6 minutes agoPutin shows force in “Navy day”
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)More than 40 warships and more than 4,000 sailors participated in a spectacular parade organized to celebrate Navy Day in St Petersburg, Russia. President Vladimir Putin attended the ceremony as well as to show the power of the State he leads. Similar navy events also took place [...]
More than 40 warships and more than 4,000 sailors participated in a spectacular parade organized to celebrate Navy Day in St Petersburg, Russia. President Vladimir Putin attended the ceremony as well as to show the power of the State he leads.
Similar navy events also took place in major portal cities throughout Russia.
Ships representing all Russian Navy fleets were anchored at the Neva River in St Petersburg, where a massive sea parade took place Sunday to commemorate over three centuries of history. Putin was in the St Petersburg event, where he inspected warships as well as sailors lined up along the coast.
The Russian “Army successfully preserves our country's security, contributes to the fight against international terrorism, and plays a vital role in preserving strategic equality”, he told troops in a speech.
He said the whole Navy story “has to do with the courage, value and soul of sailors”.
Surrounded by Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu and Admiral of the Marine Fleet, Vladimir Korolev, Putin added: “We are proud of our Navy, their highest standard of readiness, their skills, and their strength and beauty”.
There were about 40 warships in St Petersburg from the Baltic, North and Black Sea fleets, as well as the Caspian Sea flotilla, including Russia's newest frigate, Admiral Gorschkov, a Stereguschiy class choir, a Diesel-Electric submarine, artisan works, landing ships, and relief ships.
There were also seaplanes, including Su-33 fighters and MiG-29K along with the Ka-52K and Ka-27M helicopters that make traditional flights over St. Petersburg.
Russia's Navy fleet, which was founded in 1696 by Emperor Peter the Great, has marked the 322nd anniversary this year. Russia's Navy day was established in the Soviet Union in 1939. It has been celebrated last Sunday in July since 1980.
