Airborne events. Blue berets will gather again in the capital's parks to celebrate their holiday. Traditions of celebrating the Day of the Airborne Troops

Every year in the cities of Russia, the day of the Airborne Forces is celebrated. This holiday can be called one of the brightest professional holidays. Traditionally, concerts are held throughout the country, charity events, military demonstrations, craft fairs and many other events.

How will Airborne Forces Day be celebrated in Moscow on August 2, 2018 - what is the program of events and the schedule of concerts?

The main venue will be Gorky Park, where two field kitchens will open, where visitors will be offered to taste buckwheat porridge with stew and tea. And at 13.00 the concert program will begin. The audience will perform: the band "Musical landing", the ensemble MOSCOW BAND, the famous concert Ensemble of the Airborne Forces of Russia "Blue Berets".

At 12:00, the holiday will begin in Sokolniki Park - the program includes an exhibition of military equipment, photo zones, a parade of conscripts and contract soldiers, members of the Yunarmiya patriotic movement and veterans of the airborne forces.

What events are organized in Moscow on the Day of the Airborne Forces on August 2, 2018

The main festive events in the capital of the Russian Federation - in Moscow - will be held in the Sokolniki and Maxim Gorky parks, in the latter a field kitchen will work for guests.

The holiday in Sokolniki Park will begin at noon - the program includes an exhibition of military equipment, photo zones where you can take selfies in the form of paratroopers. The holiday will begin with a parade of conscripts and contract soldiers, members of the Yunarmiya patriotic movement and veterans of the Airborne Forces.

A big festive concert will take place in the park on Pushkinskaya Embankment. Sports competitions, a chess tournament among soldiers, a concert will also be held at the Festival Square.

Church of the Prophet Elijah on Ilyinka, st. Ilyinka, 3/8s2, metro station Revolution Square (or metro station Kitay-gorod)

Gorky Park, Krymsky Val Street, Oktyabrskaya.
Sokolniki Park, Sokolnichesky Val street, building 1, building 1, Sokolniki metro station.
VDNKh, Prospekt Mira, 119, metro station "VDNKh".
Izmaylovsky park, avenue of the Big Circle, 7, m. Partizanskaya (or m. Shosse Entuziastov).
Poklonnaya Gora, st. Brothers Fonchenko, 7, metro Park Pobedy

On the day of the Airborne Forces in Moscow will restrict traffic

In the center of the capital, on August 2, the State traffic inspectorate will restrict traffic on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of the Airborne Troops.

On Ilyinka from Birzhevaya Square to Red Square, traffic will be limited from 06:00 to 16:00 Moscow time, TASS reports. The Moscow State traffic inspectorate asks drivers to choose alternative routes in advance and follow the instructions of road signs and traffic police officers.

On this day, residents and guests of the capital will be able to attend the parade processions and demonstration performances of paratroopers, exhibitions, fairs and holiday concerts. The main venues for celebrating the Airborne Forces Day will unfold in Gorky Park and Sokolniki.

On August 2, the Russian "blue berets" will meet again in capital parks to mark your main holiday- Airborne Forces Day! In our article you will find out what program we have prepared for everyone on this day.

Events dedicated to the celebration of the Day of the Russian Airborne Forces will be held in Moscow on August 2 in Gorky Park and Sokolniki. According to the portal of the capital's mayor's office, a giant white parachute will be hung over the main entrance to the Gorky Central Park. A field kitchen will be set up in the park for all visitors. The celebration will take place from 12:00 to 17:00.

Airborne Forces Day in Sokolniki and Gorky Park 2018: Not an anniversary, but still a date

The airborne troops were formed on August 2, 1930, when a unit of 12 people parachuted for the first time during exercises near Voronezh. In 2018, the Russian Airborne Forces celebrates 87 years.

In 2018, the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation turns 88 years old. In honor of this event, on August 2, Moscow will host a number of festive events. In the capital, it will be possible to see the ceremonial processions of paratroopers, demonstration performances of the "blue berets", take part in master classes in hand-to-hand combat, visit thematic fairs and exhibitions. Not without holiday concerts.

And it will begin holiday program Day of the Airborne Forces-2018 from the procession in honor of the heavenly patron of the "winged infantry" Elijah the Prophet: its participants will proceed from the Church of the Prophet Elijah on Ilyinka to the Execution Ground on Red Square, where a thanksgiving prayer service will be served.

Then, officials will congratulate the heroes of the occasion, after which demonstration performances will be held on the main square of the country, as well as a solemn march of the guard of honor company of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (RVVDKU). And the culmination of the holiday will be a concert on Vasilyevsky Spusk.

Gorky Park, as usual, will become the main gathering place for "blue berets" in the capital. The tradition of celebrating the Day of the "winged infantry" here appeared in the early 90s of the last century: then, every August 2, training landings from helicopters were held in the park. However, in 1997, flights over the city were banned, but PKiO remained the main meeting place for paratroopers.

Airborne Forces Day in Sokolniki and Gorky Park 2018: Blue berets celebrate their day again

Celebrations in honor of the Airborne Forces Day - 2018 are planned not only in Gorky Park, but also in Izmailovsky Park, as well as on Poklonnaya Hill.

On August 2, 2018, the main events in Gorky Park, as before, will unfold on Pushkinskaya Embankment. In particular, military musical groups will again perform there, which will perform songs that are iconic for the Blue Berets.

There will also be festivities in Sokolniki Park. For example, last year it was possible to watch the parade of servicemen and veterans of the Airborne Forces, visit an exhibition of military equipment, listen to favorite songs of the "winged infantry", take pictures in a vest and a blue beret in special photo zones.

On August 2, the "blue berets" will gather again to celebrate their holiday - Airborne Forces Day - 2018.

In 2018, the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) turns 88 years old. In honor of this event, on August 2, Moscow will host a number of festive events. In the capital, it will be possible to see the ceremonial processions of paratroopers, demonstration performances of the "blue berets", take part in master classes in hand-to-hand combat, visit thematic fairs and exhibitions. Not without holiday concerts.

Airborne Forces Day 2018 in Moscow: program of events on August 2

As usual, Gorky Park will become the main gathering place for "blue berets" in the capital. The tradition of celebrating the Day of the "winged infantry" here appeared in the early 90s of the last century: then, every August 2, training landings from helicopters were held in the park. However, in 1997, flights over the city were banned, but PKiO remained the main meeting place for paratroopers.

What awaits those who come to celebrate in the main park of the capital?

Two field kitchens will open in the park, where visitors will be offered to taste buckwheat porridge with stew and tea. And at 13.00 the concert program will begin. The audience will perform: the band "Musical landing", the ensemble MOSCOW BAND, the famous concert Ensemble of the Airborne Forces of Russia "Blue Berets". Recall that now there are five people in the Berets: Sergey Yarovoy, Briy Slatov, Denis Platonov, Dmitry Vakhrushin, Egor Serdechny. The group sings songs of their own composition only. In Gorky Park "Blue Berets" will sing songs: "Minefield", "Everything will be fine!", "Let's sit, be silent, men", "There will be glory to us!", "Glory to the Airborne Forces" and, of course, the main hit - "Sineva ".

WHERE: Gorky Park, m. "Park Kultury", Krymsky Val, 9.

Free admission.

What events are organized in Moscow on the Day of the Airborne Troops on August 2, 2018

The main festive events in the capital of the Russian Federation - in Moscow - will be held in the Sokolniki and Maxim Gorky parks, in the latter a field kitchen will work for guests.

A big festive concert will take place in the park on Pushkinskaya Embankment. Sports competitions, a chess tournament among soldiers, a concert will also be held at the Festival Square.

Church of the Prophet Elijah on Ilyinka, st. Ilyinka, 3/8s2, metro station Revolution Square (or metro station Kitay-gorod)

Gorky Park, Krymsky Val Street, 9, metro station Oktyabrskaya.
Sokolniki Park, Sokolnichesky Val street, building 1, building 1, Sokolniki metro station.
VDNKh, Prospekt Mira, 119, metro station "VDNKh".
Izmaylovsky park, avenue of the Big Circle, 7, m. Partizanskaya (or m. Shosse Entuziastov).
Poklonnaya Gora, st. Brothers Fonchenko, 7, metro Park Pobedy

Traditions of celebrating the Day of the Airborne Troops

Many people know about the tradition of the “winged assault force” to put on their blue berets with vests on August 2 and meet with comrades in city parks. For example, in Moscow, the traditional gathering place for VDVs is Gorky Park. Also, many people know that on Airborne Forces Day it is customary to swim in fountains and eat watermelons. It’s clear where the tradition of eating watermelons came from: it’s just that these berries ripen just in time for August.

The "watermelon habit" appeared among the paratroopers in the late 1980s - after the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. But where the love for bathing in fountains came from is unknown. There are many versions. According to the "blue berets" themselves, in this way they want to be closer to the sky, the reflection of which they see in the water of the fountains.

In addition, on August 2, the Airborne Troops drive around their cities in cars with symbols and flags of the Airborne Forces. However, this is not all the traditions of the Day of the "winged assault". Also on this day, it is customary to reward the best paratroopers: they are awarded medals and give valuable gifts.

Particularly distinguished receive extraordinary titles and new positions. Moreover, “blue berets” receive congratulations on their holiday not only from their family members, but also from the Minister of Defense and even the President. On Airborne Forces Day, the main heroes of the occasion usually arrange demonstration performances and demonstrate weapons and equipment that they are armed with.

Interesting facts about the Airborne Forces, whose holiday is celebrated on August 2, 2018

In addition, festive concerts, master classes in hand-to-hand combat and parades are organized on August 2. Also on this day, the airborne troops remember their dead comrades: as a rule, not a single August 2 is complete without a flower-laying ceremony at the memorials to paratrooper soldiers.

Everyone knows that the abbreviation VDV means Airborne Troops, but the paratroopers decipher it as Troops of Uncle Vasya, Ros-Register informs. So they call the famous commander of the Airborne Wax Vasily Margelov, who led this branch of the military from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1979.

It was thanks to "Uncle Vasya" that the landing troops got their own vest and blue berets (before that, the berets were crimson), and the paratroopers began to land directly in combat vehicles, and not just on their own with parachutes.

Military equipment, descending with paratroopers inside, could immediately go into battle - she did not have to stand and wait for the crews to descend on their parachutes. They say that in the first BMD, which was supposed to be thrown out of the plane, Margelov put his son and personally closed the hatch behind him.

So, under "Uncle Vasya" the Airborne Forces acquired their unique and irresistible mobility. Margelov, who led the landing troops for more than 20 years, was able to create in them that special spirit, thanks to which service in the Airborne Forces began to be considered the most prestigious.

Airborne Forces Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 2, in Gorky Park and Sokolniki. This year, the Russian Airborne Forces are 87 years old. A giant white parachute will be hung over the main entrance to the Gorky Central Park. A field kitchen will be set up in the park for all visitors. An exhibition of military equipment will be held in Sokolniki, and photo zones will be organized in the park where you can take selfies in the form of paratroopers.

Gorky Park

In Gorky Park holiday will pass from 12:00 to 17:00. At the entrance, between the columns, a white parachute measuring five by five meters and banners with the symbols of the Airborne Forces and the slogans "87", "No one but us" and others will be placed.

A field kitchen has been set up in the park, where everyone can taste buckwheat porridge with stew and tea for free.

And a concert will be held on Pushkinskaya Embankment with the participation of Olga Kukhta, military singer Vladimir Maya, the Forsage group and the Kaskad ensemble, created during the military operations in Afghanistan.

Sokolniki

In Sokolniki, the holiday will begin with a parade of conscripts and contract soldiers, members of the Yunarmiya patriotic movement and veterans of the Airborne Forces. Gathering of participants - at 11:30 at the main entrance, at 12:00 a procession will take place, accompanied by a brass band, along the main alley, a large circle through the 4th Radiation Prosek. It will end at the Festival Square.

Events dedicated to the Airborne Forces Day will last in Sokolniki until 16:30. Ten military vehicles will be brought to the park - armored personnel carriers, airborne combat vehicles (BMD) and light military equipment. Basically, they will be located on the Festival Square, part of the equipment will be placed next to the main entrance. The stage on the square will be decorated with a camouflage net, and anti-tank hedgehogs will be installed nearby. Not far from the stage, four photo zones will be organized with samples of modern weapons (without cartridges), camouflage clothing for snipers and paratroopers. military uniform- everyday, field, front. Everyone will be able to take a picture in the image of a paratrooper.

Banners with the motto “Glory to the Airborne Forces!” will be hung along the main alley, and an exposition about service in the army and paratroopers will be organized nearby.

Everyone will be able to take part in football, volleyball and hand-to-hand combat competitions, as well as try to assemble a parachute and disassemble weapons. In addition, a chess tournament will be held among the soldiers in Sokolniki. In total, about 300 military personnel will come to the park. Guests will be able to take part in arm wrestling and Russian bench press tournaments, but for this they will have to go through the qualifying stage.

The holiday will end with a concert on Festivalnaya Square, where the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Airborne Troops will perform.

The airborne troops were formed on August 2, 1930, when a unit of 12 people parachuted for the first time during exercises near Voronezh.

On August 2, the "blue berets" will gather again to celebrate their holiday - Airborne Forces Day - 2018.

Airborne Forces Day 2018 in Moscow: program of events on August 2

What awaits those who come to celebrate in the main park of the capital?

WHERE: Gorky Park, m. "Park Kultury", Krymsky Val, 9.

Free admission.

What events are organized in Moscow on the Day of the Airborne Forces on August 2, 2018

The main festive events in the capital of the Russian Federation - in Moscow - will be held in the Sokolniki and Maxim Gorky parks, in the latter a field kitchen will work for guests.

A big festive concert will take place in the park on Pushkinskaya Embankment. Sports competitions, a chess tournament among soldiers, a concert will also be held at the Festival Square.

Church of the Prophet Elijah on Ilyinka, st. Ilyinka, 3/8s2, metro station Revolution Square (or metro station Kitay-gorod)

Gorky Park, Krymsky Val Street, 9, metro station Oktyabrskaya.
Sokolniki Park, Sokolnichesky Val street, building 1, building 1, Sokolniki metro station.
VDNKh, Prospekt Mira, 119, metro station "VDNKh".
Izmaylovsky park, avenue of the Big Circle, 7, m. Partizanskaya (or m. Shosse Entuziastov).
Poklonnaya Gora, st. Brothers Fonchenko, 7, metro Park Pobedy

Traditions of celebrating the Day of the Airborne Troops

The "watermelon habit" appeared among the paratroopers in the late 1980s - after the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the Therussiantimes website writes. But where the love for bathing in fountains came from is unknown. There are many versions. According to the "blue berets" themselves, in this way they want to be closer to the sky, the reflection of which they see in the water of the fountains.

Interesting facts about the Airborne Forces, whose holiday is celebrated on August 2, 2018

Everyone knows that the abbreviation VDV means Airborne Troops, but the paratroopers decipher it as Uncle Vasya's Troops. So they call the famous commander of the Airborne Wax Vasily Margelov, who led this branch of the military from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1979.

It was thanks to "Uncle Vasya" that the landing troops acquired their vest and blue berets (before that, the berets were crimson), and the paratroopers began to land directly in combat vehicles, and not just on their own with parachutes.

So, under "Uncle Vasya", the Airborne Forces acquired their unique and irresistible mobility. Margelov, who led the landing troops for more than 20 years, was able to create in them that special spirit, thanks to which service in the Airborne Forces began to be considered the most prestigious.