How to Celebrate, Transportation Options, and Firework Timings: Guide for Victory Day in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk
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Get ready, Kransnoyarsk! This city, alongside the entire nation, will be making some noise as it celebrates the 80th anniversary of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War. Here's everything you need to know about the celebration in the city: where the events are happening, what's off-limits, and the timing of the salute.
Grand Parade on Prospect of the "Krasnoyarsk Worker" Newspaper
The grand procession of parade units will kick off at 12:00 at the Memorial "Krasnoyarsk - City of Labor Valor" – as stated, over 2,000 participants are expected. Before the parade, the citizens of Kransnoyarsk will be treated to a theatrical prologue, and the march of military machinery will be led by a T-34 tank. The whole Prospect of Victory will transform into a spectacle with thematic locations.
The "Immortal Battalion" march will begin at 13:40.
Columns will start moving from the monument's base towards Industrial Street, make a turn onto it, continue on Youth Street to Malakhov Street, and conclude the march back at the monument. Joining the battalion, which will walk a total of 2.5 km, is possible after the start of the march.
Where Else to Celebrate Victory
At 9:00 in front of the Kransnoyarsk Mayorship building, the flag will be raised in honor of Victory Day after the city's clock tower sounds the words of Yuri Levitansky about the end of the Great Patriotic War.
At the same time, the traditional athletics relay will start on Central Embankment of the Yenisei River.
At 10:00, the memorial ceremony with the laying of flowers at the Eternal Flame on the Memorial of Victory, recently reopened after reconstruction, will begin.
On the day of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory, museums will be open from 11:00 to 20:00.
At 14:00, the grand concert on Theatre Square will begin, and at 16:00, the parade detachments will perform demonstration maneuvers in several places – at Gorky Cultural and Recreation Center, in the Park of the 400th Anniversary of Kransnoyarsk, on Central Embankment, at the Memorial of the 30th Anniversary of Victory, and on Sverdlov Square.
At 18:00, the "RioRita - Joy of Victory" art project participants will perform a collection of military compositions in Pushkin Square,
and at 20:00, a large-scale concert will take place on Peace Square.
In addition to the city-wide celebrations, district celebrations will also take place.
At 9:00 on the square in front of Gorky Cultural and Recreation Center, there will be a military ceremony, concert, laying of flowers, and the opening of the Guard of Honor. Thematic areas will also be set up here.
At 10:00, on the 50th Anniversary of Victory Square on Vavilov, and at 11:00 in front of the "Under the Banner of Victory" sculpture on Sverdlov Street, similar ceremonies and concerts will take place. There will also be celebrations in the Gvardeyskiy Park at 10:00, and at 12:00 on Sverdlov Square, a large-scale concert will take place.
The celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Kransnoyarsk will end with a 10-minute salute at 22:00.
The fireworks will be launched from barges on the Yenisei River opposite the "Ognii Yenisei" Hotel and the "Krasnoiarskiy" Mall, so the festive lights will be visible from various regions of the city.
What Not to Bring to the Celebration
On all Victory Day celebration platforms, there will be plenty of police officers keeping an eye on security. On the most significant events, a perimeter of safety will be set up, with everyone being checked at the entrance, including metal detectors.
Besides the obvious prohibited items:
Police will also question you about:
In addition, until May 12, the launch of drones is prohibited throughout the entire region.
Specialists on mass events will knock out drones with signal jammers, and the owners of drones will be fined up to 50,000 rubles.
The same restriction applies to fireworks: permissible are only sparklers, Bengal fireworks, and cold fireworks.
Alcohol sales are also restricted: during the celebration, it cannot be sold within 100 meters of the safety perimeter of the events.
How to Reach the Parade and Home After the Salute
For the parade and the "Immortal Battalion" march, Kransrab will close
from 16:00 on 8 May from Chaikovsky Street to its intersection with Malakhov Street.
Parking will be prohibited, and access to courtyards will be blocked.
Trams will not run on the closed section until 11 May: line No2 will stop running altogether, lines No5 and 6 will follow their regular routes, and all other lines will bypass the closed section.
From 16:00 on 8 May until 6:00 on 10 May, bus routes No 2, 3, 8, 10, 19, 40A, 40С, 43, 60, 85, 90, 95 in Leninsky District will go around the closed section via Semafornaya, Vavilov, and Kornetova Streets, Transporter Street.
In Kirovsky District, routes No 58, 65, 90, and 92 will go around the closed section via Vavilova Street through Shlekova Street, Kornetova Street, and the section of prospect of the "Krasnoyarsk Worker" Newspaper.
In Soviet District, in this period, bus routes No 8, 21, 22, 30, 58, 71, 88, 94, and trolleybus No15 will go around the closed sections of Ulitsa Telmana and Ulitsa Novogodskaya via the prospect of Metallurgists, Ulitsa Nikolaeva, Ulitsa Tereshkova, and Dzhambulskaya Street.
All temporary schedules will be posted in the bus salons, and the conductors will remind you of the changes.
You can reach the events on 12 shuttle buses.
Additional buses will operate from TC "Aviator" from 8:00 on 9 May until the end of the events with an interval of 5 minutes along the following route:
TC "Aviator" - Ulitsa Aviatorov - October Bridge - Ulitsa Michurina - Moscow Street - Kornetova - "Krasnoyarsk Worker" - Chaikovsky Street - Outer Ring Road - October Bridge - TC "Aviator".
Additionally, on Victory Day, part of the streets will be closed to allow those who wish to watch the fireworks safely. The movement will be prohibited on:
the section of Ulitsa Dubrovinskogo from the Communal Bridge to the intersection with Ulitsa Karl Marx from 20:00 to 23:00 on 9 May, and on several central streets, as well as the paid parking lots on 8 May from 22:00 to 9 May 24:00 at the prospect of Peace, 1, the Peace Square-BKZ, the Opera and Ballet Theater, and "Fon-Baron".
To help the citizens of Kransnoyarsk get home after the salute, additional buses will also be operated.
Weather Forecast
Here's some good news – it's expected to be warm on Victory Day,with temperatures in Kransnoyarsk reaching +17° and light winds.
However, there's some bad news too – cloudy skies and rain are possible. So, it's best to dress a little warmer or bring a suitable jacket and, of course, don't forget an umbrella.
Photos: DELA, Mayorship
- The grand parade will take place on Prospect of the "Krasnoyarsk Worker" Newspaper at 12:00, with over 2,000 participants expected, including a T-34 tank leading the march of military machinery.
- At 16:00, the "Immortal Battalion" march will begin, and anyone can join after the start of the march as columns move from the monument's base towards Industrial Street, turn onto Youth Street, continue on Malakhov Street, and conclude the march back at the monument.
- A large-scale concert will begin on Theatre Square at 14:00, followed by parade detachments performing demonstration maneuvers in several places at 16:00.
- On 9th May, at 20:00, a large-scale concert will take place on Peace Square, while fireworks will be launched from barges on the Yenisei River, making them visible from various regions of the city. However, the launch of drones is prohibited throughout the entire region, and owners of drones will be fined up to 50,000 rubles.
