The central point of Victory Day celebrations in Moscow will traditionally be Red Square. There are 12.5 thousand military personnel and 120 pieces of equipment. If you didn’t manage to be in the stands on May 9, you can go to one of the many festive venues scattered throughout the capital. the site is ready to talk about the most interesting of them right now.
Concert, broadcast of the parade and photo exhibition in the heart of the capital
May 8 and 9 on the square in front of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. On Tuesday the program will begin at 19:00 and continue until 22:00. The audience will receive performances from the vocal duet of Fyodor Rytikov and Sergei Shtyrov, the opera duet of Vasilisa Nikolaeva and Vladislav Kiryukhin, vocal group"Five", symphony orchestra Moscow "Russian Philharmonic" and others. On Wednesday the holiday will be celebrated here from the very morning. At 10:00, the Victory Parade on Red Square will begin to be broadcast on street screens (an excellent option for those who find themselves in the center, but did not get to the square). And from 12:00 a concert will begin, the participants of which will be the laureates of the All-Russian festival-competition “Crystal Stars”, soloists and orchestra of the Galina Vishnevskaya Center for Opera Singing, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra for Children and Youth together with conductor Ivan Rudin and soloist Alisa Grebenshchikova, and also the vocal group "Kvatro".
Theaters in parks
Visitors to numerous capital parks will also be able to see the broadcast of the Victory Parade (starts at 10:00). After the passage of troops and military equipment, theatrical performances and concerts await guests. Thus, the Moscow Youth Experimental Theater under the direction of Vyacheslav Spesivtsev and the Moscow New Drama Theater. And then they will be replaced by Gleb Matveychuk, Yulia Nachalova, Dina Garipova, Evgeny Kungurov, the exemplary group of the dance ensemble “Smile”, the State Academic Ryazan Russian Folk Choir named after E.G. Popova, Maxim Kaluzhskikh, Ost Up group, Bayan-Mix duet, Vasily Lanovoi and Dima Bilan.
Moscow Drama Theater on Perovskaya, Moscow Theater of Illusions, singer Prokhor Chaliapin, group “Kvatro”, singer Zara, singer Ostap will perform. After a minute of silence, at 18:55, the concert program will be continued by Alexander Buinov, Rodion Gazmanov, Brandon Stone and Yulia Nachalova.
At 13:00 the actors of the Shalom Theater will appear. And then artists from the Kapotnya Palace of Culture, the Alexei Rybnikov Theater, the Zarechye House of Culture and the I.M. Cultural Center will perform. Astakhova. The concert and musical program will begin at 19:00 with a performance by the group “Kvatro” and will continue with performances by singers Zara and Elena Terleeva, singer Dmitry Koldun, and participants in the art project “Tenors of the 21st Century”.
The celebration in honor of Victory Day will begin at 11:00. Groups from the Moscow Department of Culture will perform on stage. And at 13:00 a citywide program starts, in which the chamber orchestra Musica Viva, the Moscow Theater of Music and Drama under the direction of Stas Namin, the Trombone Show jazz ensemble, Alexey Garnizov, the New Ballet Theater, Svetlana Krinitskaya, the State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky. Starts at 19:00 music concert, in which the artists of the art project “Tenors of the XXI Century”, Yulia Kovalchuk, Alexey Chumakov, Oleg Gazmanov and the group “Factory” will take part.
Large daytime and evening programs will take place. Artists from the Praktika theater center, the Stuntman theater of sports and entertainment performances and other groups will perform on the main stage of the park (starts at 13:00). Stars will take the stage at 7:00 p.m. Russian stage. The concert will continue until 22:00.
The celebration will begin at 12:25. The concert will be opened by the Moscow Russian Drama Theater under the direction of Mikhail Shchepenko. Then the actors of the Pokrovka Theater, the Moscow State Musical Theater under the direction of Gennady Chikhachev, the School of Dramatic Art theater, the Taganka Actors' Commonwealth theater, artist Vasily Ovsyannikov, artist Lyubov Isaeva will perform. The evening will be continued by Diana Gurtskaya, Ruslan Alekhno, Gleb Matveychuk and singer Zara.
The Victory Train departs from the Square of Three Stations
It is planned to take place on the squares of three stations on May 9. So, at the Rizhsky station at 08:00 a concert of the Soprano art group Mikhail Turetsky will begin. At 08:50, everyone will be able to lay wreaths at the monument on the territory of the local museum.
At Kazansky Station, the festive program will begin at 10:00 with a broadcast of the Victory Parade, and at 14:00 an interactive film concert will take place. At 15:00 all spectators will be invited to a performance by the Demonstration Orchestra of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, and an hour later, at 16:00, to a performance by the Turetsky Choir and the Soprano art group.
At the Belorussky railway station, the festive program will also begin with the broadcast of the Victory Parade at 10:00. At 18:00 Igor Mirkurbanov will speak to Muscovites and guests of the city.
The “Immortal Regiment” procession will begin at 15:00. Citizens will walk to Red Square with portraits of relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War.
And at 09:30 the Victory train will depart from the Rizhsky station (boarding of veterans and action participants will begin at 09:00).
Holiday close to home
Spectators at the festive program. Performances will begin at 13:00. The program will be opened by the Cherry Orchard Theater Center. Further performances are planned by Damir Basyrov, artists of the Russian spiritual theater "Glas", the cultural center "Ivanovsky", the group "Russian Soul", as well as Rodion Gazmanov, Sasha Santa, Kristina Orbakaite, Yulia Nachalova, Eteri Beriashvili and Alexei Vorobyov.
At the address: Bogdanova Street, building 19. Festive performances for the audience were prepared by the Na Basmannaya Theater, the Moscow Drama Theater under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Vitaly Kozlovsky, the MosArt groups, Gennady Raifulin, participants in the project “Voice. Children”, finalist of the “Voice” project Marie Carne, finalist of the “Voice. Children" by Yaroslav Degtyarev.
A concert will also be held on the square in front of the Friendship House of Culture. Artists from the Ivanovsky cultural center will perform here, and they will be supported by artists from the capital’s theaters and famous singers.
At 13:00, after the broadcast of the parade, it will begin. The program includes performances by artist Damir Basyrov and the Respublika group. After a minute of silence, at 19:00, pop performers will take the stage.
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 real national holiday. It is a symbol of respect and gratitude of descendants to their great-grandfathers, spiritual unity 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 salvos 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
An unsurpassed symphony orchestra will play on the stage of Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill on May 9, 2017 Mariinsky Theater. 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 television show"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: “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 most young participants holiday, together with their parents, they 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 opera soloists Bolshoi Theater and before the show prepared by Dacha radio.
Kuzminki Park
Under live music brass band and unusual rhythms of the Partizan FM group will take place on May 9, 2017. The costume quest “Military Intelligence. Southeast" in Kuzminki Park.
The territory will be conditionally divided into units 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 the winners 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 favorite films about difficult years and wonderful people 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, there will be creative meetings with famous directors, actors and other filmmakers.
- 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 Shkola theater modern play“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 topic there 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, strange 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.
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 the Day Victory in 2016 became the preservation of traditions and history military music, inspiring victories. Two more key themes are cinema and literature about heroic deeds Soviet people. Spectators can expect numerous concerts, theatrical performances, literary readings, costume balls, film screenings. Exhibitions will open in the center of Moscow historical photography, special photo zones and photo booths. 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 observe a minute of silence in memory of those who fell in battles against fascism. The citywide program of evening concerts will begin at 19:00.
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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 - big 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 artists 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
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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 on Triumfalnaya Square There will be a large two-day musical and poetic holiday marathon of the “City Theater of Poets” by Vlad Malenko - “Beacons of Victory”. Among the special guests are people's artists Igor Bochkin, Sergei Nikonenko, actress Anna Snatkina and others.
At 15:30 State will speak academic theater named after Mossovet, 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
Festive program on Pushkinskaya Square with musical and poetic performances, a film concert and screening famous films the war will be discussed 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 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 1940s. 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. Program dedicated to the 71st anniversary Great Victory, will present 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 there will be a nationwide event called a minute of silence, which will be broadcast on live on all federal channels of Russia, 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. Diversity musical material- from folk songs and operas 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 with 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 music 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 a 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” ". 
On the square in front of the metro station Chistye Prudy a stage will be set 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, winner of the festival " Slavic Bazaar"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 teams, and performers of various genres, subordinate to the Moscow Department of Culture. 
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 bright numbers at 16:00 will be a variety and circus divertissement of the “Polunin Glory Center”, built by analogy with the performances of circus brigades for fighters Soviet army during the war years.
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.
Festive events in honor of Victory Day begin in Kazan. Tomorrow, volunteers will distribute St. George ribbons to passers-by, and events, athletics relay races and theatrical performances will begin in all areas of the city. What kind of help will veterans with tears in their eyes receive for the holiday, which streets will be closed to cars and what they can use to leave after the fireworks display on May 9 - in Realnoe Vremya's material from business Monday at the city hall.
Waiting for May 9
WITH tomorrow starts in Kazan all-Russian action“St. George’s Ribbon” - on April 24, volunteers will walk through the city from Gorky Park and hand out 15 thousand ribbons to residents. This action will open a series of events that will take place in the regions of Kazan. On the eve of the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War on May 7, the Palace of Culture named after. After renovation, Lenin will host a ceremonial meeting with the participation of 500 veterans and home front workers, after which the holiday will move to the Wings of the Soviets park. In large shopping centers in the Aviastroitelny and Novo-Savinovsky districts, from April 25 to May 10, the festive edition of the radio newspaper “Victory Bell!” will again be broadcast.
May 3 in the park named after the hero Soviet Union test pilot Alexander Vasilchenko, the administration of the Kirov and Moskovsky districts will open an “Alley of Winners”, where people will be able to post photos and stories of relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War. In addition, on April 25, an athletics relay will be held at the Tasma stadium. Another athletics race will be held under the name “1418 days of war.”
Veterans will be honored and Victory will be welcomed in the Vakhitovsky and Volga regions on May 4 in the Kaleidoscope park and on May 7 in the garden named after. Kirov. In the veterans' home on Dubravnaya, 35, the district administration promises to organize a field kitchen with tea tables. On May 8, the Sovetsky district will organize a major theatrical performance at the Raketa stadium with the participation of more than a thousand artists. About 500 children from the district will take part in the Immortal Regiment procession.
At the republican level, veterans will be congratulated on May 8 at the M. Jalil Opera and Ballet Theater.
According to the head of the Culture Department of the Kazan City Hall, Azat Abzalov, a team led by Maxim Skalozubov is responsible for the theatrical part. Photo kzn.ru
With tanks on the move and bombers from the swamps
The main part of the events, of course, will take place on May 9. The official laying of wreaths and flowers at the Arskoye and Arkhangelskoye cemeteries will take place on Victory Day at 8.00 am. At 9.00 garlands and flowers will be laid on Eternal Flame and the monument to Mothers and Widows in Victory Park. It is better to arrive early for the parade, which will again take place at Millennium Square. It is planned that at 9.45 a theatrical prologue with the participation of 2 thousand artists will begin there. According to the head of the Culture Department of the Kazan City Hall, Azat Abzalov, a team led by Maxim Skalozubov is responsible for the theatrical part.
Another 2 thousand people will take part in the parade. Troops of the Kazan garrison under the leadership of Major General, Head of the Kazan Tank School Kirill Kulakov will pass in front of the city residents, followed by 14 units of mechanized military equipment. It is worth mentioning separately: the staff of the Tank School restored wartime equipment from hulls received from Novosibirsk. This was done on the initiative of Major General Kulakov. Thanks to him, repaired T-34, IS-3 and BM-13 Katyusha tanks will drive through Kazan on Victory Day for the first time.
The morning program will conclude with a two-hour concert, which begins at 11 am. At Millennium Square you will also be able to see, touch and maybe even get into the cockpits of modern military equipment. For this purpose, T-80, T-90 tanks, as well as BMP-2, BMP-3 and BTR-80 tanks will be brought to the celebration. And the pearl of the exhibition of the search movement of Tatarstan will be the Pe-2 bomber, parts of which were found and recovered from the swamp.
In parallel with the main site, folk festivities will be held in Victory Park from 10.00 to 20.00. The festival “Heirs of Victory” and the festival of children’s brass bands “Fanfare of Victory” are organized on the central stage. Veteran choirs will sing there from 2 to 4 p.m.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the organizers will begin to gather participants in the “Immortal Regiment” action. The march itself will begin at 15.00 and will follow the route of last year - the start is planned at the intersection of Marx and Gorky streets in the area of the Agrarian University, and the finish is at Millennium Square. This year, the city authorities expect no fewer participants in the action than last year, when more than 120 thousand people took to the streets with portraits of their relatives. The evening concert program will begin at Millennium Square at 20.00 and end with fireworks at 22.00.
This year, the city authorities expect no fewer participants in the action than last year, when more than 120 thousand people took to the streets with portraits of their relatives. Photo by Maxim Platonov
Car traffic will be limited, and walkers will be protected by anti-rams
Strengthening the work of transport can at least partially reduce the traditional crush in public transport after the fireworks on Victory Day.
Job public transport On May 9th it will be organized in an enhanced mode. Additional trains are provided in the metro. At the end of the event, a special supply of buses will be provided on Levo-Bulachnaya Street in the Kirovsky Lane area and on the Lenin Dam near the publishing house,” said Azat Abzalov.
On Victory Day, the operating hours of public transport have also been extended - it will run from 5 am to 12 midnight.
For motorists, the city's preparations for the May 9 celebration will not go unnoticed. On May 3 and 5, due to parade rehearsals, from 18.00 to 22.00 traffic will be limited on Millennium Square and along the Lenin Dam. This will happen again on May 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and May 8 from 7 p.m. The reason is a rehearsal for a concert program.
Entrances to all celebration sites, as last year, will be fenced with special equipment, which confirms that Kazan remembers the numerous tragedies in Europe and America that resulted in death. Anti-ramming equipment will also appear in places where vehicle traffic will be restricted.
All public spaces involved in the celebration will be inspected for explosives before the start. Security will be monitored by both the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and private security companies. In addition, medical institutions will operate under enhanced conditions, and doctors will be on duty at the celebration sites.
There are less than a thousand veterans left
As of April 4, 13,196 veterans and persons equivalent to them live in Kazan. There are only 946 people left who participated in the war and were disabled. Almost 11 thousand people are home front workers and widows of fallen war participants. Almost one and a half thousand more Kazan residents are widows of war participants who are not home front workers.
Traditionally, on Victory Day, veterans are in the spotlight. This year, the authorities reported their intention to renovate 23 apartments of lonely participants in the Great Patriotic War. Answering a question from Realnoe Vremya, Azat Abzalov, head of the Culture Department of the Kazan City Hall, said that the number of apartments was determined based on incoming applications. Last year, 41 apartments were renovated using them.
On the eve of the holiday, 4,131 war veterans and widows of participants will be helped with food. In Kazan, the cost of a food package will be more than 4 thousand rubles. Similar actions will be held not only in the capital of Tatarstan, but throughout the republic. They are organized by the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The health of veterans is remembered not only on the eve of May 9th. On April 20, Kazan clinics completed their annual comprehensive medical examination. For last year 2,535 veterans were treated in hospitals; in total, as of January 2018, 8,360 veterans and persons equivalent to them were registered at the dispensary. Some veterans are registered with departmental institutions.
For Victory Day, students will also clean up veterans' apartments and garden plots. As part of the “Live and Remember” campaign, military graves will be cleaned up in cemeteries in Samosyrovo, Derbyshki and Tsaritsino, and residents will clean monuments and steles at citywide cleanup days.
As part of road work for 2018, city authorities will repair streets named after war participants. The asphalt concrete pavement will be renewed on the streets of Oleg Koshevoy, Adel Kutuy, Bichurin, Vatutin, Marshal Chuikov and Simonov.
Maria Gorozhaninova