The Victory Parade will begin. More than 120 units of military equipment, 73 units of aircraft, as well as 33 parade crews, that is, 12,000 military personnel, will take part in the parade. The passage of military equipment across Red Square will be opened by the historical T-34, followed by Russian Typhoons and Tigers, T-90A and T-14 Armata tanks, BMP-3 and Kurganets infantry fighting vehicles , BTR-82A and Boomerang armored personnel carriers, Yars and Iskander strategic missile systems and other equipment. Among the "new products" promised are the "Terminator" - a BMPT tank support combat vehicle, an anti-aircraft missile system - "Tor M2", protected vehicles "Typhoon-K" with a 4x4 wheel arrangement, an armored vehicle "Ural432009", an armored corps vehicle "Patrol" .
Mi-8 helicopters will take part in the air parade, which will open the parade formation, Mi-26, Mi-28N, Ka-52, Mi-24P, strategic missile carriers Tu-160, Tu-95 MS, long-range bombers Tu-22 M3, fighters Su-35S, Su-30SM, MiG-29, MiG-31, Su-34 and Su-24M front-line bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft and other vehicles, including air refueling will be shown. In 2018, airplanes will fly at an altitude of 300 to 500 meters, helicopters at an altitude of 150 meters. The speed of aircraft will be in the range of 200-500 km/h.
Unfortunately, ordinary tourists will not be able to see the parade from the center of events - traditionally only war veterans, the leadership of the country and the Ministry of Defense, honored foreign guests, etc. will be admitted to Red Square by special invitation. The parade will be broadcast live on large screens on Tverskaya Street, Pushkinskaya Square and Patriarch's Ponds, but such a broadcast takes place without sound.
But residents of Moscow and tourists of the capital can see live the preparations for the parade, namely, the movement of equipment to Red Square. Unlike recent years, when military equipment was “grouped” at Khodynskoye Pole, now its collection point is Nizhniye Mnevniki Street (accessible, for example, from the Molodyozhnaya, Krylatskoye and Oktyabrskoye Pole metro stations). True, you will have to meet the column at the start around 6 in the morning. Next, the column will proceed along the Zvenigorod highway to the Garden Ring, then turn left onto Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, which passes into Tverskaya. At the same time, on Tverskaya, the equipment will stop until 10:00 before the final advance to Red Square: the column will stretch from the beginning of Tverskaya Street to the middle of Pushkin Square and even a little further towards Mayakovskaya.
The most convenient option for tourists to admire the parade is from Tverskaya Street. But it is worth considering that here, most likely, the largest number of spectators will gather, and the metro itself usually works only “for the exit”. Therefore, many people prefer to watch the parade on a different section of the column - away from the center.
If you make a move forward, then there is an opportunity to look at the return passage of equipment when it returns from the parade. This is a route along Vasilyevsky Spusk, through the Kremlin Embankment and further to Vozdvizhenka and New Arbat to the Garden Ring. Then the columns will go back exactly along the original path - along the Zvenigorod highway.
As for the air parade, and this is traditionally one of the most exciting spectacles, aviation will take off from 8 airfields in Moscow, Tver, Bryansk, Saratov, Kaluga, Voronezh, Lipetsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions. However, the formation of air groups in a single formation will take place in Moscow over Tushino, and then the aircraft will pass "along" Leningradsky Prospekt and Tverskaya Street. It is along these streets that military aircraft will be best seen. Also, a good point for observation is promised at the Belorussky railway station, on Sofiyskaya and Kremlin embankments. It is assumed that the air part of the parade will pass through the capital around 10:20.
After the passage of the parade in Moscow, a festive program opens for Muscovites and tourists - concert programs will be held in all parks of the capital, starting at one in the afternoon. Volunteers of the St. George Ribbon action are also expected in "places of mass congestion of people". From 13:00 at the Dinamo metro station, the gathering of participants in the Immortal Regiment campaign begins, the start of the movement of the regiment along Tverskaya - from 15:00.
Victory Day will end with fireworks at 22:00. The fireworks command control panel is located on Sparrow Hills - therefore, the observation deck of Sparrow Hills and the park around are considered one of the favorite places to watch fireworks. Similarly, tourists "group" on the opposite side, on the Luzhnetskaya embankment.
In addition, fireworks can be viewed at Poklonnaya Hill, where there are as many as two fireworks launch points, as well as at VDNKh in the Cosmonautics Park. In total, firework installations will be placed in 16 points of the city, including in the Izmailovo and Kuzminki parks, near the Kursk railway station, on Bolshaya Akademicheskaya, as well as in other areas of Moscow - Nagatino, Otradnoye, South Butovo, in Troitsk, Zelenograd, Mitino, Obruchevo, Solntsevo, in Northern Tushino.
Note that there are "special offers" for tourists - among them, for example, excursions along the Moscow River, with viewing fireworks from the water surface. Also, tourists are invited by the "high-rise" Moscow City, inviting to see "several fireworks at the same time."
PS: It is worth paying the attention of city residents and tourists to the fact that on May 9, during the construction of columns of military equipment and its passage along Tverskaya Street, the exit of passengers from the stations Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya, Mayakovskaya, " Lubyanka" towards Nikolskaya street; from the station "Kitay-gorod" towards the streets of Ilyinka, Varvarka and Kitaygorodsky proezd. In addition, throughout the day on May 9 at the Park Pobedy station, lobby No. 1 (exit to the odd side of Kutuzovsky Prospekt, towards Park Pobedy) will work only for exits, and lobby No. 2 - only for entrance.
After the completion of the festivities, entrance to the stations Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Okhotny Ryad, Aleksandrovsky Sad, Arbatskaya of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, Borovitskaya, Lubyanka, Kuznetsky Most, and Kitay-Gorod will also be restricted. ”, “Pushkinskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Park Kultury” of Sokolnicheskaya and Circle lines, "Oktyabrskaya" of the Ring and Kaluga-Rizhskaya lines, "Vorobyovy Gory", "University" and "Sportivnaya".
Many people dream of being on Red Square on May 9, but tickets for the parade are not for sale. You can get to the stands only by special invitations, which are received by veterans, their relatives, officials, distinguished guests from other countries and journalists. Of course, you can watch the military parade at home on TV. The screen will really present the best views from quadrocopters, from tanks and helicopters. But some really want to see how T-34 tanks, armored personnel carriers, Yarsy missile systems will drive through the streets of Moscow, and especially how heavy MI-26 helicopters, AN-124 and IL-76 aircraft will fly.
How will the technology go?
Along Nizhniye Mnevniki Street, then along the Zvenigorodskoye Highway, turn left at the Garden Ring and head towards Tverskaya Street. According to the experience of past years, Tverskaya will be blocked from Pushkinskaya to Manezhnaya Square. This section will be closed along with adjacent railings. During the parade, it will not be possible to go to the Manezhnaya Square and the Kremlin Embankment. So looking at the technique, as during rehearsals - from the sidewalk, will not work.
Where to see
1. Book a room in the National, Four Seasons Hotel Moscow, and The Ritz-Carlton hotels closest to Red Square. Of course, this pleasure is not cheap. Rooms in these hotels from 15,000 rubles. In advance, it would be possible to look for a daily rent of an apartment on Tverskaya. From the balcony you can see the equipment and see low-flying aircraft.
2. Those who wish to see the equipment will line up in the area of the Belorussky railway station - at the beginning of Tverskaya-Yamskaya street. You can also take good photos of aviation over the White Square.
3. Muscovites call Sofiyskaya embankment opposite the Kremlin an advantageous place. It will not be possible to drive there by car - it will be blocked for cars. People begin to take places from 8.30.
4. You can see all military equipment on Novy Arbat, starting from 10.30-10.40. The Minister of Defense's limousine will take the same route. There are usually few people here. But we don’t recommend watching aviation here - it’s far away.
5. The passage of aircraft and helicopters will be perfectly visible from Bolshaya Sadovaya Street.
6. military equipment from 11.00 you can see it on the Garden Ring.
7. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled howitzers can be seen even from private cars on Marshal Zhukov Avenue, Mnevniki Street and Zvenigorodskoye Highway. Residents of high-rise buildings can take photos right from their windows.
8. Aviation can be seen not only in the center, but also above Petrovsky Park near the Dynamo metro station and further up to Khimki.
Which metro stations will be closed in the center:
From 7.00 until the end of the parade on Red Square, the stations Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya, Aleksandrovsky Sad, Borovitskaya and Biblioteka im. Lenin";
During the construction of columns of military equipment and its passage along Tverskaya Street, the exit of passengers from the stations "Pushkinskaya", "Tverskaya", "Chekhovskaya", "Mayakovskaya", "Lubyanka" (towards Nikolskaya Street), "Kitai-gorod" ( towards Ilyinka street, Kitaygorodsky passage and Varvarka street).
Dear readers, where do you look at technology and aviation? Leave in the comments the addresses of the places that, in your opinion, are the most comfortable.
The route of movement of military equipment at the Victory Parade in 2018
As in the case of the general rehearsal on May 6, and in the case of the parade itself on the 9th, the route of movement of vehicles, of course, will be the same. And he is already known today.
This time, the gathering place for equipment will not be the usual Khodynka field, as before, but a site on Nizhniye Mnevniki Street. From this site, the equipment will go along the following streets:
Zvenigorod highway,
Garden Ring road,
Tverskaya-Yamskaya street,
Tverskaya street - a stop will be made here, after which the equipment will go to Red Square.
The reverse route of movement of vehicles, of course, is different; it is impossible to deploy a column to pass through the same streets.
Therefore, the equipment can be observed even after it passes through the central square of the country on the following streets of Moscow:
Vasilyevsky Spusk,
Kremlin embankment,
Vozdvizhenka street,
New Arbat,
Garden Ring road,
Zvenigorod highway.
As for aviation, it will gather for the parade from eight military airfields in eight neighboring regions at once (in addition to Moscow, these are Tver, Bryansk, Saratov, Kaluga, Voronezh, Lipetsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions).
Victory Parade 2018 in Moscow: official website of the Ministry of Defense about the schemes of Victory parades in Moscow and the regions
The site presents a detailed scheme for the formation of 40 foot ceremonial calculations - participants in the parade. In addition, information is provided on the order of passage of the mechanized column in the form of a diagram and the equipment participating in the parade.
Users will be able to get acquainted with the novelties that will be presented this year, including the Terminator tank support combat vehicle, special robotic systems Uran-6 and Uran-9, unmanned aircrafts"Corsair" and "Katran".
It occupies a separate place detailed diagram dedicated to the aviation part of the parade. It is presented in the form of an interactive "aviation cube".
The website of the Ministry of Defense also has a multimedia section dedicated to parades in other cities of Russia.
Recall that this year the Moscow Victory Parade will receive 75 crews of operational-tactical, long-range, military transport and army aviation. The main surprises of the air part of the parade will be the latest Su-57 fighters, which will appear for the first time over the main square of the country, and the upgraded MiG-31K fighters equipped with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system.
It should be noted that this night the final night rehearsal of the Victory Parade took place on Red Square. 12.5 thousand people walked across the square, as well as various equipment, including robotic systems.
May 9 at 10:00 on Red Square in Moscow will be held the Victory Parade in the Great Patriotic War, timed to coincide with the 73rd anniversary of its completion. Festive celebrations will be attended by many leaders various countries world, most of which arrived in the Russian capital on the eve of Victory Day.
Military equipment at the Victory Parade
More than 12.5 thousand military personnel will take part in the Parade, more than 150 units of modern weapons and military equipment will be involved. The mechanized column includes Tiger vehicles, T-72BZ tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems, anti-aircraft missile and gun systems. Pantsir-Cl", Yars missile systems, as well as promising samples: Armata tanks, Kurganets infantry fighting vehicles and Boomerang armored personnel carriers, Coalition self-propelled howitzers, a combat vehicle with high level security, firepower and controllability of BMPT "Terminator", robotic systems "Uran-6" and "Uran-9", an army snowmobile with PKP, unmanned aerial vehicles "Corsair", "Katran", an army all-terrain vehicle, UAZ "Pickup" with a machine gun Kord, Typhoon-K armored car, Tor-M2 SAM combat vehicle, Patrol armored corps vehicle.
Aviation at the Victory Parade
This year, 75 crews of operational-tactical, long-range, military transport and army aviation will take part in the military parade. Among them are strategic missile carriers Tu-160, Tu-95 MS, long-range bombers Tu-22 MZ, tanker aircraft Il-78, military transport aircraft Il-76 MD, fighters Su-35, Su-30 SM, MiG-29, MiG-31, Su-34, Su-24M bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft, Mi-26, Mi-8, Mi-28N, Ka-52, Mi-24 helicopters.
Among the main participants in the flight are fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft, as well as, for the first time, a pair of MiG-31K fighters equipped with the latest Kinzhal missile system.
Novelties of the Victory Parade
For the first time, the Victory Parade will be attended by: the Terminator tank support combat vehicle, the Uran-6 and Uran-9 special robotic systems, the Corsair and Katran unmanned aerial vehicles.
How to get to the Victory Parade
You can get to the Victory Parade on Red Square on May 9, 2018 only by personalized invitation cards, which are distributed among veterans, accompanying persons, government officials, deputies, governors and other persons.
Where to see military equipment
Everyone will be able to look at military equipment on May 9, 2018. This can be done throughout the entire route of the column through Moscow.
Military personnel and heavy equipment participating in the parade are located in a wasteland opposite house 45 along Nizhniye Mnevniki Street. The route of the mechanized columns to rehearsals and to the parade: Nizhniye Mnevniki street - Narodnogo Opolcheniya street - Mnevniki street - Zvenigorodskoye highway - Krasnaya Presnya street - Barrikadnaya street - Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya street - Bolshaya Sadovaya street - Triumphalnaya square - Tverskaya street - Manezhnaya square - Krasnaya square - Vasilyevsky Spusk - Kremlin Embankment - Borovitskaya Square - Mokhovaya Street - Vozdvizhenka Street - Novy Arbat Street - Novinsky Boulevard - Barrikadnaya Street - Krasnaya Presnya Street - Zvenigorodskoye Highway - Mnevniki Street - Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street - Nizhniye Mnevniki Street.
Where to watch aviation
Optimal viewing platforms are Leningradsky Prospekt, Tverskaya and First Tverskaya-Yamskaya streets, Raushskaya embankment and the streets adjacent to Red Square. The time of flight of aircraft is the interval between 10:45 and 10:55. To improve the quality of the view, it is desirable to stay away from high-rise buildings.
Restrictions in the operation of central metro stations
During the Victory Parade hours, exit from Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Teatralnaya, Kitai-Gorod, Aleksandrovsky Sad, Lenin Library, Lubyanka and Borovitskaya stations located in the central part of Moscow will be impossible (only entry and transfer). Exit restrictions will also apply to the Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya, Mayakovskaya and Tverskaya stations at the time of the passage of military equipment. It should be noted that many streets of Moscow will be blocked from 05:00.
On May 9, 2018, the Victory Parade will be held in Russia. Traditionally, rehearsals are held, and the traffic police blocks the streets along the route of the movement of equipment.
About the blocking of roads, about the route of movement of military equipment reported in the propaganda department of the UGIBDD. In Moscow, motorists will not be able to reach their destinations along their usual route from 06:00.
The route of movement of equipment for the Parade on May 9, 2018 in Moscow and St. Petersburg
In Moscow, traffic will be limited from 06:00 from the street. Lower Mnevniki to the street. Tverskaya (Zvenigorod highway and Garden Ring). The center will be closed: st. Tverskaya - Triumphalnaya Square to the street. Mokhovaya, st. Mokhovaya from Bolshaya Nikitskaya to st. Tverskaya, st. Okhotny Ryad from the street. Tverskaya to Bolshaya Dmitrovka. From 06:30, travel will be prohibited on Devichye Pole. "Immortal Regiment" will pass from Art. m. "Dynamo" to the station. with. Okhotny Ryad, on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, Moskvoretskaya Embankment, Kremlin Embankment: traffic will be blocked on them for seven hours - 12:00-19:00.
In St. Petersburg, this time traffic will be limited from Gorelovo through the Anninskoye Highway, Ring Road, Piskarevsky. Parking will be banned around Palace Square. The columns took place on April 30, May 2 and 4, but will also take place on May 7 and 8.
On May 7, a dress rehearsal of the Victory Parade will be held at Palace Square from 10:00. The convoy with equipment and troops will arrive by 07:00. The next day at 16:00 military equipment will arrive to park and prepare for the Parade. It will start moving from Gorelovo at 13:00. On the days of May 6 and 7, from 20:00, parking will be prohibited in Pevchesky passage, on the street. Millionnaya from Dvortsovaya to Aptekarsky Lane, on Pevchesky Bridge, from it to Nevsky Prospekt, on the square itself and two passages - Palace and Admiralteisky.
On May 7 from 05:30 and on May 8 from 08:00, parking will be prohibited on St. Isaac's Square, along St. Isaac's Cathedral, on Konnogvardeisky Boulevard (on the even side). On May 7 from 05:30 and on May 8 from 08:00 it will be impossible to drive along Admiralteisky Proyezd (the side of the embankment and Palace Proyezd). Also on May 7 from 05:30 and May 8 from 14:00 until three columns of military equipment pass from Gorelovo to Palace Square, traffic on the following routes may be difficult:
- Gorelovo airfield, Anninskoye highway, Krasnoselskoye highway, Ring Road, Piskarevsky prospect, Sverdlovsk embankment, Arsenal embankment, Liteiny bridge, Kutuzov embankment, Swan Canal embankment, Sadovaya street, Nevsky prospect, Moika embankment, Pevchesky bridge, Palace Square.
- Gorelovo airfield, Anninskoye highway, Krasnoselskoye highway, Ring Road, Piskarevsky prospect, Sverdlovsk embankment, Arsenalnaya embankment, Liteiny bridge, Kutuzov embankment, Palace embankment, Nevsky prospect, Moika embankment, Pevchesky bridge, Palace square.
- Gorelovo airfield, Anninskoye highway, Krasnoselskoye highway, Ring Road, Piskarevsky prospect, Sverdlovsk embankment, Arsenalnaya embankment, Liteiny bridge, Kutuzov embankment, Millionnaya street, Palace square.