When is Navy Day 2016? Where and how to celebrate the holiday
The Navy is the pride and glory of ourcountries. Every year on the last Sunday of July we congratulate sailors and officers, submariners and marines, coast guards and naval aviation on a professional holiday. Do not forget about the hydrographic services, the services providing the rear, the signalers.
Honorary guests of the holiday are veteransWWII, defending our country in the most difficult years. Today we will tell you about the history of the holiday, how it is customary to celebrate this day in Sevastopol and St. Petersburg, Murmansk and Severomorsk, Voronezh and Astrakhan - wherever Russian warships are based.
The history of the Navy
In 1696, the Boyar Duma signed a decree on thecreation of the Navy. Tsar Peter I understood the need to build military courts to defend the maritime borders of the state and conquer new territories. In 1714, the first victory at sea was won, in honor of which it was decided to hold a parade of ships. In the Soviet Union, sailors were honored during the "Red Fleet" week, and in 1939, Navy Admiral N. G. Kuznetsov proposed to celebrate the Navy's birthday on July 24. In modern Russia, President Putin's decree of May 31, 2006 established a memorable day for the Navy on the last Sunday of July.
Today the Caspian Flotilla as well as the Black Sea, Baltic, Northern and Pacific fleets celebrate their professional holiday.
When the Day of the Navy 2015 is celebrated
In 2015, the Navy Day falls on 26 July. The traditional parades of ships, concerts and fireworks.
St. Petersburg is the cradle of the Russian fleet. Here the holiday will last as long as 2 days. In the water area of the Neva will enter warships that will be open to visitors. The centers of events will be the English and the embankment of Lieutenant Schmidt. Concerts are held at Strelka Vasilievsky Island, in the Alexander Garden and in the BKZ "October".
Sevastopol - the capital of the Black Sea Fleet will also please residents and guests with festive decorations, a parade of ships and demonstration performances of sailors.
In Voronezh, the ship museum will be able to make a tour of the local reservoir.
