How will it be in St. Petersburg on May 9?

Photo: a company of honorary guard on Palace Square during a military parade in honor of the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Andrey Bock / TASS

In 2023, Victory Day in St. Petersburg will again be held without the "Immortal Regiment" and aviation. After the parade on Palace Square, a festive concert will begin, and in the evening of Petersburgers a traditional artillery salute awaits.

"Paper" tells how it will take place on May 9 in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, which streets will be blocked and how they plan to congratulate veterans.

The Victory Parade will be held without aviation and with a limited number of military personnel

In St. Petersburg, since the end of April, regular rehearsals of the Victory Palace Square parade are held (April 25 and 27, May 4 and 7). Fontanka writes that this is the only opportunity to see the parade live - on May 9 it will be possible to get to the palace only by invitation tickets that are distributed through the district administrations.

A mechanized column, reports Fontanka with reference to a correspondent who was present at rehearsals will include more than 80 units of military equipment.

The publication claims that about 4 thousand cadets and cadets of military universities are involved in the parade. Of the real military personnel-the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense and the Rosguard. Fontanka notes that the 138th brigade, the Marines of the Baltic Fleet and the Pskov special forces will not participate in the parade.

The publication writes that the script of the event will not be very different from last year. First, the removal of banners, then the general bypass of foot columns and the passage of technology, and at the end the orchestra will perform “Victory Day”.

Earlier, Fontanka, without a link to the source, reported that the Victory Parade in St. Petersburg will be held without aviation for the second year in a row. According to journalists, the pilots of the Western Military District did not conduct training in the Palace Square. There is no official confirmation of this information.

The parade will also use 250 participants in the Unarmia military-patriotic movement, the press service of the St. Petersburg government said .

After the parade on Palace, a free concert will begin

After the Victory Parade, at 14:00, a free and public concert “Courage” will begin on Palace Square. Memory. Victory, ” reported on the state portal“ Culture of St. Petersburg ”.

Alexander Rosenbaum, Dmitry Pevtsov, Vasily Gerello, Evgeny Dyatlov, Elena Vaenga and other artists will perform at the concert. From the stage they will tell about soldiers and fighters of different troops, “Stories about the courage of 28 Panfilovites” and the heroes of the Brest Fortress.

At 22:00, an artillery salute is planned in the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The authorities are discussing the complete closure of the streets closest to the Palace Square

In addition to the probable cancellation of the flight of aviation, the St. Petersburg authorities also prepare a number of other safety measures for May 9.

During the training of the parade, the military with unknown equipment in their hands was noticed on the building of the Main Staff. "Fontanka" suggests that it could be suppliers of drones.

In St. Petersburg, a complete ban on commercial and private launches of drones has already been introduced . The ban applies to flights within a radius of 150 kilometers from the city and will last at least until May 15.

Fontanka, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, claims that in Smolny they discuss the idea of ​​a “total cleaning” adjacent to the Palace Square of squares and streets. The authorities offer to close access to the palace passage, the Alexander Garden and Nevsky Prospekt. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

Earlier, the publication wrote that in Smolny they discuss the opportunity to draw a parade without spectators. The interlocutor of the publication considered that this may be due to the terrorist attack on April 2 in St. Petersburg, as a result of which Vladlen Tatarsky died .

In Russia, the procession of the "Immortal Regiment" was canceled - also for security reasons

On April 18, the co -chairman of the Central Headquarters of the Immortal Regiment, the State Duma deputy Elena Tsunaeva, said that in 2023 the procession of the Immortal Regiment was canceled in Russia, which usually takes place on Victory Day.

Tsunaeva explained the decision by the fact that a number of regions, including Crimea, are already “in jeopardy”. She invited everyone to post photos of veterans relatives in social networks, on clothes, a car and on the movement site. Tsunaeva also came up with the initiative to hold an Immortal Avtopolk campaign in the regions. "Windows of Victory". "

Movement in the city will be redrawn on May 4, 7 and from 15:00 on May 8

Since April 27, in St. Petersburg they began to block traffic due to the rehearsals of the parade, the Directorate for the Organization of the Road of St. Petersburg reported .

Where and when there will be floors:

• On May 4 and May 7 - on the Moika embankment from Nevsky to the singing bridge, on Millionnaya, in the passage along the houses of 4 and 6–8 along the Palace Square, on the embankment of the winter groove, the palace embankment, in the palace passage, on the Admiralty Prospekt from Gorokhovaya to Nevsky, on the Admiralty Nevsky and Nevsky from Sadovaya Street to the palace roadway.
• From 15:00 on May 8 to 12:30 p.m. on the embankment of the Moika from Nevsky to the Single Bridge, on the Millionnaya, in the passage along the houses 4 and 6–8 along Palace Square, on the Embankment of the Winter Groove and the Palace Embankment.
• May 8 and May 9 - in the palace passage, on the Admiralty Prospekt from Gorokhovaya Street to Nevsky Prospekt, on the Admiralty Naberezhnaya and Nevsky Prospect from Sadovaya Street to the palace passage.
• From 21:00 to 23:00 on May 9 - on the Palace and Admiralty embankment.

On the Moika from Nevsky to the singing bridge along the houses of 4 and 6–8 along Palace Square and on Millionnaya Street from Palace Square to the Marble Lane, public transport stops until 12:30 p.m. on May 9.

Due to roads in St. Petersburg on April 27, 9-point traffic jams were formed. Probably, traffic jams in the city can be expected on May 4 and 7.

The metro will work according to the usual graphics. Train - according to Sunday schedule

From May 6 to May 8, the metro of St. Petersburg will work on the weekend schedule, and on May 9 - according to the schedule of everyday life, according to the St. Petersburg metro.

On May 6, ground transport will work according to the usual Saturday schedule, and from May 7 to 9 - on Sunday schedule. Due to the rehearsals and the parade itself, buses No. 2, 3, 7, 10, 22, 24, 27, 191 and trolleybuses No. 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 17, 22 will follow by bypass or shortened tracks. You can read more about changing routes here .

Electricities from May 6 to 8 will run on Saturday schedule, and on May 9-on Sunday schedule, they told the Northwest Prigorian Passenger Company.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War from St. Petersburg on Victory Day will receive 10 thousand rubles each

Until May 9, veterans and blockade will receive a one -time monetary payment from the St. Petersburg budget.

Payments will be sent to participants, people with disabilities, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, blockers, former minor prisoners of concentration camps, disabled people and war participants, as well as all Petersburgers who were born until September 3, 1945. The payment will amount to 10 thousand rubles, the press service of Smolny said .

The widows and widowers of the military who died during the Great Patriotic War will receive 5 thousand rubles each.

The Vedomosti publication writes that by Victory Day, the State Duma deputies recommended holding solemn actions, for example, “Parade at the House of the Veteran”, “Victory Palisador”, “Victory Windows”, “Banner of Victory”, “Victory Letter” and others. Whether there will be something similar in St. Petersburg is unknown.

And from April 25, St. Petersburg began to be distributed to St. George ribbons as part of the All -Russian action of the same name, writes the Petersburg Diary. The distribution of tapes will be held on May 5 and 7 from 17:00 to 19:00 at the entire metro station of St. Petersburg. The “Gostiny Dvor” will work interactive sites, which will tell about the history of the St. George tape and how to wear it correctly.

In three cities of the Leningrad region, military parades will be held

Since April 25, the St. George ribbon was also held in the Leningrad region from April 25, during the press conference, the chairman of the regional youth policy committee Marina Grigoryeva said.

Military parades will be held in Vyborg, Luga and Gatchina, and in other cities there will be moto and auto-wires and processions of reconstructors.

Cultural institutions organized events for residents of the Leningrad region. For example, in the Vepssky Center for Folklore on May 5, a concert “Threads of Memory” will be held, on May 6 in Shlisselburg they will hold a festival - a competition of choirs of veterans “With a Song in Life”, and the regional theater “Comedians” will show the play “Circle Square” by the play by Valentin Kataeva.

In the southwestern regions of Russia, parades were canceled on May 9

The authorities of several regions of Russia canceled the celebrations on May 9. For example, this was the Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz. He added that, despite the abolition of mass events, veterans in the courtyards in the yards as part of the Front Brigade campaign in the region.

The authorities of the Lipetsk and Oryol regions decided to cancel the parade. The Oryol region reported that the region does not have military equipment, but there are people in relation to whom it is impossible to allow a “minimum threat of security”.

In the Kaluga region, the authorities also abolished events and salutes for security reasons. At the same time, the head of the region Vladislav Shapsha said that the celebrations will pass.

The parades canceled all the cities of the Krasnodar Territory, except for Novorossiysk . And in the Voronezh region there will be a parade, but there will be no salute.

There will be no parades in the Crimea , the Belgorod and Kursk region .

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