on the porch of the Togliatti recreation center.

In Tomsk, the action was prohibited and did not take place.

In Tula, the Russian March reached the Arts Square, where a rally took place. The event gathered at least 300 people, among them there are a lot of young people. A separate block was moved by “autonomous” neo -Nazis with the Banner “Straight Edge”.

In Ulyanovsk, about 150-200 people visited the march, including activists of the National Union of the Ulyanovsk Region. The audience carried the banners "be sober", "for Holy Rus'", "Russians go", etc. And chanted "Russia of Russia." After the procession, a rally took place, which, however, visited only part of the participants in the procession, while the rest chose to disperse.

In Ufa , an action was held dedicated to the protection of the Russian language in the region, where the slogans also sounded in support of the "Russian march".

In Chita, the chairman of the local department of the Union of the Russian People, Alexander Yaremenko, said that the “Russian march” in Chita was canceled due to the fact that “ some associates, including skinheads,“ partisans ”are now under investigation. And in order not to aggravate Their position, we do not hold public actions . "

In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a procession was held, gathered about 100 people who organized the "Orthodox corps" on Sakhalin and "Brotherhood of Alexander Nevsky". Nationalists joined the go.

In Yaroslavl, the court canceled the administration’s ban on the procession. As a result, a group of 20 young people gathered at the Kotorosny bridge and police officers arrived in two cars and a groove. For several minutes, the march participants stood on the embankment, then moved to the park of the millennium and to the Victory Park. The group did not shout any slogans, there were no symbols, flags or banners. In addition, at one flyover, the A1 “Yaroslavl for Russians” format was posted, made on white fabric with black paint. We can assume that the action has failed.

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• Based on materials from right-wing radical sites.
• Based on materials from Internet blogs.
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