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N-sub, largest oceangoing tug to take part in Vladivostok parade
VLADIVOSTOK, July 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Navy Day will becelebrated in all units and aboard all ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet on Sunday, the information and public relations service of the Pacific Fleet said.
Several hundreds of people will participate in a theatrical show in Vladivostok alone. Surface vessels and submarines are standing in line for a naval parade in the Amur Bay. For the first time in the last eight years a nuclear-powered submarine will participate in the naval parade.
The oceangoing rescue tugboat "Fotiy Krylov", which is put on the Guinness Book of Records as the largest rescue vessel in the world, will also take part in the naval parade.
The scenario of the naval show includes more than 20 episodes dwelling on the Russian military history and the modern life of the fleet.
Vessels of the Pacific Fleet will show the capabilities of its weapons and military hardware, demonstrate combat exercises and will stage sport and musical performances. Spectators will be able to applaud the professional skills of submariners, boaters, minesweepers, marines, commandoes, the mastery of athletes and actors from creative teams of the fleet and the city, as well as students of the children's patriotic clubs.
The fireworks will culminate the holiday late in the evening on Sunday.
Parade held in Kamchatka on Russia Navy Day PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 27 (Itar-Tass) -- A parade of the Russian troops in north-eastern Russia, which was held in downtown Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Sunday, began the Russian Navy Day celebrations on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Five warships of the Russian Pacific Fleet are standing in line in the Avacha Bay off the OzernovskayaSpit.
A military orchestra is playing on the central square of the city, commandoes are staging demonstration fights. A theatrical show dwells on the Kamchatka exploration and the heroic defense of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in August 1854, when the city garrison defeatedthe British-French landing party.
Governor of the Kamchatka territory Alexei Kuzmitsky congratulated military seamen on the holiday. He noted that "now the state is doing its best to build up the defense capability of the Russian easternmost stronghold in order to provide conditions for the service and life of servicemen." The Petropavlovsk military port was founded in Kamchatka in December 1849 and became the main port in Russia's Far East, and the Avacha Bay - abase for Russian round-the-globe expeditions.
All conditions have been provided for the establishment of the Petropavlovsk Naval Base by the beginning of 1940. During the Great Patriotic War the US lend-lease supplies were made through the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky inside the country. Military pilots steered about 5,000 vessels during the US lend-lease operation. Kamchatka military seamen and paratroopers were participating in the Kurile amphibious operation, which ended in the defeat of the Japanese militaristic troops on the Kurile Islands in autumn 1945. More than 4,500 people were awarded with state medals, nine people were awarded with the title of the Hero ofthe Soviet Union.
The Kamchatka Military Flotilla was established on December 1, 1945.
On October 20, 1973, the 25th division of nuclear-powered submarines, which is deployed in the Rybachiy district of the Vilyuchinsk city, wasformed.
Seventeen Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of Russia are submariners, who served in Kamchatka. In the peacetime they were awarded with deserved medals for heroic submarine voyages on the Northern Sea Route. Ten submarine crews were awarded with the Pennant of the DefenseMinister for Courage and Military Virtue.
In March 1998 the Russian troops in north-eastern Russia were formed.
They are a strategic formation in the Pacific Fleet. The troops involve crews of surface vessels, the flotilla of nuclear-powered submarines, the ground and coastal troops, air defense and air force units, which arebased in Kamchatka and Chukotka.
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Several hundreds of people will participate in a theatrical show in Vladivostok alone. Surface vessels and submarines are standing in line for a naval parade in the Amur Bay. For the first time in the last eight years a nuclear-powered submarine will participate in the naval parade.
The oceangoing rescue tugboat "Fotiy Krylov", which is put on the Guinness Book of Records as the largest rescue vessel in the world, will also take part in the naval parade.
The scenario of the naval show includes more than 20 episodes dwelling on the Russian military history and the modern life of the fleet.
Vessels of the Pacific Fleet will show the capabilities of its weapons and military hardware, demonstrate combat exercises and will stage sport and musical performances. Spectators will be able to applaud the professional skills of submariners, boaters, minesweepers, marines, commandoes, the mastery of athletes and actors from creative teams of the fleet and the city, as well as students of the children's patriotic clubs.
The fireworks will culminate the holiday late in the evening on Sunday.
Parade held in Kamchatka on Russia Navy Day PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 27 (Itar-Tass) -- A parade of the Russian troops in north-eastern Russia, which was held in downtown Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Sunday, began the Russian Navy Day celebrations on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Five warships of the Russian Pacific Fleet are standing in line in the Avacha Bay off the OzernovskayaSpit.
A military orchestra is playing on the central square of the city, commandoes are staging demonstration fights. A theatrical show dwells on the Kamchatka exploration and the heroic defense of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in August 1854, when the city garrison defeatedthe British-French landing party.
Governor of the Kamchatka territory Alexei Kuzmitsky congratulated military seamen on the holiday. He noted that "now the state is doing its best to build up the defense capability of the Russian easternmost stronghold in order to provide conditions for the service and life of servicemen." The Petropavlovsk military port was founded in Kamchatka in December 1849 and became the main port in Russia's Far East, and the Avacha Bay - abase for Russian round-the-globe expeditions.
All conditions have been provided for the establishment of the Petropavlovsk Naval Base by the beginning of 1940. During the Great Patriotic War the US lend-lease supplies were made through the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky inside the country. Military pilots steered about 5,000 vessels during the US lend-lease operation. Kamchatka military seamen and paratroopers were participating in the Kurile amphibious operation, which ended in the defeat of the Japanese militaristic troops on the Kurile Islands in autumn 1945. More than 4,500 people were awarded with state medals, nine people were awarded with the title of the Hero ofthe Soviet Union.
The Kamchatka Military Flotilla was established on December 1, 1945.
On October 20, 1973, the 25th division of nuclear-powered submarines, which is deployed in the Rybachiy district of the Vilyuchinsk city, wasformed.
Seventeen Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of Russia are submariners, who served in Kamchatka. In the peacetime they were awarded with deserved medals for heroic submarine voyages on the Northern Sea Route. Ten submarine crews were awarded with the Pennant of the DefenseMinister for Courage and Military Virtue.
In March 1998 the Russian troops in north-eastern Russia were formed.
They are a strategic formation in the Pacific Fleet. The troops involve crews of surface vessels, the flotilla of nuclear-powered submarines, the ground and coastal troops, air defense and air force units, which arebased in Kamchatka and Chukotka.
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