Program for celebrating May 9th. Victory Day: festive events. Attention: change in metro operating hours

Heroes die not when death comes, but when they are forgotten. Every year the Great Patriotic War recedes further into the past. There are fewer participants in those events. It is all the more valuable that for millions of our compatriots Victory Day remains a real national holiday. It is a symbol of respect and gratitude of descendants to their great-grandfathers, the spiritual unity of a multinational country. We will tell you about the events for May 9, 2017 in Moscow.

In honor of the 72nd anniversary of the surrender of Germany, about 2,000 interactive platforms and interesting programs were organized for guests and residents of the capital. Public events - rallies, parades, folk festivals, concerts, honoring veterans, laying flowers at the monuments of the fallen - are the main events of this day.

Parade at the Kremlin walls

The most significant event of the holiday will traditionally begin at 15:00 on Red Square. Unlike last year's absolutely grandiose anniversary parade, this one will be a little more modest, but no less impressive. On May 9, 2017, 11 thousand military personnel, about 100 units of equipment and 71 aircraft will take part in the march along Red Square.

For the first time, viewers will see ultra-modern:

  • self-propelled artillery mounts "Coalition-SV";
  • missile systems (RC) “Bal” and “Bastion”;
  • new modifications of Typhoon vehicles with increased protection.

The following will also pass on the paving stones:

  • Yars missile systems;
  • self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S";
  • anti-aircraft complexes "Buk-M2" and "Pantsir-S1";
  • tanks "Armata" and T-90A;
  • S-400 anti-aircraft guns;
  • armored personnel carriers "Kurganets-25" and BTR-82A;
  • armored infantry vehicles "Boomerang".

They will circle in the sky:

  • heavy transport aircraft AN-124-100, “Ruslan”,
  • strategic bombers Tu-22M3, Tu-160,
  • MiG-31 interceptors,
  • Su-34 fighters,
  • helicopters Mi-28, Ka-52, Mi-26.

Aerobatic teams will show their skills.

The legendary workers of the war - the SU-100 self-propelled gun and the T-34 tank - will again take their place in the ranks. Units from the Second World War will march across Red Square: Cossacks, pilots, infantry and sailors. Accurately recreated costumes and historical weapons will add a real spirit of Victory to the entire event.

Memory March "Immortal Regiment"


On May 9, Muscovites and concerned guests of the city are invited to take part in the “Immortal Regiment” procession.

  • The action begins from the Dynamo metro station in Moscow at 15:00 and will continue at the walls of the Kremlin.
  • The purpose of the event is to unite everyone who carefully preserves the memory of their grandfathers who won the Victory.
  • In all capital centers providing public services, anyone who wants to join the movement can print out a photo of a front-line soldier for free.
  • “In 2017, the Immortal Regiment will go from the Dynamo metro station to Red Square. The procession will begin at 15:00. We expect from 700 thousand to 1 million participants. If more Muscovites come than last year, the action will be extended by 1-1.5 hours,” the message quotes N. Zemtsov (co-chairman of the patriotic public movement “Immortal Regiment”) as saying.
  • Also, march participants will be able to receive free water along the entire march route, but the field kitchen will not operate. This year the organizers intend to improve the musical accompaniment. Military music will be played along the entire route, and screens will be placed for participants to broadcast the Victory Parade.

Festive fireworks

On May 9, 2017, at exactly 22:00, the Moscow sky will light up with many lights. The Victory will be saluted using new installations equipped with a computer launch system to obtain a three-dimensional light panorama.

In 10 minutes, 30 artillery shots and 10 thousand volleys from special installations on the KamAZ platform will be fired. An additional interactive effect will be created by spotlight lighting.

The best place to enjoy the colorful volleys is on Poklonnaya Hill - the main fireworks platform of the capital, the observation deck of the Sparrow Hills and VDNKh.

“A brass band is playing in the city garden...”

Field kitchens, concerts, theatrical performances, military bands and songs of those years on May 9 - in all Moscow parks. Each district of the capital offers its own special events dedicated to Victory Day.

On Poklonnaya Hill

Equestrian performance “Traditions of Russia”

The event starts at 17:00. The wonders of dressage will be demonstrated by the Honor Guard Company, the Presidential Regiment, and equestrian schools from Moscow and other cities. The Presidential Orchestra will show its skills.

Virtuoso concert

On May 9, 2017, the unsurpassed symphony orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater will play on the stage of Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill. The musicians, led by conductor Valery Gergiev, prepared a unique program especially for the holiday.

"Light of Memory"

On May 9, activists will distribute 30,000 glowing bracelets on Poklonnaya Hill. In the evening before the fireworks, their radiance will merge with a ten-meter symbol of memory - a composition of flowers and an eternal flame.

We walk through the parks of the capital

Perovsky

Amazing vocal abilities of the soloists of the television show “The Voice. Children" and the performance of the group "Forbidden Drummers" can be heard in Perovsky Park. The highlight of the holiday will be the “Wall of Peace” created by the hands of guests from hundreds of paper doves. The parade of cadets will add solemnity to the event.

Them. Bauman

On May 9, you will be able to attend a walking orchestra show in the Bauman Garden. The festival is being held in Moscow for the fourth time. In 2017, the most unusual brass bands are participating in it: “Mosbras”, Bubamara Brass Band, ½ Orchestra, Mishanyan’s orchestra and others.

You will be surprised, but it turns out that not only marches and jazz compositions can be performed in this form. The arsenal of walking orchestras includes club house, mixes from works of various genres, performed in an unusual manner on a trumpet or sousaphone.

Want to participate? Create your own costume in a cardboard studio, master the basics of playing the trumpet or trombone at master classes - and go ahead!

Tagansky

The youngest participants of the holiday, together with their parents, can create costumes and decorations for the children's Victory Parade and personally take part in it. The march will take place on May 9 at 14:30 in Tagansky Park.

Snow-white balloons, laid out in the shape of a dove of peace, will soar into the sky at 15:00. You can learn to dance a square dance and waltz to fashionable hits of the 30s and 40s at a special master class.

In the evening, at 18:00, the event will continue with a performance by Eurovision participant Petr Nalich.

Small venues

You can learn the basics of foxtrot, waltz and quadrille on Victory Day in the Lilac Garden, Goncharovsky Park.

The musical venue of “Northern Tushino” offers a diverse program - from performances by soloists of the Bolshoi Theater opera to a show prepared by radio “Dacha”.

Kuzminki Park

On May 9, 2017, the costume quest “Military Intelligence. Southeast" in Kuzminki Park.

The territory will be conditionally divided into divisions and, starting from the checkpoint, all participants will master the novice soldier course, providing medical care to the wounded and injured. At the rest stop you will be able to taste field cuisine and play games.

The aviation battalion will have models of wartime equipment. Fashion from the 1940s will be presented in a special fashion show, and vintage cars will be shown up close. Moscow artists will visit the combat unit with a patron concert, and laureates of the “Spring of ’45” competition will perform on stage. In the evening, hundreds of balloons with wishes and dreams will fly into the sky.

Sokolniki

Take advantage of the opportunity to truly experience history live. In Sokolniki Park in the center of Moscow, an exhibition of military equipment and vintage cars of the 40s will be held to the accompaniment of military bands.

The most beloved films about difficult years and wonderful people of the era and rich porridge cooked in a real field kitchen will create the right mood. The performance of the Bravo group will provide a pleasant, spiritual atmosphere of the post-war years.

On May 9, you can see retro cars and military equipment on Pushkinskaya Embankment, in the Hermitage Garden.

Events worth attending

  • On Strastnoy Boulevard, as part of the Cinema Pavilion event, everything will be dedicated to the cinema of the war era, creative meetings will be held with famous directors, actors and other film creators.
  • For boys and their dads! In the cultural center "Meridian", located on the street. Profsoyuznaya, 61, hosts an annual exhibition of stand models of military equipment. There is everything: planes, armored personnel carriers, tanks, ships, helicopters. And also dioramas of famous battles, robotic fighting vehicles from the world of fantasy, collectible historical miniatures and warriors of all eras: from Egyptian warriors to Saxon knights and special forces soldiers.
  • An unusual event will be held in the Fashion Village on the square near the Central Department Store on May 9: you can plunge into the atmosphere of the 40s and watch a fashion show in the spirit of those years.
  • On the veranda of the School of Modern Play theater at 15:00 the program “And I will call friends...” dedicated to the works of Bulat Okudzhava will begin. They are waiting for you at the address: Sredny Tishinsky Lane, 5/7, building 1. The format of the event is open. Theater actors, songwriters and poets will perform. The main theme will be poems and melodies about the war.
  • On Victory Day on Old Arbat there will be a photo exhibition of culinary masterpieces of the 40s and 50s and master classes on their preparation as part of the event.
  • On May 9, 2017, you can visit the Spring Flower Festival in Moscow, held in the “Apothecary Garden” (botanical garden) on Mira Avenue, 26, building 1. Amazing tulips, hyacinths, exotic sakura, magnolias and almond trees. Many rare and exotic plants bloom in the Botanical Garden during this period.
  • On May 9, 2017, the International Billiards Tournament for the Moscow Mayor's Cup will begin at the Olimpiysky sports complex. The event is open to players of all levels.

Motofreestyle

Russian athletes prepared an unusual extreme event for Victory Day.

The Moscow government has announced an extensive festive program for the 71st anniversary of Victory Day. What and where to see on May 9 in Moscow...

On May 9, 2016 in Moscow, the central events will be the Parade on Red Square, the Immortal Regiment procession, as well as festive programs on Poklonnaya Hill and on pedestrian areas. The Moscow government has developed an extensive holiday program for the 71st anniversary of Victory Day. From May 4 to May 12, the Russian capital will be decorated with more than ten thousand flags, large installations and holiday posters.

The largest flag will appear on Sparrow Hills. It is already known that the symbols of the Victory Day holiday in 2016 will be an eternal flame and a tulip in red-orange tones. According to the organizers, the composition “Victory Fleet” will be installed on Frunzenskaya Embankment near the Ministry of Defense building, and a board with information about them will be installed on the side of Gorky Park.

On May 9, 2016 at 10 a.m., in honor of the 71st anniversary of the Victory, a Military Parade will take place on Red Square. In addition, a memory march will take place along Tverskaya Street and near the walls of the Kremlin - the people's "Immortal Regiment", in which relatives of war heroes will take part with their photographs. In the area of ​​the Belorussky railway station, on Poklonnaya Gora, on Tverskaya Street, as well as near the Bolshoi Theater and Manezhnaya, media informers will be installed with a program of events in Moscow on May 9.

As part of the “Light of Memory” project, thirty thousand glowing bracelets will be distributed to residents and guests of the capital on Poklonnaya Hill. Before the start of the fireworks, the light from them will be transmitted to a ten-meter structure that combines an eternal flame and a flower. In addition, on May 8, a horse show called “Traditions of Russia” will be held on Poklonnaya Hill, as well as an evening concert. On May 9, a concert as part of the Easter Festival and a gala concert "Victory Day" will take place here.

On May 9, an entertainment program will be organized for war veterans, residents and guests of the city on Theater Square. A brass band is expected to perform. On Pushkinskaya Square on May 9 and 8, a concert and a screening of the film “Officers”, as well as other films about the war, will be held for war veterans, residents and guests of the capital. The organizers plan to dance on the dance floor.

A performance by People's Artists of Russia will take place on Triumfalnaya Square. S. Yursky, A. Fillipenko and other famous artists of Moscow theaters will perform for WWII veterans and guests. On the Patriarch's Ponds, on Victory Day, Muscovites and city guests will see a musical, theatrical program and the interactive project "Museum of the History of Victory." The culmination of the celebration will be a grand fireworks display. Fireworks launch points in May 2016 can be viewed at the address indicated in the comments.

Over the course of two two days, more than 600 festive events took place at 68 city venues, which were held with the support of the Moscow Department of Culture. The leitmotif of the holiday was the traditions of the war years, as well as music, literature and cinema of the Great Patriotic War.

Victory Day united residents and guests of the capital; according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 7.4 million people took part in the celebrations. The main events took place on Poklonnaya Hill, Triumfalnaya and Teatralnaya squares, on the square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, on the Boulevard Ring (Strostnoy, Gogolevsky, Nikitsky and Chistoprudny boulevards), Patriarchal Ponds and Pushkin Square. In addition, the cultural and entertainment program covered 11 districts of the capital and 21 cultural and recreation parks. In general, more than 5 million citizens attended the festive events of the Moscow Department of Culture on the streets and in parks.

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The creative content of the festive program was formed by more than 500 artists from cultural institutions in Moscow and other cities.

The celebration of May 9 began with the Victory Parade on Red Square. According to the organizers, it became the largest in the modern history of Russia and the most technically equipped. Representatives of all types and branches of the military took part in the parade - 10 thousand military personnel, about 135 units of military equipment, more than 70 aircraft and helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The Victory Parade was broadcast live on specially installed LED screens on Poklonnaya Hill, Patriarch's Ponds, Teatralnaya, Triumfalnaya and Pushkinskaya squares, as well as in almost all districts of Moscow.

“Victory Day is a holiday with tears in our eyes. We honor those who brought the Great Victory to the country at the cost of superhuman efforts, who defended the right of their people to a peaceful life,” emphasized Alexander Kibovsky, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of Culture. - Currently, 109 thousand veterans of the Great Patriotic War live in the capital, including 14.5 thousand front-line soldiers, 27 Heroes of the Soviet Union and 2 Heroes of Russia, awarded these titles for their exploits during the Great Patriotic War. It is very important for us that veterans can take part in the holiday, and we are glad that they are with us. More than 1 thousand front-line soldiers visited Poklonnaya Hill alone. Especially for veterans, on May 9, a free taxi service is running here - more than 250 cars, so that older people can conveniently return from Victory Park to the places they need in Moscow.”

The citywide festive cultural and entertainment program started at 13:00, it began with the legendary song “Victory Day”. Many townspeople came to the festival with musical instruments to support the professional musicians. Impromptu concerts with dancing and singing were held right on the streets. The entire city center turned into a single festive area.

At 15:00, as part of the all-Russian action, the march of the Moscow “Immortal Regiment” began; 600 thousand people marched along Tverskaya Street and near the walls of the Kremlin - both young people and people of the older generation. And so that the participants could refresh themselves while following the route, the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations deployed 10 field kitchens, where they were treated to porridge and tea cooked on charcoal.

At 18:55, Muscovites and guests of the city, together with all of Russia, observed a minute of silence in memory of those who fell during the Great Patriotic War. Then the evening concerts began, and at 22:00 a festive fireworks display of 35 points took place. Including 16 fireworks sites, two of them were located on Poklonnaya Hill, where the legendary 76-mm ZIS-3 divisional guns of the 1942 model were installed. Fireworks and pyrotechnic shows also took place in 19 city parks. In 10 minutes, 30 salvos were fired from 72 fireworks and 18 artillery pieces. The sky of the capital was decorated with more than 10 thousand fireworks.

Detailed information about events dedicated to the celebration of Victory Day was published on the website mos.ru

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

The ceremonial events on Poklonnaya Hill began on the evening of May 8 with the equestrian show “Traditions of Russia”, which was presented to the public by a joint team of the Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School. Spectators saw the Cavalry Parade in Victory Park on the Alley of Peace and demonstration performances by horsemen on Entrance Square. This was followed by a concert in which the Moscow State Academic Dance Theater "Gzhel", the children's studio "Fidgets", the Moscow Cultural Folklore Center under the direction of Lyudmila Ryumina, the groups "Metro", "Russian Jam", "O Henry", "Bridge Brothers" took part Bend" and others.

On the afternoon of May 9, a concert of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra took place on Poklonnaya Hill under the direction of maestro Valery Gergiev with the participation of pianist Denis Matsuev. Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, “Dawn on the Moscow River” from the opera “Khovanshchina” by Mussorgsky, Prokofiev’s First Symphony and Adagio from the ballet “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky were performed from the stage.

In the evening, Avtoradio presented a festive program on Poklonnaya Hill together with the Twice Red Banner Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A.V. Alexandrov. In front of a large number of spectators, a large festive concert and filming of the TVC channel took place, in which many famous groups and performers of Russia took part. The culmination of the gala concert was the “Light of Memory” event: at 20:55 a 14-meter structure was lit - a symbol of the memorial fire in honor of all who fought for the Fatherland. It changed color from blood red to white and gold, recalling the eternal sorrow for the dead, as well as joy and pride for the exploits of our ancestors. Simultaneously with the luminous structure, 12 thousand interactive bracelets shone on the hands of the audience, and poems about the war and fragments of letters from the front were heard from the stage.

Theater Square

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War from Moscow and other Russian cities began to gather on Theater Square from the early morning of May 9. Some brought plaques with the names of the regiments in which they served. Elderly people rejoiced at the festive meetings and shared memories.

After the broadcast of the Victory Parade from Red Square, incendiary performances by propaganda teams began on the stage next to the Bolshoi Theater, followed by an interactive dance program with the participation of the audience. Throughout the day, a wide variety of musical groups and performers performed for veterans of the Great Patriotic War and other guests of Theater Square.

In the evening, the concert “Crystal Stars for the Great Victory!” was held at the Bolshoi Theater to a full house, where participants in the all-Russian festival-competition “Crystal Stars” for gifted children from families of law enforcement officers performed together with People’s Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon. The veterans greeted Kozbon with delight. Then the show group “VIVA!”, the lead singer of the group “Mirage” Margarita Sukhankina, and singer Maxim Lidov took the stage. The evening ended with a performance by the Moscow Theater “School of Modern Play” and a film concert.

Triumfalnaya Square

On May 8 and 9, Triumfalnaya Square hosted a large two-day musical and poetic marathon “Beacons of Victory”, prepared by Vlad Malenko’s City Theater of Poets. Artists from the State Academic Theater named after Mossovet and the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire performed. Elena Frolova, an artist of the Theater of Music and Poetry under the direction of Elena Kamburova, also appeared on stage.

At the concert on May 9, literary and musical numbers were presented by soloists of the Moscow Drama Theater. A.S. Pushkin, and the Moscow Children's Variety Theater showed the choreographic number “Cranes”. Other groups also performed. The program ended with a military performance based on the works of Konstantin Simonov from the Mosconcert artists.

Pushkinskaya Square

On Pushkin Square, even despite the limited entrance, a festive atmosphere reigned from the morning of May 9. On an open stage near the Rossiya Theater, a film concert took place in a specially mounted cinema hall with 300 seats, dedicated to famous films about the war. First, viewers saw the Victory Parades of 1945 and 2016. One of the surprises was that the 1945 Victory Parade was shown in color: the chronicle was initially shot on black and white film, and was recently colored by graphic designers to emphasize the grandeur and power of the historical event. Then cinematic masterpieces were presented for viewing: “Heavenly Slow Walker”, “Only Old Men Go to Battle”, “Belorussky Station”, “Officers” and many others. In honor of the 45th anniversary of the film “Officers,” Vasily Lanovoy performed on Pushkinskaya Square.

People of all ages enthusiastically looked at military equipment on Pushkin Square and took photographs in front of the guns that took part in the hostilities. Among the exhibits from the Great Patriotic War were: an anti-aircraft gun, a BA-20 armored car, Willys and Dodge cars. Next to the exhibits there were animators in military uniforms, with whom you could take a photo for free as a souvenir.

There was also a dance floor for everyone who wanted to perform a waltz to military songs performed by an accordion player dressed in the uniform of a Soviet soldier.

Towards evening, those gathered honored the memory of those killed in the war with a minute of silence. After it, the atmosphere was cleared by a concert of the children's group of the I. Krutoy Academy. The Moscow Spring festival also coincided successfully with Victory Day. Thanks to him, festival visitors were able to relax and refresh themselves with food sold in decorated tents, and after rest, return to the festive events with renewed vigor.

Square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

For two days, festive concerts took place near the walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. On the evening of May 8, talented Russian pop artists presented the public with a vibrant musical kaleidoscope - from opera compositions to folk songs and pop hits. The concert was accompanied by the “Orchestra of the 21st Century” conducted by People’s Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov. And on May 9, to the great delight of the audience, the vocal group “Kvatro” appeared on the stage at the foot of the temple with a unique program “Grandchildren for Veterans.” The singers performed songs from the war and post-war years, accompanied by the Central Concert Orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia Felix Aranovsky.

Strastnoy Boulevard

A special thematic exhibition dedicated to the 71st anniversary of Victory Day and the year of national cinema in Russia was placed on May 9 on Strastnoy Boulevard. The exhibits revealed the history of such masterpieces of Soviet cinema as “Ivan’s Childhood”, “The Ballad of a Soldier”, “The Fate of a Man”, “The Cranes Are Flying”. The main asset of the exhibition was the documentary film “The Defeat of Nazi Troops near Moscow,” which won an Oscar in 1943.

As the head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Alexander Kibovsky, told reporters, the Museum of Cinema provided the figurine for the exhibition on Strastnoy Boulevard. This was the first Academy Award given to a foreign film, and the first for our country. The uniqueness of the exhibit is also that in 1943, “Oscar” was made of plaster with gold plating to save money.

For two days on Strastnoy Boulevard, Muscovites and guests of the capital got acquainted with exhibitions, enjoyed a film concert and attended creative meetings in the lecture hall with famous actors and directors of the RSFSR - Sergei Kayumovich Shakurov, Lyudmila Vasilievna Zaitseva and Nikolai Lukyanovich Dupak. The actors spoke about their creative activities, and Nikolai Lukyanovich Dupak, who fought for his Motherland during the war, shared his military memories. People came to meet the actors with their entire families. Parents showed their children films about a war that would become known to them only from school history textbooks. The kids looked at the screen in fascination and asked the adults difficult but necessary questions - about what war is and what significance the Great Patriotic War has for our Motherland.

Many were amazed by the exhibition “Heroes of Our Cinema” on Strastnoy Boulevard, dedicated to the military exploits of Soviet film actors and film directors, such as Yuri Nikulin, Evgeny Vestnik, Vladimir Basov, Anatoly Papanov, Leonid Gaidai, Vladimir Etush, Pyotr Glebov, Zinovy ​​Gerdt.

Throughout the entire day of May 9, Road Radio correspondents recorded on Strastnoy Boulevard and broadcast live congratulations to veterans from everyone, and there were many of them.

Boulevard Ring

War cinema was widely covered in the festive program on the Boulevard Ring. Several exhibitions opened on the boulevards on May 8, and they will remain open until June 23. On Gogolevsky Boulevard there is an exhibition of masterpieces from the film studio named after. Gorky and Mosfilm are the films “Officers”, “Tender Age”, “Moscow Speaks”, “Deer Hunt”, “Night Witches in the Sky”. On Chistoprudny Boulevard you can find out about other films from these film studios: “The Ballad of a Soldier”, “Ivan’s Childhood”, “The Forty-First”, “Liberation”, “The Cranes Are Flying”. In addition, on Gogolevsky Boulevard throughout the day, Muscovites and guests of the capital subscribed to the newspaper “Arguments and Facts” as a gift to veterans.

On Nikitsky Boulevard there is a photo exhibition based on feature films shot during wartime: “Native Fields”, “Two Soldiers”, “Front”, “Rainbow”, “Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl”. Visitors to the exhibitions noted that they learned something new about the history of the creation of these films, got acquainted with little-known films, and saw rare photographs from film sets.

A photo exhibition dedicated to the history of the orders of the Great Patriotic War, which were awarded to veterans - from the Order of Labor Glory to the Order of Lenin - attracted a lot of attention from those walking on Nikitsky Boulevard. An equally educational exhibition is also running on Old Arbat, it is called “Marshals of Victory” - about those who were awarded the honorary personal military title of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

As part of the musical program on Chistoprudny Boulevard, artists from the Moscow State Theater “Sovremennik” and the theatrical group “Figaro” performed; they presented the literary and musical composition “From the Heroes of Bygone Times.” On Gogolevsky Boulevard there was a performance by the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theater and a literary and musical performance based on the works of front-line writers and poets “On the Roads of Victory.” On Nikitsky Boulevard, artists from the Moscow Luna Theater took the stage with the literary and musical composition “Songs of War.”

The unusual art project “Front-line Life of Heroes” was organized on May 9 on Chistoprudny Boulevard. Visitors could watch a real improvised acting performance in three different pavilions dedicated to a military theme - “Hospital”, “Young Soldier Course”, “Before the Battle”, “Photo Studio”, “Dance Floor of the 40s”, “Station, Meeting of Heroes” .

Muscovites and residents of the capital could take a break from being completely immersed in the atmosphere of war at the concert venue near the monument to Alexander Griboedov. There, the actors of the Moscow Historical and Ethnographic Theater presented their performances, playing the musical program “Oh, the roads!” The children of the artists of the Children's Musical Theater of Young Actors also showed their talents. Songs of the war years were performed by Liza Andreeva, Katya Bogdanova, Ernest Boreko, Veronica Dvoretskaya, Pyotr Ivanochkin, Polina Kareva, Sasha Novikov, Egor Fedorov.

A stage was also set up opposite the Chistye Prudy metro station. Throughout the day, artists of the Moscow State Sovremennik Theater Sergei Girin and Dmitry Smolev performed songs from the war years.

Walking along the boulevards around 10 a.m., one could see planes flying past from a parade of military equipment. With their exhausts they decorated the sky in the color of the Russian flag.

Patriarch's Ponds

From early morning until late evening, people crowded at the interactive exhibition “Museum of the History of Victory” - they looked at the weapons and equipment of the war years. The concert “For the Glory of the Great Victory!”, which took place on May 9 at the Patriarch’s Ponds, received a lot of positive feedback. The program included the most famous songs of the war years, and the host of the concert, theater and film actor Artur Martirosov, revealed to the audience interesting facts about the appearance of these musical works. Honored artists of Russia Valery Semin, Olesya Evstigneeva and Alex Novikov, singers and composers Evgeny Gor, Dmitry Shved, virtuoso balalaika player Dmitry Kalinin, female vocal duo “Manzherok”, trio “Relikt”, vocal group “Kalina Folk” performed at the Victory Song Marathon. and other famous performers. The concert was concluded by Russian singer and composer Pyotr Nalich, who performed songs by the legendary Leonid Utesov.

Moscow parks and districts of the capital

More than 200 festive events took place in honor of Victory Day in Moscow parks: concerts, workshops for children and adults, dance programs, free screenings of films about the war. Venues for meeting veterans were opened in the Park named after. Gorky, "Museon", in Sokolniki, Garden named after. Bauman, Tagansky, Izmailovsky, Vorontsovsky, Perovsky, Lianozovsky parks, Kuzminki, Fili, Northern Tushino, Sadovniki, Lilac Garden parks. The largest exhibition of military equipment of 21 units was located in the Park named after. Gorky. Field kitchens operated in many parks.

The large-scale musical and theatrical program “Frontline Brigades” covered 11 districts of the capital, in each of them festive venues were equipped where musical concerts were held. Theater groups performed in the districts of the capital, such as the Moscow Theater “On Basmannaya”, the Drama Theater “Modern”, the Moscow Theater of Illusion, the “Polunin Glory Center”, the Moscow “Center for Drama and Directing”, “Vedogon-Theatre”, the Moscow Theater Center “ The Cherry Orchard" and others. In total, over 300 artists took part in cultural and entertainment programs in Moscow districts.

On May 8 and 9, in honor of the 71st anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, about 600 festive events will take place in Moscow. The large-scale program will cover 68 sites located throughout all capital districts.

The leitmotif of the program dedicated to Victory Day in 2016 was the preservation of traditions and the history of military music that inspired victories. Two more key topics are cinema and literature about the heroic exploits of the Soviet people. Spectators are treated to numerous concerts, theatrical performances, literary readings, costume balls, and film screenings. Exhibitions of historical photography, special photo zones and photo booths will open in the center of Moscow. There will be recreation areas for veterans and field kitchens in the traditions of the war years.

For those who still haven’t decided what to do on holidays in Moscow, we are publishing a full program of events.

The May 9 celebration program will begin with Victory Parade on Red Square, from 10:00 it will be broadcast on large screens on Poklonnaya Hill, Patriarch's Ponds, Teatralnaya, Triumphal and Pushkinskaya squares, and the parade can also be seen on TV on the country's main channels.

From 13:00- the beginning of a citywide holiday program.

At 18:55 Muscovites and guests of the city, together with the whole country, will honor the memory of those who fell in battles against fascism with a minute of silence. The citywide program of evening concerts will begin at 19:00.

IN22:00 A festive fireworks display will take place from 16 fireworks sites and 20 points in Moscow culture and recreation parks.
On May 9, a procession of the “Immortal Regiment” will take place in Moscow and other cities of the country.

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

IN 16.20 On May 8, a joint team of the Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School will conduct a Cavalry Parade along the Alley of Peace and show demonstration performances of riders at the entrance square.

WITH 18:00 to 21:00 A musical festive program will take place on the large stage on the Main Alley.

The May 9 holiday on Poklonnaya Hill will begin at 10:00 from the live broadcast of the Victory Parade on Red Square.

From 13:00 to 15:00, spectators will enjoy a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, which will take place as part of the Easter Festival. Conductor and artistic director of the orchestra - .

19:00 - 22:00 - a large festive concert-filming of the TVC channel, in which the ensemble "Cossacks of Russia", the Russian Folk Choir named after. Pyatnitsky, folklore theater "Russian Song" under the direction of Nadezhda Babkina, People's Artist of Russia Lyudmila Ryumina, popular performers Igor Sarukhanov, Renat Ibragimov, Joseph Kobzon, Stas Piekha, Diana Gurtskaya, Olga Kormukhina, Gleb Matveychuk, Marina Devyatova, Elena Maksimova, Tatyana Ovsienko and others. The hosts of the concert are theater and film actors Dmitry Dyuzhev, Anastasia Makeeva, Egor Beroev, Ksenia Alferova, Anatoly Bely, Ekaterina Guseva. 70 veterans of the Great Patriotic War received special invitations to this event.

The culmination of the gala concert will be action "Light of Memory": Viewers will receive 12,000 interactive bracelets that will synchronously change color along with a 14-meter structure symbolizing a flower and an eternal flame. The light show will be accompanied by the reading of poems and letters from the front. Promotion starts at 20:55 .

Theater Square

Theater Square will traditionally become the main meeting place for veterans of the Great Patriotic War; comfortable recreation areas will be equipped for them. IN 09:00 music will begin to sound over the square, and from 10:00 to 11:00 You will be able to see a live broadcast of the Victory Parade on the big screen.

11:20 - 14:00 - performances by propaganda teams, an interactive dance program with the participation of spectators, a musical performance “On the Roads of War” with the participation of the show ballet “Likk” and the Classy Jazz group, performances by the dance ensembles “Katyusha” and “Brothers”.

15:00 - 16:30 - a concert in which Honored Artist of Russia Irina Savitskaya, singer and composer Yuri Bogorodsky, soloists of the Moscow Musical Theater Vitaly Chirva and Evgeny Valts, participant of the “Voice” program Marie Carne, pop singer Arthur Best, group “Five” from the soloists of the Sretensky choir will take part monastery

16:30 - 18:30 - festive concert program "Crystal Stars - Great Victory!" Joseph Kobzon, an orchestra of cadets from the military institute of the Military University, as well as participants in the all-Russian festival-competition “Crystal Stars” for gifted children from families of law enforcement officers will perform for the audience. Young artists will come from Tver, Lipetsk, Bryansk, Kaluga, Sverdlovsk and Tula regions, as well as from Buryatia, North Ossetia and even Chukotka. The hosts of the concert are Elsa Yusupova (Republic of Tatarstan) and Ivan Dyatlov (Ivanovo region).

18:30 - 19:00 - continuation of the festive concert with the participation of the show group "VIVA!", soloist of the group "Mirage" Margarita Sukhankina and singer Maxim Lidov.

19:05 - 20:20 - a performance by the Moscow Theater "School of Modern Play", then a film concert.

20.20 - 21.45 - concert program.

Triumfalnaya Square

As part of Victory Day, a large two-day musical and poetic festive marathon of Vlad Malenko's City Theater of Poets - "Beacons of Victory" - will take place on Triumfalnaya Square. Among the special guests are people's artists Igor Bochkin, Sergei Nikonenko, actress Anna Snatkina and others.

At 15:30 The State Academic Theater named after Mossovet will perform, and at 16:00 the Moscow Academic Theater of Satire will take the baton. At 17:00, the voice of Elena Frolova, an artist of the Theater of Music and Poetry under the direction of Elena Kamburova, will sound on Triumfalnaya Square.

May 9 from 13:00 The Moscow Drama Theater will present literary and musical performances on Triumfalnaya Square. A.S. Pushkin, children's center "Katyusha" under the direction of Zemfira Tsakhilova, the poet, author-performer, winner of the art festival of modern poetry "NIGHT OF THE FEATHER", known as the White Horseman, will perform. The day will end with a military performance based on the works of Konstantin Simonov from the Mosconcert artists.

On the eve of the holiday, a large screen will be installed on Triumfalnaya Square to broadcast the Victory Parade and other key events of the May 9 celebration, as well as for a themed film concert.

Pushkinskaya Square

The festive program on Pushkinskaya Square with musical and poetic performances, a film concert and the screening of famous films about the war will last for two days.

May 8 the holiday on Pushkin Square will begin at 9:30, and will open with a film concert of everyone’s favorite songs, such as “In the Forest at the Front,” “Darkie,” “Moments,” as well as famous musical masterpieces from Russian films about the war. Presenter: theater and film artist Mikhail Dorozhkin. The concert will be broadcast in a cinema specially created for this purpose, where a stall with 300 seats under a canopy protecting from the sun has been organized for spectators.

At 10:00 the film concert will be interrupted to show footage of the 1945 Victory Parade. It was shot on black and white film and recently colored by graphic designers to convey the solemnity and grandeur of the event.

May 9 The screening of these historical film footage will precede the live broadcast from Red Square from the 2016 Victory Parade, which will begin at 10:00.

After the film concert ends, films will be shown in the cinema, and there will also be a dance floor at the Pushkin monument. The brass band will perform famous works of past years, and veterans and younger participants of the holiday will dance a victory dance. An animation and dance group dressed as soldiers and civilians from the 1940s will help them with this. There will also be a soldier-harmonica player with whom you can sing songs from the war.

At a music concert May 8 Artists of the Gradsky Hall Theater Alexandra Vorobyova and Valentina Biryukova will appear on the stage of Pushkin Square together with the director of the group Alexander Gradsky. The program dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the Great Victory will be presented by the Moscow Musical Theater named after K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Throughout the day, interactive installations related to the Victory Day will take place on Pushkinskaya Square. Both children and adults will be interested in seeing military equipment located around the central fountain of Pushkin Square, or touching an armored vehicle that went from the beginning to the end of the war. It will be possible to take a memorable photo next to the gun that defended the cities of our country and participated in the offensives of the Soviet troops.

May 9 Several wartime films will be shown on the main stage of the square. At 12:40 guests will be able to see the painting "Belorussky Station", at 14:30 the screening of the film "Heavenly Slug" will begin, and at 16:30 There will be a screening of the film "Officers" with the participation of People's Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy.

May 9 18:55-19:01 A nationwide Minute of Silence event will take place, which will be broadcast live on all Russian federal channels, as well as on large screens in the center of Moscow, including on Pushkinskaya Square.

At 19:01 a musical concert will begin in the cinema, and after its completion the audience will be able to return to the film screening, which will last until 22:00. The evening festive concert will be attended by young vocalists, dancers and actors from the Igor Krutoy Academy of Popular Music: Ekaterina Maneshina, Mikhail Smirnov, Anna Chernotalova, Maria Mirova, Polina Chirikova, Vilena Khikmatullina, Marta Shlabovich, Alexander Savinov, Sofya Lapshakova, Sofya Fisenko, Yulia Assesorova .

Square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

May 8 from 14:30 to 22.00
May 9 from 18:55 to 22.00
May 8 from 15.00 to 17.00
a festive concert will take place

In the evening May 8 from 20:30 to 22:00 Against the backdrop of the majestic walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a concert will take place with the participation of Russian pop artists Alexei Goman, Marina Devyatova, Evgeny Kungurov, Yulia Mikhalchik, the Bondarenko brothers, Rodion Gazmanov, Margarita Pozoyan, Mark Tishman, Soso Pavliashvili and others. The variety of musical material - from folk songs and opera to modern pop hits - will interest a wide audience. The concert will be accompanied by the "Orchestra of the XXI Century" under the direction of People's Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov.

May 9 The vocal group "Kvatro" will present the project "Grandchildren to Veterans" at the main temple of Russia. Dozens of songs from the war and post-war years will be performed from the stage. The artists will be accompanied by a symphony orchestra conducted by Honored Artist of Russia Felix Aranovsky.

Strastnoy Boulevard

The festive area on Strastnoy Boulevard is dedicated to the cinema of the war years. The attention of adults and children will be attracted by the cube pavilions with an interactive exhibition dedicated to legendary Russian films about the war, such as “The Cranes Are Flying”, “...And the Dawns Here Are Quiet”, “They Fought for the Motherland”, “17 Moments of Spring”, “ Only old men go into battle." The program also includes a large two-day film concert, the performances of which will be interspersed with creative meetings with actors and directors, and evening film shows.

May 8 at 14:00 - 15:00- a creative meeting with theater and film actor, poet, musician, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Nozhkin. 16:00 - 17:00 17:00 - 21:00 - screening of feature films “They Fought for the Motherland” and “Ballad of a Soldier.”

May 9 at 14:00 - 15:00- creative meeting with theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Sergei Shakurov.

16:00 - 17:00 - a creative meeting with theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Zaitseva.

18:00 - 19:00 - a creative meeting with theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR and Ukraine, participant in the Great Patriotic War Nikolai Dupak. 19:00 - 22:00 - screening of the feature film "The Cranes Are Flying".

During the day of May 9, correspondents of "Road Radio" on Strastnoy Boulevard will provide citizens and guests of the capital with the opportunity to record radio greetings, which will be broadcast live.

Boulevard Ring

The Boulevard Ring will envelop the romantic spirit of Moscow courtyards of the post-war era. This theme will be reflected in the decorations and repertoire of Gogolevsky, Nikitsky and Chistoprudny boulevards, there will be literary readings of works about the war, historical photo exhibitions, art objects will appear, and dance floors will open.

The celebration will begin on Gogolevsky Boulevard at 12:00 from a musical hour, during which songs and compositions from the period of the Great Patriotic War will be performed. At 13:00 A large-scale concert program "Roads of Victory" will begin, within which the Taganka Theater, the Moscow Academy of Children's Musical, the Musical Heart Theater, the Pyotr Fomenko Workshop Theater will perform, Christina Krieger, People's Artist of Russia Irina Miroshnichenko and others will perform. Fireworks will be launched at 22:00.

The weekly "Arguments and Facts" will hold a "Subscribe for a Veteran" campaign on Gogolevsky Boulevard: a subscription point will be opened where anyone can subscribe as a gift to a war veteran (lists of recipients who want to receive the newspaper are provided by the Veterans Council).

The festive program “One Victory for All” will unfold on Nikitsky Boulevard.

At 13:00 The Moscow Theater "At the Nikitsky Gate" will present its musical program about the Great Patriotic War.

At 14:30 The Moscow Luna Theater will present the musical and literary composition "Songs of War".

15:00 artists of the FIGARO Theater Group will perform the literary and musical composition “From the Heroes of Bygone Times.”

At 17:30 a literary and musical performance based on the works of poets and writers of front-line soldiers “On the Roads of Victory” will take place on stage.

Chistoprudny Boulevard.

At 14:00 actors of the Moscow Historical and Ethnographic Theater will perform the musical program “Oh, roads!”

At 14:30 The Children's Musical Theater of Young Actors will perform here; wartime songs will be performed by children of theater artists. Participating are Lisa Andreeva, Katya Bogdanova, Ernest Boreko, Veronica Dvoretskaya, Pyotr Ivanochkin, Polina Kareva, Sasha Novikov, Egor Fedorov.

Moscow Jewish Theater "Shalom" with 19:00 to 20:00 will delight the audience with a concert entitled “Stuffed Fish with Side Dish”.

The art project “Frontline Life of Heroes” on Chistoprudny Boulevard will not leave viewers indifferent. Muscovites and guests of the capital will see scenes from front-line life, conveying the atmosphere of those years, on the themes: “Hospital”, “Young Soldier Course”, “Before the Battle”, “Photo Studio”, “Dance Floor of the 40s”, “Station, Meeting of Heroes” ".

A stage will be installed on the square in front of the Chistye Prudy metro station, where May 9 at 13:00 Artists of the Moscow State Theater "Sovremennik" Sergei Girin and Dmitry Smolev will perform songs of the war years.

The festive area on the Patriarch's Ponds invites guests by 10:00- at this time, a live broadcast of the Victory Parade on Red Square will begin on the four-sided video structure in the center of the pond. At the end of the parade, footage from your favorite war films will appear on the screens. In addition, on May 9, the interactive project “Museum of the History of Victory” will be presented at the Patriarch’s Ponds, where you can see weapons and equipment of the war years.

At 13:00 In front of the monument to Ivan Krylov, a concert program “In honor of the Great Victory!” will take place, where you can not only hear the most famous songs of the war years, but also learn their history. The host of the concert is theater and film actor Artur Martirosov.

The following will perform at the festive marathon of Victory songs:

13:20 - 14:00 - pop artist, host of the TV project "Play Bayan", Honored Artist of Russia Valery Semin.
14:00 - 14:30 - young performer Evgeny Illarionov, finalist of the musical television project “Main Stage” on the “Russia” channel.
14:30 - 15:00 - Honored Artist of Russia Olesya Evstigneeva.
15:00 - 15:30 - jazz singer Alla Omelyuta, soloist of the Song Theater of People's Artist of Russia Alexander Serov.
15:30 - 16:00 - laureate of international competitions, singer and composer Evgeny Gor.
16:00 - 16:30 - folk-rock musician, virtuoso balalaika player, laureate of international competitions Dmitry Kalinin.
16:30 - 17:00 - singer Evgenia, participant in the television project “Highest Standard”.
17:00 - 17:30 - laureate of international competitions, author of romances and ballads, singer and composer Dmitry Shved.
17:30 - 18:00 - trio "Relic", Honored Artists of Russia, vocalists Alexander Nikerov and Vyacheslav Moyunov, laureate of international competitions, guitarist Alexey Leonov.
18:00 - 18:30 - singer Sergei Volny
18:30 - 18:55 - performer Alexander Elovskikh, prize-winner of the Slavic Bazaar festival in the city of Vitebsk (Republic of Belarus).
19:00 - 19:30 - female vocal duet "Manzherok".
19:30 - 20:00 - singer Niko Neman, participant in the “Voice” project on Channel One.
20.00 - 20.30 - vocal group "Kalina folk", finalist of the musical television project "New Star".
20.30 - 21.00 - Honored Artist of Russia, saxophonist Alex Novikov.
21.00 - 22.00 - the concert will end with Peter Nalich, who will perform songs of the legendary Leonid Utesov.

May 8 Free film screenings about the war will take place in 14 parks, beginning at 21:00. The festive program on May 9 will cover 21 parks, more than 200 events will take place there, they will begin at 13:00. Military and brass bands will perform for the audience, songs of the war years will be played, thematic photo exhibitions will be held, various workshops will open for children, and dance lessons will be held. Meeting areas for veterans will open in 14 parks, and at 22:00 Fireworks will be launched into the sky in 20 parks.

Venues in Moscow districts

The large-scale musical and theatrical program “Frontline Brigades” will cover all districts of the capital on May 9. Venues where celebrations will take place in the districts:

Eastern Administrative District, Preobrazhennaya Square 12,
.Southern Administrative District, Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
.YuVAO, st. Belorechenskaya, 2
.South-Western Administrative District, Vorontsovsky Park
.ZAO, st. Yartsevskaya, 21
.SZAO, Landscape Park "Mitino"
.SAO, Northern River Station
.NEAD, Alley of Cosmonauts
.ZelAO, Central Square
.TiNAO, Moskovsky City, st. Raduzhnaya, 8
.TiNAO, Sirenevy Boulevard, 1.

LED screens will be installed at the venues for live broadcast of the parade from Red Square and a themed film concert. Concerts will be held in each of the districts, in which both invited artists and the best groups, and performers of various genres, subordinate to the Moscow Department of Culture, will take part.

Thus, several theaters will perform in the Eastern Administrative Okrug: the Moscow Theater "On Basmannaya", the Drama Theater "Modern" and the Moscow Theater of Illusion. At the festive site in the closed joint-stock company with 13:00 to 22:00 The concert will be held non-stop, with one of the brightest numbers at 16:00 There will be a variety and circus divertissement of the “Polunin Glory Center”, built by analogy with the performances of circus brigades for soldiers of the Soviet army during the war.

At the Northern Administrative Okrug, the Moscow Center for Drama and Directing will present the musical and poetic composition “Poets of Military Roads.”

The Vedogon Theater will perform in ZelAO with poems and songs of the war years, and in the evening May 9 The group "NA-NA" will perform on Central Square.

Moscow theater center "Cherry Orchard" - in TiNAO.

In total, more than 300 artists will take part in cultural and entertainment programs in Moscow districts.

Shopping center "European"

A festive concert will take place at the Evropeisky shopping center, organized by the RUSSIANMUSICBOX TV channel! Participation will be: Abraham Russo, Mitya Fomin, Stas Kostyushkin, group "Nepara", Vlad Topalov, Brothers Safronov, group Reflex, Brothers Grim, Petr Dranga, Oscar Kuchera, Sogdiana, Alexander Panayotov, Dima Bikbaev, Alexander Shoua, Albina, Victoria Cherentsova , the Dune group, Arseny Borodin, Alisa Mon, Victor Dorin, Sharif, Grigory Yurchenko, members of the Voice Project, Anton Elovskikh and others. The artists will perform not only their hits, but also perform everyone’s favorite songs on military themes.

On this day, we, the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of front-line soldiers, try to smile - to them and to each other. We honor the few heroes who remain with us, most of whom celebrated their 90th anniversary, but will certainly try to come to the traditional meeting of veterans at the Bolshoi Theater.

Today we are publishing an overview of the main sites and information about changes in traffic during the holidays.

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill

May 6, 16.00-18.00. Participants in the meeting of the international social and patriotic project “Star of Our Great Victory” will unfurl a copy of the largest Victory Banner measuring 200 square meters.

May 7, 15.00-18.00. Campaign “Draw Grandfather”. Capital artists, students of art schools and universities will recreate the lost images of participants in the Great Patriotic War, so that on May 9 their families can proudly carry portraits of their relatives in the ranks of the “Immortal Regiment” (gathering of participants in the “Immortal Regiment” action - May 9 at 13.30 on Pushkinskaya Square) .

May 8, 10.00-16.30. Alley of Moscow Defenders. Sports festival with family starts. Courts for playing streetball, table tennis, darts, checkers and chess will be available.

At the intersection of the Alley of Soldiers and the Alley of War and Labor Veterans, the Musical Quarter festival will be held. Creative groups of the Russian Armed Forces, cadet corps, art schools, and historical reconstruction clubs will perform.

12.00. The finish line of the relay race for wheelchair users “Relay of Generations” will take place at the Eternal Flame. Its participants will hand over to the veterans a torch lit from the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden.

17.00. The defile of the Kremlin riding school begins at the entrance square of the park, and a festive concert takes place on the main stage.

May 9. At 10.00, the live broadcast of the Victory Parade begins on large television screens. At the end there will be a concert by the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev.

At the intersection of the Alley of Soldiers and the Alley of War and Labor Veterans, the Musical Quarter festival will continue its work. A large festive concert of popular performers will take place on the main stage in front of the Victory Monument.

In the evening, the “Light of Memory” event will take place for the first time. A 10-meter-tall structure in the form of a flower-torch will be lit at the entrance area of ​​the park. Burning from the inside, the structure will change color from red to white and gold.

22.00. An artillery salvo of 18 ZIS-3 guns on a hill and fireworks.

Hermitage Garden

May 9, 13.00-22.00. The Hermitage will traditionally become the venue for the Victory Ball. The atmosphere of the post-war years will be recreated in the garden. The artists will create an art object “Cranes” based on the film “The Cranes Are Flying”.

Guests of the festival will be treated to performances by the brass band of the Moscow Garrison, an orchestra led by Alexey Strenadko and a male chamber choir led by Valery Rybin. Visitors will be able to listen to their favorite songs of the Soviet era and enjoy the theatrical sketch “Guys of Our Yard”: it will tell about the dreams and feelings of young front-line soldiers in the post-war years.

An exhibition of vintage cars will be held on the main alley of the garden. The field kitchen area will be styled like an army camp: guests will listen to their favorite songs accompanied by a camp button accordion and eat army porridge. Children can learn how to make cards and paper doves. All older visitors will be invited to take part in a chess battle.

In the evening, the square in front of the historic bandstand will turn into a 1940s dance floor. Professionals will help Muscovites master wartime dances.

18.00. A minute of silence.

22.00. Firework.

Gorky Park and Muzeon

12.00-15.00. Musical concert organized by the Rokada Foundation for Combat Veterans.

12.00-16.00. The KinoZvuk symphony orchestra will perform on the wooden terrace of the Crimean embankment with compositions from films of the war years.

12.00-18.00. In creative workshops, children will be taught how to create paper flowers.

13.00-15.00. Dance master classes “Soviet Retro” will be held at the summer cinema “Pioneer”.

13.00-15.00. Guitarist, singer and composer Philippe Dares will appear on the main stage of Muzeon. To the accompaniment of an accordion, manouche guitar, double bass and drums, he will perform famous songs by French singers Charles Aznavour, Yves Montand, Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel.

14.00-18.00. Open mic.

16.30-17.00, 18.30-19.00, 21.30-22.00. True stories about war. The actors of the Sketches in Space theater will tell the personal stories of Klavdia Shulzhenko, Leonid Utesov and Arkady Raikin.

18.00. A minute of silence.

21.00. Screening of the film “Once upon a time there was a girl.”

22.00. Festive fireworks on the Crimean embankment.

Sokolniki Park

On May 9 at 11.30, veterans of three divisions and a tank army formed on the territory of the park will march from the main entrance in a solemn march. Along the main alley there will be a museum of military equipment and vintage cars. A brass band will perform on the Rotunda stage, and an exhibition of front-line drawings by artist Valentin Bozhko will open on Fontannaya Square.

During the day, films about the war will be shown on Fontannaya Square: “Comrade General” and “The Cranes are Flying.” Various creative groups and ensembles will also perform here.

20.15. The State Academic Russian Folk Ensemble named after Lyudmila Zykina and the group “Bravo” will take the stage.

21.00. An open screening of the film “War Romance” will begin at the summer cinema “Pioneer”.

22.00. Fireworks.

Bauman Garden

13.00-22.00. Walking Band Festival. It will be held in Moscow for the fourth time and will be dedicated to a new generation of brass players. Not only well-known and beloved Moscow brass bands (Bubamara Brass Band, BrassOK, ½ Orchestra, Mosbras, Mishanyan Orchestra), but also very recently formed groups will gather on one site. Students from Moscow art schools will open their own “children’s” stage and will perform solos with adult musicians on the main stage.

Guests will hear a genre mix from club house on the trumpet to avant-garde jazz on the sousaphone, attend jam sessions for children and adults, and see noisy parades with marching orchestras. At the master classes you will be able to try playing brass instruments - trombone, trumpet and recorder.

The highlight of the project will be a retro site where everyone can feel at home. A spiritual tea party, memories and dancing to the music of the Valeriy Bukreev Jazz Band will help you return to the past.

Izmailovsky Park

On May 9, open lessons will be held on the dance floor, where visitors will be taught how to dance the waltz, polka, krakowiak, and square dance to war and post-war songs.

14.00-17.00. An aircraft modeling laboratory will operate on the central square: specialists will talk about the design of aircraft and types of air combat, help you create your own model and launch it into the air. At the same time, in the creative workshop, everyone will make greeting cards for veterans. The master class presenters will show you how to use the popular techniques of quilling, scrapbooking and embossing.

17.00. The performances of the artists will begin. Veterans will be seated in the most comfortable seats, and the honored guests of the holiday will watch the concert from the front rows at tables with refreshments. The program will be opened by the cover band Crazy Little Song, and will be continued by the Brass’Ok orchestra. At 17.45 the Intertalant group will take the stage, at 18.30 - the State Concert and Theater Chapel of Moscow named after Vadim Sudakov, at 19.15 - the Cardio Beat group.

A symbolic public action “For a Peaceful Sky” will take place in the park. Veterans will be given carnations, and all guests will be given white balloons, which they will then simultaneously release into the sky.

22.00. Firework.

Other parks

On May 9, Victory Day will be celebrated in 21 Moscow parks. Guests can enjoy performances by military and brass bands, exhibitions, songs of past years, waltz and quadrille lessons. Holiday programs will begin at 13.00. At 10 p.m., fireworks will be launched into the sky in 20 parks.

Thus, singer Pyotr Nalich will give a concert in Tagansky Park, and the Small Symphony Orchestra will play melodies of the war and post-war years. On the holiday, an action will be held here: a dove of peace will be laid out on the football field from white balls and released into the sky.

In Krasnaya Presnya Park, guests will be greeted by the Modern brass band with compositions from the 1940s. Poems and texts of letters from the front will be performed from the stage by actors. Children and their parents will be able to decorate flower beds with paper flowers; professionals will teach them how to make origami. The concert program includes the group “Underwood”.

A military orchestra, soloists of the show “The Voice.Children” and the group “Forbidden Drummers” will be responsible for the musical program of Perovsky Park. Guests will be able to participate in the creation of the “Wall of Peace” art object from paper doves. Waltz and quadrille lessons will be held.

Kuzminki will host a costume ball, a concert by a brass band and the group “Partizan FM”.

In Sadovniki Park, artists from the Bolshoi Theater opera troupe will perform wartime songs in modern adaptations, and the Broadway vocal group will perform an a cappella program.

The headliner at Lianozovsky Park will be Nike Borzov. An exhibition of Soviet infantry weapons will also be held here.

Dance lessons from the 1940s will be organized in Goncharovsky Park, and cover bands will perform.

Songs from the Great Patriotic War will be played in the Fili and 50th Anniversary of October parks, military bands will perform in the 850th Anniversary of Moscow park, and the Black Cats with a military-patriotic program will perform in Vorontsovsky Park. Opera soloists of the Bolshoi Theater will sing at Severny Tushino. Songs from films about the war will be played in Babushkinsky Park. Waltz, foxtrot and quadrille lessons will be held in the Lilac Garden.

Attention: change in metro operating hours

May 7 from 7.00 until the end of the dress rehearsal of the military parade and May 9 from 7.00 until the end of the military parade on Red Square stations "Revolution Square", "Okhotny Ryad", "Teatralnaya", "Alexandrovsky Garden", "Borovitskaya" and "Library named after. Lenin" will only operate for entry and transfer of passengers.

On May 7 and 9, the exit of passengers from the stations “Pushkinskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Mayakovskaya”, “Lubyanka” (towards Nikolskaya Street), “Kitay-Gorod” (from the crossings towards Ilyinka Street, Kitaigorodsky) will be limited passage and Varvarka Street) during the formation of columns of military equipment and their passage along Tverskaya Street.

On May 9, from 12.00 until the end of the festive events, entry to the stations “Park Pobedy”, “Kutuzovskaya”, “Kyiv” of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, Koltsevaya and Filevskaya lines, and “Belorusskaya” of the Zamoskvoretskaya and Koltsevaya lines will be limited.

On May 9, after the end of the fireworks display and folk festivities, the entry of passengers to the stations “Revolution Square”, “Okhotny Ryad”, “Alexandrovsky Sad”, “Arbatskaya” of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, “Borovitskaya”, “Lubyanka”, “Kuznetsky Most” will be limited. , “Kitai-gorod”, “Pushkinskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Park Kultury” of the Circle and Sokolnicheskaya lines, “Oktyabrskaya” of the Circle and Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya lines, “Sparrow Hills”, “University”, “Sportivnaya” .

Street closures in the coming days

In connection with the preparation (May 7) and holding of the military parade (May 9), from 5.00 until the end of the event, the traffic pattern on the streets of Moscow is changing.

The following will be blocked: Nizhnie Mnevniki Street from Krylatskaya Street to People’s Militia Street; People's Militia Street from Nizhnie Mnevniki Street to Mnevniki Street; Mnevniki street from Narodnogo Opolcheniya street to Zvenigorodskoe highway; Zvenigorodskoe highway; Krasnaya Presnya street; Barrikadnaya street; Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya street; Bolshaya Sadovaya street; Triumphal Square; Tverskaya street; Red Square; Kremlin embankment; Borovitskaya Square; Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge; Bolotnaya street; Bolotnaya Square; Big Stone Bridge; Mokhovaya street from Borovitskaya to Vozdvizhenka street; Vozdvizhenka street; Novy Arbat street from Vozdvizhenka street to Novinsky Boulevard; Novinsky Boulevard from Novy Arbat Street to Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street.

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