Navy Day (Russia)

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Navy Day
St. Petersburg)
DateJuly 30
Frequencyannual

Day of the Russian Navy (

Naval Infantry and the Coastal Missile and Artillery Troops). It is celebrated annually, on the last Sunday of July.[1]

History

Admiral Alexander Shaurov during a Navy Day parade in Paldiski, 1988.

The original version of the Russian Navy was founded in 1696 for the Tsardom of Russia. In the Soviet Union, Navy Day was established by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the VKPB of June 22, 1939 in June 1939; in connection with the Battle of Gangut. The holiday was canceled on October 1, 1980 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. By the Decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Navy Day was reestablished.[2]

Main Naval Parade

Overview

Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech at the National Naval Parade in 2017.

Russia celebrates Navy Day with a 2-hour fleet review in

Sergey Shoygu to order him to organize a similar type of event.[4] The parade features ships and marine air force units from the Baltic, Black Sea, Northern and Pacific Fleets as well as the Caspian Flotilla. The naval parade starts at 11:00 AM, with the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (currently Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov) being the ceremonial commander of the fleet review formation.[5] Holiday commemorative naval parades by ground units and fleet reviews are also held at naval bases all over the country, such as Sevastopol, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, Severomorsk and Astrakhan.[6] In 2020, a Naval Parade was held in the Dagestani city of Kaspiysk.[7]

The Royal Danish Navy often monitors Russian ships moving through Danish territorial waters to get to the parade to prevent incidents at sea.[8]

Order of ceremony

The fleet inspection segment begins when the President leaves the Peter and Paul Fortress aboard a presidential review yacht following the inspection of a guard of honor platoon and the Admiralty Navy Band, together with the Commander in Chief of the Navy and the Minister of Defense, to review a number of stationed vessels representing each of the fleets and the surface and submarine forces of the Navy as a whole docked on the Neva River.

A separate ceremony on Senate Square in the presence of the President of Russia then follows. The ceremony also includes a flag raising ceremony and the presidential holiday address to the nation and the service personnel of the Navy, following which the National Anthem of Russia is played with the firing of a 21-gun salute. The fleet review segment follows, ending with a flypast of naval aviation and in 2021 a marchpast of naval personnel.

Previous parades

In 2019, the holiday's national fleet review was for the first time in many years attended by naval combat ships from

Imperatritsa Mariya took place during the parade in the presence of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.[11] This was done to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Day of the Soviet Navy.[citation needed
]

The 2020 celebrations marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry sent a similar note of protest to their Russian counterparts.[14]

In 2023, the parade saw the highest level of participation by foreign delegations with Commander of the Iranian Navy Admiral Shahram Irani,[15] as well as the heads of four African states (including the Republic of the Congo,[16] Burkina Faso, Eritrea, and Mali, who were in the city for the Russia–Africa Summit[17]) participating.

Zolotoy Rog Bay (Vladivostok
, 2020)

Navy Day reception

An official reception is held after the parade at the Admiralty building near the Admiralty Embankment.

Other celebrations

In 2020, as a result of the

Sergey Shoygu.[19][20] These plans were later scrapped and the march was postponed until 2021.[21][22][23]

Gallery

See also

References

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  2. ^ "День Военно-морского флота РФ". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  3. ^ "The Main Naval Parade in St Petersburg". President of Russia.
  4. ^ "Working meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu". President of Russia.
  5. ^ "St. Petersburg and Kronstadt host final rehearsal of Main Naval Parade supervised by Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation". eng.mil.ru.
  6. ^ "Russia to celebrate Navy Day Sunday - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "Russia: Military surprises beachgoers with Navy Day preparation drills in Kaspiysk" – via www.youtube.com.
  8. ^ "Russiske krigsskibe sejler gennem dansk farvand".
  9. ^ "Over 40 warships to take part in Russia's Main Naval Parade". tass.com.
  10. ^ "BRP Davao del Sur joins Russian Navy Day celebrations". Philippine News Agency. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Russian premier attends Navy Day parade in Sevastopol". tass.com.
  12. ^ "Main Naval Parade". President of Russia.
  13. ^ Osborn, Andrew (July 26, 2020). "Putin says Russian Navy to get hypersonic nuclear strike weapons" – via www.reuters.com.
  14. ^ "Украина пожаловалась генсеку ООН на морской парад в Севастополе". amp.rbc.ru.
  15. ^ "Iran sends top admiral, ships to join Putin at Russia's Navy Day parade". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  16. ^ "Meeting with President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso". President of Russia. 2023-07-29. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  17. ^ "Dehai News -- African leaders attend Russia's Navy Day parade". dehai.org. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  18. ^ "Putin postpones preparations for May 9 parade, Immortal Regiment march". TASS. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  19. ^ "Putin Sets Date for Delayed World War II Victory Parade". Voice of America.
  20. ^ "Meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu". President of Russia.
  21. ^ "Russia postpones Immortal Regiment march until 2021". tass.com.
  22. ^ "THE LATEST: PUTIN BACKS POSTPONING WWII COMMEMORATION". July 20, 2020.
  23. ^ "Russia may postpone Immortal Regiment march to later date over pandemic". tass.com.

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