For June 12th. The most interesting events to go to on Russia Day

Moscow celebrates Russia Day 2017: On Sunday, June 12, more than 150 different festive events will take place in the capital in honor of Russia Day. The main event will be a concert on Red Square with the participation of popular artists and fireworks.

A wide cultural and sports program awaits the residents of the capital during the celebration of the Day of Russia. There will be many options for where to go and how to spend the day with benefit. Festive events will be held throughout the capital. And since this Day of Russia is an official holiday, citizens will have a great opportunity to visit interesting places Moscow to participate and view the festive program.

Day of Russia 2017. Program of events

Festive events will be held at VDNKh, Gorky Park and Poklonnaya Hill. Fairs and festivals will work in Moscow on June 12. The parks are planning various sport competitions. Children will enjoy watching the kite show and the launch of hot air balloons.

Free film screenings will be held in 10 parks of the capital on June 12. In the Hermitage Garden, Krasnaya Presnya Park, Izmailovsky and Kuzminki Park, you can watch the film After You (2016) with the participation of Sergei Bezrukov. Visitors to Tagansky Park are waiting for the comedy about love of 2015 "Without Borders". Lianozovsky, Vorontsovsky and Perovsky parks will show "Girls", "Courier" and "Wedding in Malinovka".

And a giant samovar will be brought to the Hermitage garden on the Day of Russia. There will be held the festival of Russian feast and hospitality "Samovarfest". It is planned to create a giant tricolor in Taganka Park. Concerts and DJ sets are scheduled for May 12 at Fontannaya Square.

Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Full celebration program

Among the biggest events is the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, which will be held from 18.00 to 22.00, music Festival"Russia" in the museum - reserve "Kolomenskoye" from 12.00 to 20.00, cultural and entertainment scheme with the exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the XX century" in Pobednaya Square as part of the Cherry Forest festival.

The central event of the celebration of the Day of Russia will be a performance on Red Square with the participation of leading musical artists which will start at 17.30 and end at 22.00. Among the stars will be Yolka, Igor Krutoy, Dmitry Koldun, Dima Bilan, Semantic Hallucinations, Alexander F. Sklyar, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov and Alexander Rosembaum. After the end of the event, a solemn salute awaits visitors.

Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Sokolniki

On June 12, Sokolniki Park will host 4 large-scale events. At 12:00 on the Festivalnaya Square, the "Big Training" starts TV channel"Match TV", which will feature the honored Russian moto extreme Marat Kankadze. Football fans, especially fans of the capital's "Spartak", will be able to look at the Cup of the Russian Football Premier League, which the red - white won this year for the first time in 16 years.

After training and until 21:00 - a concert "Our people in the city" with the participation of young artists. The headliner of the event is the rock band "7B", popular, in particular, thanks to the song "Young Winds".
There will be something to see on Fountain Square: there will be another concert from 13:00 to 21:00, a meeting of park guests with four-time Olympic champion in gymnastics by Alexei Nemov.
From 11 am to 8 pm, the III Moscow Festival will be held on the stage "Rotonda" modern literature. Among the visitors of the event was video blogger Nikolai Sobolev, who gathered more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube in a record period. He will present his own recently published book "The Way to Success".

Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Krasnaya Presnya

In the Krasnaya Presnya park, they will learn how to competently fly kites and design airplanes. In addition, there will be a lesson on the history of the national flag.

From two o'clock there will be a performance by Russian Radio. The event will be hosted by the authors of the early show "Russian Peppers" and TV and radio host Dmitry Olenin. Speakers include Sati Casanova, Yulia Kovalchuk and Alexei Chumakov.

Moscow celebrates Russia Day 2017: Pushkinskaya Square
The festival town "Multinational Russia" will start working on the square from 12 o'clock. Tents "Country of cartoons" will be presented (cartoons about various settlements and peoples), the interactive "Power of Crafts" - a forge with a peck and anvil, the inspirited workshop "Land of Dolls" will open its own door. The guests will also be interested in the exposition "Country in Detail", showing the diversity of absolutely all 85 regions Russian Federation.

Starts at 14:00 big concert with the participation of national groups and artists. The event will be hosted by actress Yana Poplavskaya and performer Zarif Norov. The initiators of the festival were federal agency on the affairs of nationalities.

Russia Day 2017 in Moscow: Poklonnaya Hill

The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will open its doors on Poklonnaya Hill for free. On the Day of Russia, everyone will be able to visit dioramas, visit expositions and exhibitions, and besides open areas weapons and military equipment.

The main event will be the patriotic flash mob "Symbols of Russia". Hundreds of students, teenagers, members of youth and public organizations will unfurl the flag of the Russian Federation and sing the anthem to the accompaniment brass band.

Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Tverskaya street, Teatralny proezd and Triumfalnaya square

Free excursions and fireworks await Moscow residents on Russia Day

From 12:00 to 20:00 on the section from Pushkinskaya Square to Manezhnaya Square, as well as on Okhotny Ryad the large-scale holiday "Day of the History of Russia" will pass. The site will be divided into 17 thematic zones. So, on the territory of the "Dyakovo culture" they will demonstrate the activities of weavers, potters and jewelers, in the zone "Rus' and neighbors" - the equipment of Russian troops, and on the site "USSR in the 30s" it will be possible to play Board games, listen to songs with a guitar, look at the parade of athletes and an exhibition of vintage cars. The space dedicated to the Great Patriotic War will host courses for machine gunners, nurses and air defense fighters.

In the Theater passage at the same time will pass special equestrian program. The main performances are performances by the team of the Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School "Traditions of Equestrian Russia".
Art lovers will definitely want to head to Triumphalnaya Square - there will be an exhibition Tretyakov Gallery"The Art of the 20th Century" and the "Cherry Forest" Festival.

Day of Russia 2017 in Moscow: Festival "Multinational Russia"

12.00 - opening of the festival town on Pushkinskaya Square;

14.00 - press conference with the participation of the winners and jury members of the All-Russian children's competition"Dolls in national costumes peoples of Russia";

15.00 - 15.20 - musical and dance improvisations "Parade of Friendship of Peoples";

15.30 - 15.50 - the official part and the anthem of Russia performed by the participants of the concert;

15.50 - 20.00 - big concert program.

On the occasion of the Day of Russia, the Hermitage Garden will host a festival of samovars called Samovarfest. On the occasion of this holiday, the largest wood-fired samovar will be brought to the capital. The volume of this samovar is 300 liters. It will be included in the Russian Book of Records as the tallest brass samovar in the country.

The festival "Shield and Lyre" will be held on June 12 from 17:00 to 22:00. As part of this event, a gala concert of the winners of the XII festival is planned. musical creativity Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia "Shield and Lyre" with the participation of popular creative teams, performers from among the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Central concert orchestra Russian police.

Music Festival "Russia"will be held in the Kolomenskoye Reserve from 12:00 to 22:00:

12.00 - ensemble "Fidgets" (stage on the potato field), folklore ensemble"Besedushka" (interactive on the grass),
State Brass Band of Russia (at the entrance to the park);

12.30 - Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva (stage near the honey factory);

13.00 - Lyudmila Ryumina and the ensemble "Rusy" (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), children's hour with the theater of people and puppets "Eccentrics" (interactive on the grass);

13.30 - State Orchestra "Guslars of Russia" (stage on a potato field), State Brass Band of Russia (at the entrance to the park), Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva (pavilion of 1825);

14.00 - accordion ensemble "Russian timbre" (stage near the honey factory), Moscow State Historical and Ethnographic Theater (interactive on the grass);

2.30 pm - ensemble of sacred music "Blagovest" (pavilion of 1825);

15.00 - Ensemble of Dmitry Pokrovsky (stage at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord), State academic orchestra soloists "Russian Patterns" (a scene on a potato field), a children's hour with a theater of people and puppets "Eccentrics" (interactive on the grass);

15.30 - theater soloists New Opera» (the scene at the honey factory);

16.00 - soloists of the theater "Helikon-Opera", a ball in the noble estate (pavilion of 1825), Dmitry Pokrovsky's ensemble (interactive on the grass);

16.30 - stars of the show "Dancing" on the TNT channel Adam and Nastya Cherednikova, dance flash mob (stage near the Church of the Ascension), Moscow State academic theater dance "Gzhel" (scene on the potato field);

17.00 - State Chapel of Moscow named after Vadim Sudakov (stage at the mead factory);

18.00 - theater "Helikon-Opera", gala concert (stage near the Church of the Ascension of the Lord).

Another interesting event scheduled for June 12 is the demonstration performance of the Presidential Regiment's horse escort. In Teatralny Proyezd, riders will demonstrate the art of riding and the skill of rebuilding in the best traditions of equestrian ceremonial.

A sports festival will be held in Perovsky Park on June 12 from 11:00 to 13:00, dedicated to the day Russia. There you can do fitness exercises and get a master class from athletes and professional instructors.

Day of Russia 2017. Salute. Salute points on the map

Red Square will, of course, become the central platform for the Day of Russia. Solemn events here will begin at 17:00 - a big gala concert. True, to get to it, you will need special invitations. But the fireworks, which at ten o'clock in the evening will decorate the capital's sky, can be seen from almost anywhere in the city: volleys will be launched at the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.

Fireworks on Russia Day 2017. Where is the best place to watch fireworks

1. Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora - point No. 1 on the Alley of Partisans, 400 meters from the Museum of the Great Patriotic War
2. Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora - point number 2 on the hill at the entrance platform
3. Luzhniki - Lyzhnetskaya embankment, opposite the Big Sports Arena
4. VDNKh - on the square between Agricultural Street and the north gate of VDNKh
5. Novo-Peredelkino - a wasteland on the bank of the pond, Fedocino street, house 18
6. Lianozovo - on the bank of Altyfievskiy pond, Novgorodskaya street, 38
7. Izmailovo - a town named after Bayman, a site on the shore of the Silver-Grape Pond
8. Kyzminki - POCTO site, 3areche street, house 3A, building 1
9. Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo - the territory of the Tyshino airfield, 500 meters south-west of the Bolokolamskoe highway
10. Mitino - park behind the Aquamarine sports complex, Polovka street, house 5
11. Obrychevo - a sports ground 60 meters southeast of the main building of the RUDN University, Miklyxo-Maklaya street, house 6 building 1
12. Borisovskie Prydy - area of ​​the embankment of the Moscow River, Borisovskie Prydy street, house 25, building 2
13. South Butovo - on the bank of Chernevsky Pond, Akademika Pontryagin street, house 11, building 3
14. Levoberezhny district - Friendship Park, a site near the sculpture "Friendship of Continents", Festivalnaya Street, 2B
15. 3elenograd - on the bank of the pond in Pobedy park, Ozernaya alley, house 8
16. Troitsk - on the territory of the PAH Institute of Physics, 300 meters north-east property 11, Physical street, property 11

Fireworks for the Day of Russia 2017. Fireworks points on the map

Below you can find interactive map location of fireworks. In other words, see where the fireworks will be on the map.

Day of Russia 2017. Parking

In Moscow, on June 12, motorists will be able to leave their cars for free in parking spaces, according to site Moscow parking. It will be possible to leave a car without payment at any parking lot located on the street and road network and included in the parking space zone of the capital.

At the same time, flat parking lots with barriers will remain paid and will operate at current rates. CEO GKU "Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space" (AMPP) Alexander Grivnyak noted that drivers need to follow the rules of the road and leave cars only in permitted places.

Day of Russia 2017. History of the holiday

Russia Day before, until 2002, had the name Independence Day of Russia. Russia Day is a public holiday, and is one of the "youngest" holidays in the country.

Numerous surveys periodically conducted by the media or sociological services show that every year the number of Russians who do not know what date Russia Day is being celebrated is decreasing. The "Levada-Center" took up the statistical study. The opinions of Russians about the celebration of this day were studied. The information received showed that less than 1/2 of the population considers the holiday to be the Day of Russia.

A significant proportion of Russians call the solemn date Independence Day. A few more percent of residents consider the event to be the Day of the Declaration of Independence. Some perceive June 12 as the date of the election of the first Russian president.

Representatives of different generations already almost all confidently call the 12th day of the first summer month a holiday, a significant percentage of patriots consider it a significant date.

Russia Day: Popularity among the people

Despite the policy of popularizing the holiday, not all Russians know what holiday June 12 is. The Levada Center conducted a corresponding survey. The opinions of Russians about what is celebrated on June 12 in Russia are divided between Russia Day, Independence Day, and the Day of the Declaration of Independence. Some remember that on this day the first Russian President. In general, less than half of Russians know that June 12 is the day of Russia.

Such data was obtained according to the Levada Center:

47% of respondents - chose the correct option - the day of Russia;

33% live back in the early 2000s and voted for Independence Day;

6% - remembered Boris Yeltsin;

8% - did not answer;

4% - said that this is not a holiday at all;

2% - suggested options that stand out from the general list.

Day of Russia: At the government level

Russians subconsciously draw an analogy between the day of Russia, calling it Independence Day, and Independence Day in the United States. This is fundamentally not true. If the United States gained independence at the same time, from the moment the Declaration was signed, then Russia has been independent for a very long time, and the date of the proclamation of Russia as a state cannot be specifically named.

However, not only ordinary people they don’t know what holiday June 12 is, they find it difficult to determine it even at the top. As deputy Nikolai Pavlov rightly noted in 2007, the beginning of the Declaration of Sovereignty declares Russia to be part of the Soviet Union. The exact text is as follows: “Parrying, Alexei Mitrofanov generally stated that with the same success, on a par with a national holiday, June 12 can be considered the day of the Liberal Democratic Party, because on that day Zhirinovsky took 3rd place in the presidential election, which secured himself an influential place in politics." This is such a mess.

Day of Russia: History of the holiday

At the state level, this is, of course, today the most main holiday. This is the date from which the formation of a new statehood based on the principles of democracy began, civil law, federalism.

At first, the people were not up to the holidays. June 12 - what a holiday! A difficult situation in the country, default after default, crisis after crisis ... There is no time to delve into the essence of the political situation - to feed yourself and your family. At that time, polls were also conducted, and the results were not impressive - at the mention of Independence Day, people's eyes did not light up with patriotism, they did not understand the essence of the holiday. The only thing that pleased the Russians was an extra day off, which could be devoted to rest. The authorities, of course, sought to popularize the holiday, held rallies and demonstrations, but this was somehow held without enthusiasm.

All the same B. Yeltsin decided to change the meaning of the holiday by changing the name. In 1998, a proposal was made to rename it the Day of Russia, but the final decision was made only in 2002.

Today is the day of Russia - a symbol of national unity, Motherland, freedom, peace and harmony. The patriotism of the people is growing, perhaps this happened due to the successful winter Olympics in Sochi, the annexation of Crimea. Although we have not yet fully realized the importance of this holiday, but, undoubtedly, we have begun to relate to it much better. Perhaps the whole reason is that life in the country has improved somewhat.

Day of Russia: And what happened before ...

Celebrating the Day of Russia today, June 12, one should not forget about the centuries-old history and traditions of the state, because its formation did not take place in 1990, but much earlier, informs w. There were times when the glory of the state burned even brighter. And the fact that today we are independent is not the result of the signing of the Declaration of Sovereignty of Russia, but the centuries-old efforts of our ancestors, who earned this right at the cost of their blood and happiness.

There was an event in the history of Russia, which in its significance is comparable to the signing of the 1990 Declaration. This event is the election of Andrey Yurievich Bogolyubsky as Prince of Rostov and Suzdal. It happened on June 4, 1157. As a result, northeastern Rus' became independent in relation to Kyiv, and Andrei Bogolyubsky became the first elected prince. This is where the parallels need to be drawn.

Later, the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, in which Andrei Bogolyubsky ruled, became the Grand Duchy of Moscow. And already it served as the basis for an independent Russian state. This is how Kievan Rus broke up, this is how Soviet Union. Thank God that we managed to preserve the foundations of statehood at that distant time and in our recent past.

Entrances to Tverskaya are blocked by the police, visitors to the festival “Times and Epochs. Gathering” are being let inside in small groups, a correspondent of “Mediazona” reports from the place.

Ilya Yashin (@IlyaYashin) June 12, 2017

Before Izvestia, everything looks something like this:

And then like this:

A woman runs after the policemen and shouts "Let go of the child!"

- Ilya Yashin (@IlyaYashin) June 12, 2017

Director of the FBK and applicant for the rally on Sakharov street Roman Rubanov informed about his detention at the site of the agreed action. He is being taken to the Krasnoselskoye police department, Rubanov specified.

In St. Petersburg, not only about 150 demonstrators were detained, but also a giant duck:

At an agreed-upon rally on Sakharov Street, people are detained with posters on which Sobyanin is crossed out, Meduza reports.

Photographer Yevgeny Feldman reported about his detention on Pushkin Square.

After chasing the activist, the riot police broke into the summer terrace of the Grabli restaurant, a Mediazona correspondent reports. Detain first of all those who participate in the chanting of slogans; for those who stroll silently in the Pushkinskaya area, the police are still relatively tolerant.

Detentions continue in the area of ​​the Museum of the Revolution on Tverskaya. As the correspondent of "Mediazona" reports, 5-6 groups of five policemen wedged into the crowd and detain the protesters one by one. After a short confrontation, when they failed to snatch a few people from the crowd, the policemen quieted down a bit. Almost no one resists them.

The youth also walks in groups, like the riot police: five people, each of whom holds his hand behind the back of the person in front.

Despite the detentions, there are no fewer people on the square.

Vladimir Chernikov, head of the Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption in Moscow, commented to Interfax about the detentions on Tverskaya. According to the official, “the participants in the unauthorized event are behaving inappropriately,” and “supporters of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on a blatant provocation, they gathered in the center of the capital and shouted slogans.”

Detentions on the Field of Mars in St. Petersburg look like this:

There are quite a lot of people there.

On Tverskaya, the density of the crowd is growing and growing, the correspondent of Mediazona reports.

FBK employee Ruslan Shaveddinov was detained, he was hit with a truncheon on his leg:

President Putin decided to meet with schoolchildren - but not on Tverskaya, but in the Catherine's Hall of the Kremlin. According to Dozhd, the meeting will be attended by about ten schoolchildren of grades 7-8 - these are the winners of the Olympiads, mainly from the regions. It is planned that the president will give them passports.

Alexei Navalny was brought to the Danilovsky police station, lawyer Vadim Kobzev writes.

Someone sprayed pepper spray in the crowd near Izvestia, a Mediazona correspondent reports.

"Fontanka": a 29-year-old man detained in St. Petersburg the day before for distributing leaflets with an invitation to an unauthorized rally turned out to be an ex-employee of the prosecutor's office. The activist's father works in the same department, he oversees the fight against corruption.

“Third battalion, all to Tverskaya!” - I heard on the police radio the correspondent of "Mediazona", located at the building of "Izvestia".

Tverskaya itself is blocked. There are police cars on the road.

The Mediazona correspondent complains that the chanting and voices of the police, who call on the activists through a megaphone to disperse, drown out the sound of balalaikas - simultaneously with the protest action on Tverskoy Boulevard between the Armenia store and McDonald's, the Multinational Russia festival is taking place.

Mediazona publisher Pyotr Verzilov was detained on Tverskaya Street. He is in the same paddy wagon with left-wing publicist Alexei Tsvetkov.

Meanwhile, in Moscow, about ten police officers "carried away" Maria Baronova, head of the human rights movement of Open Russia.

The Mediazona correspondent from Pushkinskaya reports that many people are detained just like that, even if they do not shout anything. One guy was rounded up by five riot police because he smoked.

They also detained a guy in a clown cap and pantaloons, he looks more like an animator from the festivities than a demonstrator.

On Pushkinskaya detained a correspondent of "Echo of Moscow":

Andrei Poznyakov, correspondent of Ekho Moskvy, was detained on Pushkinskaya Square.

Vladimir Varfolomeev (@Varfolomeev) June 12, 2017

A Meduza correspondent reports from the State Duma building: “There is a medieval fair here, barbecues are fried. In one of the tents, Zhirinovsky distributes bottles of water. There is a crowd around him."

Detentions of protesters continue in St. Petersburg.

The festival on Tverskaya continues, soldiers of the National Guard run alongside people in historical costumes, and opposition slogans are heard in the crowd.

But the entrances to Tverskaya are blocked, the boulevards are also blocked by security forces, no one is allowed to go there, the correspondent of Mediazona reports.

In places, the National Guardsmen act very harshly and beat people:

"In front of our eyes live OMON squeezed a man out of the crowd and beat him to death with his feet,” - writes

On Tverskaya Street, one soldier of the National Guard was injured, who was sprayed in the eye with a pepper spray, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in emergency services.

“One of the participants in the unauthorized rally sprayed a pepper spray in the face of an riot police officer. Doctors are examining him now,” the source said.

Meduza writes: “On Tverskaya, schoolchildren climbed through the scaffolding to the 5th floor of the house, which is under reconstruction. They're throwing out flyers, a couple of floors down they've unfurled a black banner. The policemen climbed up."

A police officer smashed a 12-year-old child's lip with a baton while dispersing a protest on Tverskaya Street in Moscow.

As his mother Oksana told Mediazona, they stood in a crowd of protesters and tried to drag another boy away from the police, and the officers tried to push them back. One of them intercepted the baton with both hands and hit her son in the mouth. The boy was bleeding from his lip; they were forced out with their mother into the subway, from where they exited from the other side of the street.

TASS has been online since the celebration of Russia Day; protests and detentions of dissidents are never mentioned in the broadcast. "In the center of Moscow are public events and festivities on the day of the celebration of the Day of Russia, about 270 thousand people take part in them, ”the agency quotes a representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the city.

The news about the unauthorized action in the center of Moscow appeared only in the "Incidents" section; Vladimir Chernikov commented: “The police are suppressing (the action), doing everything possible to prevent this provocation from succeeding.”

On Tverskaya, in the vicinity of house No. 14, the National Guards again severely detain the demonstrators, they chant “One for all and all for one!”, reports a Mediazona correspondent.

According to him, people are detained very harshly, "super tough, unbelievable"; people are beaten with clubs. The crowd is pushed onto the tents of historical reenactors - ropes and fences are stretched in front of the tents, for which people cling and fall.

At the same time, other "goats with shields", defending their tents, beat people with shields. Those who stand on the sidewalks are also detained. People are being squeezed out to the Pushkinskaya metro station.

In St. Petersburg, part of the protesters went from the Field of Mars to Nevsky, writes on Twitter journalist Arseniy Vesnin.

The correspondent of "Papers" reports that at the exit to Palace Square OMON surrounded about ten activists, including a wheelchair user; exits to the Palace block.

More than 400 people have been detained in Moscow, Dozhd writes, citing OVD-Info data.

Correspondent of "Mediazona": the security forces snatch people from the crowd and beat the detainees against the wall of the paddy wagon, the journalist of "Open Russia" was detained. Employees of the National Guard work in masks that hide their faces.

The detained journalist's name is Nikita Safronov, clarifies Polina Nemirovskaya from Open Russia.

Paddy wagons leave Tverskaya Street, most lanes are blocked off, people are not allowed out of shops - for example, from H&M, the correspondent of "Mediazona" reports. People are allowed into the subway, but not let out of the transitions.

On June 12, 2017, the country will traditionally celebrate the Day of Russia. In honor of this holiday, a wide entertainment program has been prepared in Moscow.

From June 10 to June 12, 2017, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to watch domestic films for free in 12 cinemas in the capital, listen to lectures by historians at fresh air, visit various master classes and enjoy the performance of the stars Russian stage. Sports events will also take place on these days.

Each park in Moscow has prepared its own program for the holiday. A literary festival will be held in Sokolniki, and on June 12, concerts and DJ sets will be held on the Fountain Square of the park, followed by the Ours in the City street music festival.

In the Bauman Garden on the Day of Russia there will be a festival new drama"Theatre. New Forms". Visitors to the Hermitage Garden will attend a tea party with a giant two-meter brass samovar. Lectures on Russian state symbols will be given in Krasnaya Presnya Park. There will also be master classes in aircraft modeling and kite design. -classes on creating a flag, and an open-air disco will be held in the park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow.

In the Museon Arts Park in the evening from 21.00 to 22.00 there will be a concert young composer Ilya Beshevli, accompanied by chamber orchestra imperialis. A concert of creative teams and performers of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Concert Orchestra of the Russian Police will take place in Victory Park. Stas Piekha, the Reflex group, 5 "sta Family and Ruslan Alekhno will also perform there. In honor of the holiday, eternal flame there will be a guard of honor watch.

On the big screen you can watch films by Alexander Sokurov, Alexei German Jr., Alexei Popogrebsky, Nikolai Ekk. The film "Faust" directed by Alexander Sokurov will be screened at the "Zvezda" cinema. Films by Alexei German Jr. will be shown at the Fakel cinema. The free film program also includes films made in Soviet time who took part in various film festivals.

During the holidays, Muscovites and guests of the city will be able to listen to the series of performances "Military Bands in the Parks" under the auspices of the Spasskaya Tower festival.

For a long weekend, the Kremlin Riding School will present an updated program "Equestrian Traditions of Russia" and will hold a parade performance and master classes in horseback riding.

The VDNKh exhibition complex has also prepared its program. with immersive video content. Also in the park they will teach you how to dance Zumba, Latin American dances, belly dance and breakdance.

Luzhniki will host a festive race on June 11. sports holiday will end with a massive flash mob.

The anti-corruption rally on Tverskaya Street, not coordinated with the authorities, organized by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, began with arrests. According to media reports, the police "pull out" people from the crowd, even if they did not chant slogans and did not hold banners. Meanwhile, on Academician Sakharov Avenue, where the opposition initially intended to hold their rally, opponents of the renovation bill gathered.

Anti-corruption "festivities" started around 14:00 and were peaceful, the police mostly kept aloof. However, after some time, the atmosphere on Tverskaya changed dramatically: a lot of people appeared on the street, shouting opposition slogans. Activists began to draw provocative posters right on the street. OMON pulled up to the place, which blocked the passage to Tverskaya Street, which caused a crush on Pushkinskaya Square.

Near 18:00 It was announced that Tverskaya Street was to be opened to traffic, and the police and the National Guard were leaving Pushkinskaya Square. However, according to eyewitnesses, for some time the law enforcement officers continued to snatch people from the groups who remained there. Even human rights activists find it difficult to calculate the exact number of detainees so far.

17:51
The Russian Guard announced the arrest of a man who sprayed pepper gas in the face of an riot police officer. The department claims that the law enforcement officer received a burn to his eyes. The names of the detainee and the victim were not specified.

17:34

17:33
Portal "OVD-Info" reports about 750 detainees during the Moscow "festivities". Now, judging by the broadcasts in in social networks, the people in the center of the capital began to disperse.

17:19
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, who is currently at a reception in the Kremlin, refused to comment on the demonstrations against corruption, despite numerous requests from journalists.

17:06
Dozhd correspondent Maria Borzunova reported that a loud bang was heard on Pushkinskaya Square, presumably someone blew up a firecracker.

16:48

16:43
Media reports that there are already more than 400 detainees in Moscow

16:42

16:40
"Mediazona" reports that a policeman broke the lip of a 12-year-old child with a baton. People are being detained "super-toughly, unbelievably", law enforcement officers are beating those who are lying with batons, pushing the crowd to the tents of historical reenactors.

16:36
A Dozhd correspondent writes that police are surrounding people on Tverskaya Street, Muscovites are being squeezed out of the street. Participants of the action shout "Shame". Meanwhile, state news agencies report about 2.5 million citizens celebrating Russia Day at Moscow mass events.

16:30
Police on Pushkin Square beat protesters with batons

16:24

16:18
The organizers of the festival of historical reconstructions on Tverskaya asked Muscovites to do without politics. The people did not listen, which is why the staged battles of the warriors of the era Ancient Rus' took place under a very topical soundtrack - the slogans "Russia without Putin":

16:06
On Academician Sakharov Avenue the end of the rally was announced, on Tverskaya the action is in full swing.

15:54
Oppositionist Ilya Yashin, who was earlier detained by the police, told that he, as well as other people from the paddy wagon, were refused admission to the police department of the Krasnoselsky district, because there were no places in the department, "too many detainees." "They are being taken to some other police department," the politician added.

15:44
Sergey Sirnov, editor-in-chief of the Mediazona portal, on his Twitter writes that the gas sprayed near the building of the newspaper "Izvestia" was pepper.

15:42
Correspondent commented: "Read the news correctly: the Moscow mayor's office wants to bring provocateurs in masks with spray cans to the rally on June 12."

15:23
Opponents of the renovation, who had gathered on Akademik Sakharov Avenue, began to disperse at about 15:00,

Over 150 holiday events will be held in Moscow in honor of the Day of Russia. This was announced at a meeting on operational issues by the deputy mayor of the capital Leonid Pechatnikov.

According to him,

The festive marathon will be held from 10 to 12 June. “Festive programs have been prepared in cultural centers, museums and parks of the capital, more than 150 events will take place in total,” Pechatnikov said.

Among the largest events are the gala concert of the festival "Shield and Lyre" in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora, which will be held from 18.00 to 22.00, the music festival "Russia" in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve from 12.00 to 20.00, cultural and entertainment program with the exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "The Art of the 20th Century" on Triumfalnaya Square as part of the "Cherry Forest" festival.

The central event of the celebration of the Day of Russia will be a concert on Red Square with the participation of leading musical performers, which will begin at 17.30 and end at 22.00. Among the stars will perform Yolka, Igor Krutoy, Dmitry Koldun, Dima Bilan, Semantic Hallucinations, Alexander F. Sklyar, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov and Alexander Rosembaum. After the end of the event, festive fireworks await the guests.

On June 12, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will make admission free of charge, and will also hold a flash mob "Anthem of Russia" with the participation of about 500 schoolchildren and students. This was reported by the press service of the museum.

“On June 12, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War was the first among federal institutions will make visiting the museum free of charge and hold a patriotic flash mob "Anthem of Russia". As part of the event, about 500 students and schoolchildren of Moscow, members of youth and public organizations will unfurl the largest State flag of the Russian Federation and perform the anthem of the Russian Federation to the accompaniment of the brass band of the Maimonides Academy of the Russian State University. A.N. Kosygin. Everyone will be able to join the action,” the organizers of the event told reporters.
It is noted that the museum will host tours, master classes and interactive programs. In addition to the main exhibition in the museum, you can visit the exhibition "Symbols of the Russian State".

Also on Russia Day, a brass band will perform at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War cultural center Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will perform popular melodies by Russian and Soviet composers.

Moscow parks have also prepared a special holiday program for the Day of Russia. On June 12, 19 parks await Muscovites and guests of the capital, where recreational activities, reported on the portal of the mayor and government of Moscow.

Visitors are waiting for poems from Pushkin's robot, tea drinking from a two-meter samovar, master classes in making flags and much more. Ten parks will host free film screenings. "Sokolniki": robot Pushkin and street music festival.

For two days, June 11 and 12, visitors to Sokolniki Park will be able to communicate with Pushkin the robot. Android will be brought from the "Robostation" to VDNKh, he has resemblance with the poet and can read more than 600 of his poems.

Tea drinking from a giant samovar is being organized in the Hermitage Garden as part of the first All-Russian festival of Russian feasting and hospitality Samovarfest. Guests will be treated to tea from a two-meter brass samovar. At the same time, 500 people will be able to drink a hot drink from it.

The Day of Russia in Tagansky Park will begin with the distribution of 1,000 ribbons of the Russian tricolor. Guests will be invited to participate in the creation of a giant flag.

More than 8.7 thousand police officers, the National Guard and people's guards will ensure public order and the safety of citizens during the celebrations, follows from the materials of the meeting.

On June 12, on Tverskaya Street and Manezhnaya Square, you will meet all the best that happened during the 11 days of the Times and Epochs festival.

At the Dyakovskaya Culture site, you will see outfits and crafts of the Iron Age, taste beaver meat, learn how to cut bone and weave cords on weights. In "Ancient Rus'" peoples are waiting for you early medieval: Russians, Vikings, Balts, Finno-Ugric peoples and Byzantines. The prince's warriors will show military exercises, the craftsmen will teach how to work in a forge, stamp fabrics, and knit marine knots.

Location " Medieval Rus' and Neighbors" will present the life of the times of confrontation between the Russian principalities and the Golden Horde. You will see the armor and weapons of knights and batyrs, take pictures with hunting falcons and horses. There will also be a fleet of siege machines, including the largest trebuchet in Russia. To visit a shoemaker's shop and an icon painter's workshop, take a look at the Moscow Kingdom of the 17th century site. At the same time, here you can observe the life of the archery field camp, learn how to handle pikes and muskets, and master calligraphy.

At the “Epoch of Peter the Great” site, you will find yourself on a Moscow street of the 18th century, arranged in the European style, visit the mint, the navigation school and the pharmacy order. You can get a lesson from the famous dance master. Do you want to feel like a brave cavalryman? Then we wait at the site " Patriotic War 1812". A fencing school, a saddler's workshop and a field forge, a Russian redoubt and a Napoleon's army camp will open here.

A field camp of Russians, French and British will be set up at the location "Crimean War of 1854" mid-nineteenth century.

On the city square of Sevastopol, you can take a crash course at a cadet school, play croquet and take pictures in a retro photo studio. In the World War I training camp, soldiers will practice drill and bayonet fighting, nurses in the field hospital will bandage the wounded. Nearby there will be an exhibition of World War I equipment: Austin-Putilovets and Mannesmann-Mulag armored vehicles, the famous Renault FT-17 tank, models of Ilya Muromets and Fokker aircraft.

Board games, guitar and button accordion songs, a fashion show, a parade of athletes and an exhibition of retro cars are waiting for visitors at the “USSR in the 1930s” site. A recruiting station and courses for machine gunners, nurses, and air defense fighters will open at the Great Patriotic War location. And on the site dedicated to the post-war period, we will celebrate the Victory! The program includes marches from loudspeakers, dances to the accordion, an exhibition of Soviet and trophy military equipment. Here you can see the Jagdpanther self-propelled guns, Panzer T-2, SDKFZ armored car, Goliath self-propelled mine, Zundapp motorcycle, T-34 tank, Katyusha, ZIS-3 gun, Willis car.

A historical and entertainment cluster will be located separately. There will be a marketplace, an arena for historical fencing and a stage for musical performances. Near the cluster, you can admire the performances of the riders of the Kremlin Riding School.