Festive program for May 2. Hundreds of public events will be held in the capital during the May holidays

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23.11.2019

On May 9, 2019, Moscow will host citywide, district and district celebrations dedicated to the 74th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The central events will be the Parade on Red Square, the Immortal Regiment procession, thematic programs on Poklonnaya Hill, on pedestrian areas, boulevards, in cultural and recreation parks, and the culmination of the holiday - a grandiose fireworks display.

How Moscow will be decorated for Victory Day 201 9

Moscow will be decorated with 2,500 decorative structures with flags and more than a thousand holiday posters and digital billboards with images dedicated to May 9, military footage and portraits of WWII heroes.

A large video greeting card with an area of ​​350 square meters will be shown on the facade of the Ostankino Tower.

Parade on Red Square

On May 9, 2019 at 10:00 a parade will take place in honor of the 74th anniversary of the Victory. Soldiers and officers of the Russian Army will march along the paving stones in a solemn formation, military equipment will pass by, and planes and helicopters will fly over the city.

Immortal Regiment

On May 9, 2019, a march of memory will take place - the people's procession "Immortal Regiment", in which relatives of war heroes will take part with their photographs.

Gathering of participants, formation of the column of the “Immortal Regiment” - at 14-00. The procession will begin at 15-00.

The columns will go from Dynamo metro station along Leningradsky Prospekt, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Tverskaya Street, Manezhnaya Square to Red Square.

Festive program

On May 9, 2019, festive events will take place in all districts of the city - performances by brass bands, pop concerts with the participation of stars, photo exhibitions dedicated to Victory Day, film screenings and other events.

Unified schedule for celebrating Victory Day in Moscow:

  • 10-00 — broadcast of the Victory Parade
  • 13-00 - citywide start of festive events
  • 18-55 - minute of silence
  • 19-00 - start of evening concerts
  • 22-00 - fireworks

Special holiday programs and concerts have been prepared for Muscovites and guests of the city on Teatralnaya Square, on Poklonnoe Hill, on Triumphal Square, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, on Pushkinskaya Square, on the square in front of the main entrance of VDNKh.

Concert on the square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

A symphony orchestra, performances by opera soloists and participants in the Patriotic Song Festival and other artists can be heard at the KhHS.

Schedule:

  • 10:00–11:00 - parade on Red Square on the big screen
  • 11:00–11:20 - Victory Parade of 1945 on the big screen
  • 11:20–12:40 - film concert on the big screen
  • 12:40–13:00 - Victory Parade of 1945 on the big screen
  • 13:00–14:00 - Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and soloists of the New Opera Theater
  • 15:00–17:00 - participants of the patriotic song festival “Crystal Star”
  • 17:00–18:55 - festive concert
  • 18:55 - minute of silence
  • 19:00–22:00 - festive concert with the participation of the group “Kvatro”, the symphony orchestra of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the choir of the Sretensky Monastery

Free military museums

Its collection includes more than 300 thousand exhibits: letters from the front, equipment and small arms from the Second World War.

The Poklonka cinema at the museum will host free screenings of war films, and visitors will also be able to watch theatrical performances and concerts with songs from the war years.

The Museum of Zelenograd, the museum-memorial complex “History of the T-34 Tank”, the State Exhibition Hall of the History of the War in Afghanistan, the Panorama Museum “Battle of Borodino”, the Moscow State Exhibition Hall “New Manege” (exhibition “1942. At the Headquarters”) will also be open for free. Victory").

Gorky Park and Muzeon

On May 9, a brass band will play at the site at the Main Entrance to Gorky Park, and cadet orchestras will play at Muzeon.

  • from 10:00 - an exhibition of wartime equipment, master classes on aircraft modeling and a shooting range on Pushkinskaya Embankment
  • from 15:00 to 18:00 - Victory Ball on the central alley of Gorky Park and near the Pioneer cinema - dancing to the music of the war years
  • at 15:30 - the Moscow Fanfare brass band on the central square in Muzeon
  • at 16:00 - concert “Victory is one for all!” at Muzeon. with the participation of Vasily Lanovoy, Irina Miroshnichenko, Larisa Golubkina and others. Also on stage are Petr Nalich, the vocal ensemble “Tenors of the 21st Century” and the children’s musical theater “Domisolka”
  • at 17:30 - concert of the combined orchestra of cadet corps on the Muzeon stage from the embankment
  • 18:55 - minute of silence
  • at 21:00 in the summer cinema "Museon" they will show "Ivan's Childhood" by Andrei Tarkovsky, and in "Pioneer" - "The Tale of a Real Man" by Alexander Stolper.
  • When it gets dark - the light show “Remember!” on the facade of the arch of the main entrance to Gorky Park and the inclusion in the central square of the Victory Tunnel, 189 meters long, decorated with 340 thousand lamps on 1888 garlands.
  • 22:00 - festive fireworks on Pushkinskaya embankment

Programs in the parks

In 30 Moscow parks, songs of the war years will be heard all day long, you can listen to performances by brass bands, take part in master classes, quadrille and waltz lessons, try dishes from field kitchens, look at photographs at street photo exhibitions and films in summer cinemas .

Evening concerts will begin at 19:00.

Where to celebrate Victory Day:

  • Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill – 10:00–22:00
  • Gorky Park - 10:00–22:00
  • "Museon" - 13:00–22:00
  • Zaryadye Park – 13:00–18:00
  • Hermitage Garden - 12:30-22:00
  • Bauman Garden – 13:00–22:00
  • PKiO "Sokolniki" - 13:00–22:00
  • Tagansky PKiO - 13:00–22:00
  • Krasnaya Presnya Park – 13:00–22:00
  • Krasnogvardeyskie Ponds Park – 13:00–22:00
  • Perovsky Park - 12:00–22:30
  • Fili Park – 13:00–22:00
  • Park "Northern Tushino" - 13:00–22:00
  • recreation area "Levoberezhye" - 13:00–16:00
  • PKiO "Kuzminki" - 13:00–22:00
  • Khodynskoye Pole Park – 13:00–22:00
  • Terletskaya oak grove – 12:00–16:00
  • Vorontsovsky Park - 13:00–22:00
  • Izmailovsky PKiO - 10:00–22:00
  • Lilac Garden - 13:00–22:00
  • Babushkinsky — 13:00–22:00
  • Lianozovsky - 11:00–22:00
  • Goncharovsky — 13:00–22:00
  • Angarsk Ponds Park – 13:00–22:00
  • Mitino Landscape Park – 13:00–22:00
  • square on Olonetsky proezd - 13:00–22:00
  • 50th Anniversary of October Park - 13:00–22:00
  • park near the Rainbow ponds - 12:00–18:00
  • Sadovniki Park – 13:00–22:00
  • Moscow estate of Father Frost - 12:00–18:00

Light shows and broadcasts

As a reminder of the defense of Moscow and air defense units, anti-aircraft searchlights will be installed in iconic places in the capital. With the onset of darkness, many buildings will turn on architectural and artistic lighting. From 21-00 on the facade of the Central Theater of the Russian Army, on the pedestal of the sculpture “Worker and Collective Farm Woman” at VDNKh and on the arch of the central entrance of Gorky Park, festive concerts will be broadcast using video mapping technology. At 22-10 a light show will begin on the facade of the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill. The show will run until midnight.

We can and must please the heroes

For several years now, a youth charity foundation “V.N.U.K” has existed in Moscow. The project activists themselves decipher the acronym as “Veterans need care and company” - and are ready to give the remaining veterans, those who do not have grandchildren, both. On the eve of May 9, their main task is to do a general cleaning in the apartments of those old people who can no longer cope with washing windows or shaking out carpets. And along the way, of course, talk - many veterans willingly share their memories of difficult times, and volunteers willingly listen to them. Most of the enthusiasts are very young: schoolchildren and students.

If you want something more pathetic than simple wet cleaning, then you can take part in the patriotic event “Thank you for the Victory,” which will take place on May 6–7. As part of this project, citizens can write any personal warm words of gratitude to veterans on postcards - and Moscow volunteers will definitely pass them on to the recipients. Special mailboxes will be installed in Moscow's largest parks, and all collected postcards will be sent to veterans' councils by May 9.

In addition, a photo album - perhaps already decorated with several cards from the war years - or something more practical would be an excellent gift for a veteran. According to experienced volunteers, an LED lamp (a great way to save on electricity in the coming months), a blanket or warm blanket, treats like chocolate and fruit, or just a basket of groceries can please the elderly - what seems boring and unromantic to young people will be greeted with a bang old people.

Veterans with whom you personally know can be invited to the cinema - especially since it will not cost anything. More than 40 films dedicated to the Great Patriotic War can be seen at free charity film screenings from May 6 to May 9 in cinemas and parks. Such famous films as “The Ballad of a Soldier”, “The Fate of a Man”, “Twenty Days Without War”, “And the Dawns Here Are Quiet...”, “Belorussky Station”, “Soldiers”, “Mashenka” and other films will be shown. However, if going to the cinema were not free, many Muscovites would be happy to please the heroes. There is not even a doubt about it.

The option is no worse - going to the theater or to a concert, especially since on the eve of an important holiday several youth volunteer associations planned performances dedicated to the war, also for free. For example, at the Stimul recreation center (Sibirsky proezd, 2, p. 5) on May 4 at 20.00 there will be a concert of military songs “Let us bow to those great years,” organized by an amateur vocal studio. And near the Volzhskaya metro station (Shkuleva St., 15/18) on May 6 at 19.00, the actors of the amateur theater "Tener" invite everyone to the musical production "And the Dawns Here Are Quiet", in which old pre-war songs will be performed by young actors, - also free.

Several special holiday concerts will be organized separately for veterans:

May 5 - at the territorial social service centers "Yasenevo" and "Zyuzino", beginning at 10.00;

Listen to the Alexandrov Ensemble

The main holiday celebrations in the city will, of course, take place on May 9th. But you shouldn’t sit at home waiting for fireworks and parades either. On April 28, the Moscow Spring acapella festival began in the city: a celebration of spring, music and good mood. Light white chalets decorated with fresh flowers appeared on the streets and squares of Moscow. The aroma from them is unearthly: you can’t even believe that you are in the center of a metropolis. Sometimes it is mixed with the smell of ice cream or barbecue: there is food at the festival for every taste. But the main character of this spring is music. They play everywhere and in all modes. Jazz is heard on Theater Square, blues is heard a little closer to the metro... (By the way, the points with the artists are placed very competently: far enough so that the songs do not merge, and close enough so that you can quickly move between venues). In total, 150 performers will perform for Muscovites, which will total 1,200 hours of live music.

On Pushkin Square As part of the festival, the famous director and choreographer Yegor Druzhinin will stage the musical “Girl without an Address” based on the Soviet romantic film. The last session will take place May 5 at 16.00 and 18.00. In addition, thematic excursions will be held as part of the festival. Educational walks dedicated to composers, musical theaters and capital patrons of the arts who patronized the city’s musical life are starting in Stoleshnikov Lane, house 6–8. For example, May 6 at 13.00 they will talk about the ceremonial and non-ceremonial Tverskaya, and May 7 at 13.00 will hold a musical tour of Moscow. Excursions about literature and history will start at Novy Arbat, 13. The final gala concert of the festival will take place on May 8.

Special holiday concerts dedicated to Victory Day will begin already May 8. At the entrance square of Victory Park, on Poklonnaya Hill, on this day at 17:00 The Kremlin Riding School will host a fashion show - the “Traditions of Russia” show. Cavalrymen will march across the square in orderly steps, and there will be a parade with the flags of the hero cities. In addition, riders will perform tricks on horses. The concert will begin on the main stage at the same time.

May 9 at 13.00 in Victory Park There will be a traditional concert of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. It will mark the end of the Easter festival, with which the maestro traveled all over Russia and visited Syria. Those who were unable to get to Red Square can start their morning there, on Poklonnaya Hill: at 10.00 The Victory Parade will be broadcast on large television screens.

First on Poklonnaya Hill The event “Light of Memory” will take place. A 10-meter structure will appear on the entrance square: an image of fire and a flower, war and the joy of Victory. The torch flower will change color from red to white to gold.

In general, concerts will be held in every park in the capital. On the square in front of the main entrance of VDNH The Academic Song and Dance Ensemble named after Alexandrov will perform. The ensemble, revived after a terrible tragedy in December 2016, has prepared a special repertoire. On May 9, an ensemble of military drummers will perform, and the choir will perform “Dark-skinned Girl,” “Oh, Roads...”, “It’s Time to Hit the Road,” and “On a Sunny Meadow.” The arch of the main entrance itself will turn into one huge screen on which footage of the pre- and post-war years of VDNH history will be broadcast.

Gorky Park these days will be filled with music. It's better to come at 13.00, and immediately - to the dance: everyone will be taught “Soviet retro”. The lesson will last two hours. If you're not in the mood for dancing, try the French chanson performed by Philippe Darès: close your eyes and imagine the narrow streets of Paris in the setting sun... Every half hour from 16.30 they will tell true stories about the war, and at 21.00 The film screening of “Once upon a time there was a girl” will begin - a film about the life of besieged Leningrad.

theatre square- traditional meeting place for veterans - 9th May will live up to its name and become a platform on which scenes from plays about the war will be performed. Literary readings from young actors and graduates of theater universities will also be held on Triumfalnaya Square. The most active ones will be able to take part in collective readings of poems dedicated to the war.

May 8 and 9 Pushkinskaya Square will turn into an open-air cinema. A cinema will be installed near the poet’s monument: Muscovites will see musical performances and films about the war. And at the end of the holiday there will be a concert with military songs.

At the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Victory Day Mosconcert artists will perform. Naturally, war songs will be performed. From 19.00 to 20.00 The orchestra will perform under the direction of the famous conductor Pavel Ovsyannikov. At one time he led the Presidential Orchestra and collaborated with Alexandra Pakhmutova and Lyubov Kazarnovskaya.

On May 6, a parade of the cadet movement will be held on Poklonnaya Hill, in which more than 2.5 thousand students from cadet classes in Moscow schools will take part. It will begin exactly at noon, and the event will end with the launching of doves and the laying of flowers at the Fire of Memory and Glory. The parade of the cadet movement, like all other performances by boys and girls in uniform, will be held under the motto “The connection between generations will not be interrupted!”


How to watch the parade?

It will start at 10.00 on Red Square and will be broadcast on TV channels. The ideal option for those who want to look at the equipment is to attend rehearsals or catch the equipment after the parade. You won't be able to get to Red Square - all invitations are personal only and are not available for free sale. The parade will be broadcast at city venues and parks.

The flight of aircraft can be seen from many points. Perhaps the best of them is Raushskaya embankment. And it will be possible to photograph the equipment above St. Basil's Cathedral. Tall buildings will not obscure the view.

It is ideal to look at the equipment along the route. At the same time, it is better to avoid Tverskaya Street from Pushkinskaya Square to Manezhnaya - this section will still be blocked. Alternatively, you can look at the equipment during parade rehearsals - for example, on May 7 at 10.00 there will be a dress rehearsal with the participation of foot columns and military equipment, and on May 4 in the morning you can see an aviation flyover over Moscow.

But with foot columns things are more complicated, because they usually approach Red Square from several sides - along Varvarka, Ilyinka and from Kotelnicheskaya Embankment.

It is better to reserve viewing places in advance, because, as practice shows, there will be many people who want to see the columns of military equipment and “boxes”.

Reconstructions of military events

Central Museum of Armored Weapons and Equipment in Kubinka on May 9 will conduct a historical reconstruction of the events “Victory in the Great Patriotic War.” Spectators will see the battle for the Seelow Heights, and then concert events will begin in which spectators will be able to participate. Patriot Park even invited its guests to send a list of songs that they would like to sing to the accompaniment of a button accordion.

A large exhibition of military equipment “Weapons of Victory” will be held in Gorky Park May 8–9. The ZiS-2 anti-tank gun, T-60, T-37A tanks, M-30 howitzer and other equipment will be on display on Pushkinskaya embankment. Those who wish will be fed soldier's porridge.

Children will also find something to do in Gorky Park- little guests of the park will be able to feel like nurses and intelligence officers. The popular war game “Zarnitsa” will be held for them.

In Kuzminki Park Those who wish will be able to take pictures in wartime uniforms, and then launch letters of gratitude into the sky to those who defended our Motherland.

In the park "Tsaritsyno" In memory of the war soldiers, a ten-meter-high installation “Immortal Flight” will appear in the park - many white cranes flying into the sky. Guests of the holiday will be able to fold their own cranes out of paper and complement the installation. In addition, at 20:00 a concert of wartime songs will begin in the park, accompanied by the symphony orchestra of the Moscow Academic Musical Theater. K. S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

A in Izmailovsky Park guests will be able to retrain as aircraft designers and create their own model aircraft.

On Victory Square, at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the exhibition “Battle for Moscow. First victory." At the exhibition you will be able to see military equipment, military household items, equipment, weapons, etc. 35 museums provided exhibits from their collections.

On Chistoprudny Boulevard The exhibition “Front-line Life of Heroes” will open - the installations “Hospital”, “Young Soldier Course”, “Before the Battle”, “Photo Studio”, “Dance Floor of the 40s”, “Station, Meeting of Heroes” are presented here.

At 18.55 A minute of silence will be declared throughout the city.

The concert program will begin at 19.00.

Where to watch fireworks?

The spectacle will begin at 22.00 Moscow time and will last 10 minutes. 18 guns and 72 fireworks installations will be placed at 16 points: in Luzhniki, on Poklonnaya Hill, at VDNH, in Kyzminki, Izmailovo, Lianozovo, Tyshin, Obrychevo, Novo-Peredelkino, Pokrovsk-Streshnevo, Mitino, Butove, on the street Borisovskie Prydy , in the Levoberezhny district and in the cities of Troitsk and 3elenograd.

The best way to watch the fireworks is on Poklonnaya Hill (there will be the most guns here) and on the observation deck on Vorobyovy Gory, from where you can clearly see the whole of Moscow.

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

On May 7 and 9, during the construction of columns of military equipment and their passage along Tverskaya Street, the exit of passengers from the stations “Pushkinskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Mayakovskaya”, “Lubyanka” (towards Nikolskaya Street), “China” will be limited -gorod" (towards Ilyinka, Kitaygorodsky proezd and Varvarka).

On May 9, throughout the day at the Park Pobedy station, lobby No. 1 will be open only for exits, and lobby No. 2 will be open only for entrances.

On May 9, from 12:00 until the end of the festive events, entry to the Park Pobedy, Kutuzovskaya, Kievskaya, and Belorusskaya stations will be limited.

On May 9, after the end of the fireworks and public festivities, passenger entry will be limited to the stations “Revolution Square”, “Okhotny Ryad”, “Alexandrovsky Sad”, “Arbatskaya” of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, “Borovitskaya”, “Lubyanka”, “Kuznetsky Most”, “China-Gorod”, “Pushkinskaya”, “Chekhovskaya”, “Tverskaya”, “Park of Culture”, “Oktyabrskaya”, “Sparrow Hills”, “University”, “Sports”.


Every year the holiday is scheduled for the first or second Saturday of September. Since this year the significant date falls on Knowledge Day, the city authorities postponed the celebration for a week.

Tourists and local residents of the capital are interested in the question of when City Day will take place in Moscow in 2018. The holiday is scheduled for September 8, the city will celebrate its 871st anniversary. The festivities will continue on the 9th.

City Day is celebrated on a grand scale. Concerts are held in the squares and interesting events are planned. Traditional vacation spots: Red Square, Poklonnaya Gora, Tverskaya Street, Vasilievsky Spusk, Vorobyovy Gory. The day ends with fireworks.

Program of events for City Day in Moscow on September 9

Before the festive events, the traditional opening ceremony of City Day will take place on Red Square. It will start at 12:00 and will be broadcast live on all city platforms. The citywide celebration starts at 13:00 to the sounds of the Moscow anthem.

At the walls of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, two themes will unite during the City Day celebration: classics and art through the eyes of children. On September 9, the program on Volkhonka will be of interest to lovers of classical music. Spectators will enjoy performances by symphony and chamber orchestras, as well as a concert by popular musicians who will perform classical works in modern arrangements. On the afternoon of September 10, a festival of modern children's songs will take place, and in the evening children's groups will appear on stage along with popular artists.

On City Day, an inter-museum festival will take place on Arbat. It will take place on the so-called Dog Playground near the Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater. In 1962, it disappeared during the construction of Kalinin Avenue. Visitors will learn the history of this unique place and the Arbat alleys, where Moscow aristocrats lived, as well as famous writers, philosophers and musicians.

Guests can expect walking tours, lectures by historians and literary scholars, creative meetings with actors and writers, classical and jazz music concerts, a presentation of the book “What Composers Say About Scriabin Today” and much more. In the evening, the Russian group Feelin’s will perform together with Italian vocalist Boris Savoldelli. The musicians prepared the best works from the international program “YeseninJazz”. Concerts will also be held at the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum and the A.N. Memorial Museum. Scriabin.

On September 10 at 21:00 Alisa Grebenshchikova and the Universal MusicBand will perform at the Marina Tsvetaeva House-Museum. They will present the program “The Poet is the Son of Harmony” based on the works of the great poets and prose writers of the Silver Age.

Moscow's largest charitable foundations and public organizations will gather on Tsvetnoy Boulevard to talk about the importance of charity. They will present their activities at the exhibition-fair, where they will be able to see an interesting exhibition, take part in master classes or purchase goods made by the foundation’s wards. These are soft toys, pottery, knitted items and much more.

The main events of the festival are a fair, sports competitions and a festive concert with the participation of popular artists, as well as meetings with famous people.

Everyone will be able to take part in the charity race. To do this, you will need to make a donation; all funds raised will go to help those in need.

Theatrical and musical performances, literary performances, poetry readings and much more were prepared here. Moscow as the birthplace of Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Bella Akhmadulina and Vladimir Vysotsky will appear on Triumphal Square in the brilliance of literary metaphors. The program includes animated heroes of your favorite books, urban myths and legends, and literary quests.

On September 9, a joint concert of the Feelin’s group and the famous Italian vocalist Boris Savoldelli will take place. Poems by Sergei Yesenin will be performed in Italian, English and Russian accompanied by jazz, blues and soul. The performance will be enriched by Savoldelli's acapella numbers. A guest from Italy skillfully improvises with electronic processors, creating an unusual polyphony.

In addition, an interactive event “Rhyme with Moscow” will take place on Triumfalnaya Square.

On September 9 and 10, Cosmonaut Alley will turn into a meeting place for space and science fiction lovers. Key events in Russian cosmonautics - the launch of the first artificial satellite, Yuri Gagarin's flight, man's spacewalk - will appear as staged elements of the show.

Visitors can expect modern choreography, circus acts and performances by popular DJs. On September 9, at 12:00, guests will see a live broadcast from Red Square, and in the evening there will be a light and sound laser show on Cosmonaut Alley. Free admission.

3D figures of famous dancers will appear in Moscow on City Day

Visitors to the Flower Jam festival will be able to see 3D figures of dancers from Sergei Diaghilev’s world-famous “Russian Seasons,” the press service of the organizing committee of the cycle of city street events “Moscow Seasons” said in a statement.

“On September 8 and 9, the capital will celebrate its 871st birthday. The festive program will take place throughout the city, including at the Flower Jam festival sites in the center and districts of Moscow. The central areas of the festival will be decorated with more than 50 art objects,” the statement says.

One of them will be the figures of dancers from the world famous “Russian Seasons” by Sergei Diaghilev

Sergei Diaghilev’s project “Russian Seasons” is the most successful program for promoting Russian art to the West. It was largely thanks to the “Russian Seasons” that the world discovered Russian artists, Russian ballet, and Russian music.

An extensive program has been prepared for Victory Day in Moscow: residents and guests of the city will enjoy concerts with the participation of military bands and Russian pop stars, a painting master class, reading letters from the front, an exhibition of secret documents and much more.

Festive program on Poklonnaya Hill

The celebration on Poklonnaya Hill will begin with the broadcast of the Victory Parade at 10:00. After this, a concert will take place here, at which the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, the Central Military Orchestra of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, soloists of the Moscow Operetta Theater Vasilisa Nikolaeva and Vladislav Kiryukhin, the group “Respublika” and many others will perform.

At 19:00 there is a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War. Then Sergei Zhigunov, Ekaterina Guseva, Sati Kazanova, Marina Devyatova, Elena Maksimova, Ruslan Alekhno, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Alexander Buinov and musicians of the Central Border Ensemble of the FSB of Russia will appear on stage.

The concert will end at 22:00. Free admission.

Songs about war at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

At 10:00 the Victory Parade will be broadcast near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. From 16:00 to 18:00 there will be a concert where guests will hear popular songs about the war in modern interpretation. Golden hits of the Soviet stage and original songs will also be performed.

At 19:00 there is a minute of silence. After it, the orchestra will perform under the direction of People's Artist of Russia Pavel Ovsyannikov.

At 20:30, popular Russian artists will take the stage to perform songs from the war and post-war years. Free admission.

War cinema on Pushkin Square

At 09:00 a film concert will begin on Pushkinskaya Square, and after it guests will see a broadcast of the Victory Parade. Films about the war will also be shown here, starting at 11:15 and 13:05. Viewers will also be told about how such films were created - from films shot during the war years to modern ones.

At 18:00 the concert will begin, Diana Gurtskaya, Sogdiana, the group “Brilliant”, Anita Tsoi and others will perform.

At 19:00 there is a minute of silence in memory of the victims. Afterwards the festive concert will continue. At 21:00 the karaoke program of the musical group “Turetsky Choir” starts.

At 22:00 the fireworks display will be broadcast on the big screen.

Free admission.

What the museums have in store

Military museums can be visited for free. The State Defense Museum of Moscow, the Zelenograd Museum, the Panorama Museum “Battle of Borodino”, the Museum of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia, the museum complex “History of the T-34 Tank” and others will not charge an entrance fee on May 8 and 9.

Each of them prepared a special program for Victory Day. For example, at 13:00 at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War there will be a presentation of a video for the song “Kite”, filmed by students of a creative film studio. In the Big Cinema and Concert Hall at 16:00, guests will see the play “I will return...”, which is based on front-line letters from Boris Vasiliev’s story “Exhibit No...”. At 17:30 they will show the documentary film “How I Became a Teacher” about the writer and veteran of the Great Patriotic and Soviet-Japanese Wars Pyotr Mikhin.

The Moscow State Defense Museum invites you to the theatrical interactive program “Front Behind the Front Line”. One of the central themes of this day is the partisan movement. Guests will be told not only about their exploits, but also about their everyday life. Starts at 12:00 and 15:00.

The photo exhibition “Eternal Flame” will be presented at the Zelenograd Museum. It will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial complex near the Kremlin wall. The exhibition will be open from 10:00 to 20:00.

Flowers will be laid at the memorial site of the Great Patriotic War at the Museum of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia. A festive concert will also be held here.

They will teach you how to paint military-historical miniatures at the Battle of Borodino panorama museum at the Steadfast Tin Soldier master class. Starts at 14:00. At the “History of the T-34 Tank” museum, guests will be invited to complete interactive creative tasks.

May 9 is the last day when you can see the exhibition “1942. At the Victory Headquarters" in New Manege. It is unique in that for the first time it shows documents from the highest authorities, whose decisions influenced the outcome of hostilities in 1942. The exhibition itself runs until June 25.

No pre-registration required.

Military equipment and field kitchen: holiday in the parks

IN Gorky Park the holiday will start at 10:00 and end at 22:00. An installation of letters from soldiers from the front will appear on the walls of the main entrance. Their texts will be heard from the speakers. A live broadcast of the Victory Parade will be shown on the balustrade, and a concert will take place on the main stage.

You can see military equipment and try field cuisine on Pushkinskaya Embankment. There will also be areas where park guests will dance to the music of the war years.

In the Muzeon art park they will tell you how many days the Battle of Stalingrad lasted, how many bombs were dropped on Moscow and how many cities were turned into ruins during the war.

Festival Square Sokolniki Park will turn into a chessboard. Figures representing the armies of the USSR and Germany will fight there. Air fountains “Tongues of Flame”, tantamaresques in the form of guns of the Great Patriotic War and signs with poignant lines from the last letters of soldiers from the front - this and much more will also be seen by guests of the park. In addition, congratulations to veterans can be left on the installation in the form of a large triangular letter. A festive concert will also be held here. The events will take place from 13:00 to 22:00.

For visitors Tagansky Park prepared a documentary play “Katya + Sergey. Letters." The production was based on the correspondence between Major General Sergei Kolesnikov and his wife. The choir of the Mishanyan and Co. Orchestra and the Valery Bukreev Orchestra will perform on the park stage. Everyone will learn to dance in the style of the 1940s. The holiday will end with a children's parade - young Muscovites will march through the stadium and park alleys in homemade costumes. Event times are from 10:00 to 22:00.

The atmosphere of the 1940s will be recreated in Hermitage Garden. Guests will see Soviet vintage cars and hear music performed by a military brass band and a male chamber choir. The Victory Ball “At six o’clock in the evening...” will begin at 18:00. Everyone will dance with the veterans to the songs of the war years, and at open lessons, guests will learn to dance the Krakowiak, tango and waltz. The celebration will end at 22:00.

The Walking Band Festival will take place in Bauman Garden. The brass bands “Mosbras”, ½ Orchestra, “Polite People”, “Second Line” and Pakava It will perform here. Master classes on graffiti, beatboxing and freestyling will be held for young people. There will also be a retro zone with treats. Starts at 13:00. The events will take place until 22:00.

IN Biryulevsky Arboretum at 12:00 the celebration “Gratitude of Generations” will begin. The program includes performances by creative groups, congratulations to veterans and master classes. Everyone can make paper flowers.

Victory Day at the Moscow Spring festival

In the living room pavilion on Tverskaya Square, visitors will be taught how to decorate photo albums and postcards for veterans. Classes will be held from 11:00 to 16:00. All guests are also invited to the concert “Poems and Songs about War”.

At the venue next door, on Stoleshnikov Lane, guests will be treated to a retro program “Songs and Music of the Soviet Period.”

Performances by young musicians, dance master classes and much more will take place on Novy Arbat. The concert will begin here at 12:30. The children's group "Inspiration", the children's and youth choir "Joy", the choir of school No. 1060 and the Popov Big Children's Choir will perform. At 19:00 the traditional jazz ensemble Moscow Trad Jazz Band will take the stage.

At 12:00, the “Field Hospital” will open on Revolution Square. The youngest guests will be taught first aid. There will also be a lesson on making bouquets of fresh flowers that can be given to veterans.

Greeting cards using the scrapbooking technique and military hats will be made in the park near the monument to Karl Marx. A front-line album and a brooch from the St. George ribbon will be made on Kuznetsky Most (near the Central Department Store).

You will learn how to bake bread from rye flour, cook jelly and prepare a dessert in the shape of a star at the culinary studio on Klimentovsky Lane. Master classes will be held from 12:00 to 18:45.