The last Sunday of July in Russia is the Day of Navy. The birth place of the Russian Navy is St. Petersburg, so namely here the most bright and remarkable dedicated events happen. The Neva river is the best place to put naval ships that are not museum’s item, but are real ships that are on duty. The first part of 27th July is the time for Russia’s defense ministry to review the troops in the area of Neva. To see it go to the Dvorcovaja nabereznaja (Palace embankment).
After the midday the Birzhevaya plostchad (Stock’s square), just across Neva from Dvorcovaja nabereznaja will see a great concert of Russian singers and musicians. Two large screens will be demonstrating pieces of films about most important victories of Russian navy. Important note: traffic in this area will be closed during the events.Since 15.00 till 18.00 everybody is welcomed to visit ships that took place in the parade. The place is the Angliskaja nabereznaja (English embankment), just a few hundreds of meters to the left from Palace embarkment.
On Saturday, 26th, since 14.00 till 17.00 an orchestra in the Alexandrovsky park (near the Gorkovskaya underground station) will be playing for all quests. The entrance is free.
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