SCHEDULE OF FESTIVE EVENTS DEVOTED TO THE 300th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET IN ST.PETERSBURG.

A glimpse of the months ahead

July 1996.


August 1996.


September 1996.


October 1996.


November 1996.


December 1996.



July 1996

A Performance "The Way from Varangians to Greeks". The performance covers:-
- functioning wooden sea vessels;
- pop and circus performances;
- crafts fair.

A ball party of the navy community "We Used to go on trips" for all the crews of all the ships which took part in the jubilee parade.

The International Baltic festival " The Sails of the Baltic-96" (pop stars)

Tours of the combat and training ships of the Russian Fleet "The Gallant Guard of Russia"

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August 1996

Parade of Historic Vessels.

Festival of graduation of Navy officers.

Inauguration of the Chesma Column (Pushkinskiy District)

Inauguration of a monumant to Russian sailors who perished in the Rochensal battle in the city of Kotka.

An International Sea Expedition. ("Shtandart")

Tour "From Artic to Antarctic" (Ameeting with members of the first trip of Navy ships down the Northern sea route and the expedition to the South Pole.)

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September 1996

Parade if Historic Vessels.

September 7-13 The Week of the Culture of the Netherlands in St.Pertersburg.

Inauguration of the monument Peter the Carpenter.

A seminar and exhibition "The man and the sea. Saftey on the sea".

An International Sea Expedititon. ("Shtandart")

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October 1996

October 30th- 300th Anniversary of the Russian Fleet.

A Festive Meeting of the Government of St.Petersburg and the Legislative Assembly.

A Festive Gala Concert.

Inauguration of the monument of Glory of the Russian Fleet.

October 25th-27th Research and Practical Conference of the Military Academy named after Kirov.

October 20th The Day of Above-Water Sailors.

October 29th-30th The Final research and technical conference and exhibition "300th Anniversary of the Russian Fleet. The current situation and the prospects of development."

A Festive Meeting. A Festive gala concert of the Dancing and Singing Group and Winners of the contest "Be Happy, the Sea Soul".

A Cinema Festival. "On the compass points of the marine glory" (meetings with leading cinema actors).

Presentation of the exposition "300th Anniversary of the Russian Fleet" at the International Tourism Fair in London.

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November 1996

Inauguration of a Club of the Navy School. (the city of Kranshtadt)

November 20th The Marines Day.

November 14th-17th International Conference and Exhibition "The current situation and prospects of navigation and oceanography".

Concert of the Group Slavitsa for saloirs and residents of the city of Kronshtadt.

Festive Balls for students of Navy schools.

A Cinema Festival. "On the compass points of the marine glory" (meetings with leading cinema actors).

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December 1996

Putting into operation of a 300 apartment building for officers of the fleet.

December 29th. The Day of Mecanical Engineers.

Iauguration of memorial plaques of Fyodor Ushakov, Nikolia Kuznetsov, Ivan Bubnov, Stepan Dzhevetskiy, Hikolai Isanin.

New Year Fancy Dress Balls for officers, Navy students, saliors and young people of the city.

A Cinema Festival. "On the compass points of the marine glory" (meetings with leading cinema actors).

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For more detailed information- Tatyana Kritskaya, Committee for External Relations, Adminisration of St.Petersburg, fax (812)2761733

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