How the Victory Parade will take place in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, on June 24, the Victory parade will be held. More than 4.5 thousand military, military equipment and aircraft will take part in the event in Palace Square, and veterans will be among the audience. At the same time, the city still has a ban on mass events. "Paper" tells how the Victory Parade will take place in St. Petersburg during the pandemic.

The parade will be held on Palace Square. More than 4.5 thousand military will take part in it

The Victory Parade this year was postponed to June 24 due to the situation with coronavirus. This day Vladimir Putin announced the non -working.

The parade on Palace Square will begin at 10:00. More than 4.5 thousand military personnel and cadets, 100 units of equipment and 30 combat aircraft and helicopters will take part in it. The events will also be allowed by the Unarmets, who they had previously wanted to remove from participation.

During the parade, they will declare a minute of silence. The event will end with a choral performance of the song "We believed, we knew - we will win."

After the parade, the “Victory Calling” action will be held - drivers are called upon to be a signal of their cars. In the evening, a salute is planned

At 12:00 there will be a commemorative action “Victory Calling”. Drivers are offered to signal from their cars for a minute. It is assumed that train, ships and other transport will also take part in the action.

At 23:00, an artillery salute should be held at the Peter and Paul Fortress. Ten minutes before its start, the Promotion Rays will take place: enterprises urge spotlights in memory of the war.

200 veterans were invited to the parade. They should be checked with relatives on the Covid-19

200 veterans were invited to the parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Victory. Before the event, they, along with their relatives living with them, must pass a test for coronavirus.

For veterans and other invited guests in Palace Square, they equipped the rostrum - 720 people will be allowed there, they will be planted in a checkerboard pattern. Spectators should be in protective masks and gloves. At the entrance, they are planned to measure the temperature.

In front of the parade, the palace square, the stands installed on it, as well as the equipment, are promised in Smolny. The press service of the calls says that the military is provided with masks, gloves and antiseptics, however, the general rehearsal of the parade took place without protection.

On the day of the parade Palace Square and part of the Nevsky Prospekt will be blocked

On June 24, Palace Square, adjacent streets and the beginning of Nevsky Prospekt will be blocked . Access to pedestrians and motorists will be closed for security reasons.

From 9:00 to 13:00 it will not be possible to drive along the palace passage, Admiralty Avenue from Gorokhovaya Street to Nevsky Prospekt, Admiraltyan embankment and Nevsky Prospekt from Sadovaya Street to the palace passage.

Driving schemes and more detailed information about the ceilings is available on the Corta website.

The parade will broadcast Petersburg TV channels and street screens

The Victory Parade can be viewed online, the broadcasts will organize at least two television channels-“78” and “St. Petersburg”.

The parade will also be shown on eleven screens in the central regions of St. Petersburg, but their location is not specified.

Victory Parade is one of the few mass events during the pandemic in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, due to Pandemia of Coronavirus, there is still a ban on mass events. By June 22, 22,412 cases of infection were revealed in the city, 7,896 of them officially remain active.

The Victory Parade will become one of the few mass events that will be held in the city during the pandemic. In some regions of Russia, they decided to abandon him.

Photo on the cover: Victoria Zvireneva