Navy Day in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt in 2025: how it will be held, events
On Sunday, July 27, St. Petersburg will celebrate the Day of the Navy. Traditionally, the holiday begins with the formation of the personnel of the naval units and the solemn raising of the St. Andrew's flag as part of the naval parade dedicated to Navy Day. Izvestia reports on how the celebrations will take place in the Northern Capital in 2025 and whether the parade will take place.
Will there be a Navy parade in 2025
Every year, Navy Day is celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of July. Traditionally, the main parade on Navy Day takes place in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. However, the event may not take place this year, including the aviation part, according to <url>. According to the newspaper, preparations for the parade were stopped in early July, this decision is related to security measures.
It is clarified that after the start of the special military operation (SVO), the question of the wisdom of gathering in one place the entire top command staff of the country and the best representatives of the Russian Navy was raised at different levels as early as 2022. So, a year ago, for the first time in eight years, the parade in Kronstadt was canceled.
In St. Petersburg, according to the publication, the format of the celebration will be returned to the model before 2015. This year, the holiday program will include a solemn wreath-laying, folk festivals and a concert on the Palace Square. However, the official cancellation of the parade has not yet been announced.
In early July, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on reports about the cancellation of the naval part of the Navy Day. Answering questions from journalists, he said that the Kremlin would promptly inform about what events would take place as part of the celebration of the Navy Day in 2025.
How does the Navy parade usually take place in St. Petersburg?
The tradition of holding naval parades appeared in Russia more than 300 years ago. At the beginning of the 18th century, after the victories of the Russian fleet at Gangut and Gringam, Peter I ordered parades of warships decorated with flags and firing from various guns in St. Petersburg.
In his decree, the autocrat ordered celebrations to be held annually. This decree became evidence of the formation of the Russian Empire as a maritime power and marked the beginning of the celebration of the Navy. The celebrations took place for several days in a row, including worship services, parades and fireworks.
The tradition has continued in our days. In modern Russia, the first major naval parade in St. Petersburg was held in 1996 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy. The event was consolidated at the highest level by presidential decree in 2017. Since then, the Navy Day parade has been held annually.
The beginning of the event is marked by artillery shots, which can also be heard in the evening during the fireworks, which are launched from the Peter and Paul Fortress. The culmination of the celebration is the march of military personnel, pupils of the pre-university institutions of the Navy and the Young Army Academy on the Senate Square and the passage of the parade formation of ships in the waters of the Neva River.
Thousands of tourists and residents of the Northern Capital gather to watch the ship parade every year. Traditionally, the parade is hosted by the Russian Defense Minister and the Supreme Commander—in-Chief, President Vladimir Putin.
Which ships are taking part in the Navy parade
Traditionally, various types of ships take part in the Navy parade: sailing ships, small missile and patrol ships, military boats and submarines. For example, in 2024, 20 surface ships and boats, one submarine and four sailing vessels were involved in the parade.
Among the participants of the review were the battleship Poltava, the small missile ships Serpukhov and Odintsovo, the corvette Boyky, the ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin, the Mozhaysk submarine, as well as vessels of the naval forces of friendly countries - the destroyer Jiao Zuo (China), the training ship La Summam (Algeria) and the frigate Tabar (India).
The best locations for observing the convoy of ships are the Palace, English and Admiralty embankments. A good view also opens from the opposite University Embankment and Alexander Schmidt Embankment. There are always a lot of spectators there during the holiday.
Live broadcast of the Navy Day from St. Petersburg
At the moment, there is no official information about where the live broadcast of the Navy Day from St. Petersburg in 2025 will take place.
Usually, the celebration is broadcast on the main site of the city — the Palace Embankment, where several large screens are installed. In Kronstadt— on Yakornaya Square.
In previous years, the celebrations were shown live on federal and St. Petersburg TV channels. The live broadcast started at 10:00 Moscow time.
Earlier, Izvestia wrote that two shrines were delivered to Kronstadt on Navy Day.
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