REQ: St. Petersburg military parade 23 Feb 2009?

RogierV · Post by **RogierV** » 20 Feb 2009, 17:44

Yesterday I discovered that Monday 23rd of February will be a national military day in Russia (or at least in St. Petersburg). I saw an advertisment for this day showing a Su-27. Does anyone know if there will be a flypast this day and if so, at what time and location.

Anyone who knows if the roof of St. Isaac's cathedral the best position is for photographing flypasts over the centre of St. Petersburg?

Greets from Russia,

Rogier

Codolev · Post by **Codolev** » 21 Feb 2009, 09:37

The day is called "Defender of the fatherland day" or "Mens day"
A similar day is there on 9 March as well for the women in the country. This all dates back to the old days.....
As far as I know there's no parade or something in the city, contrary to 9 May (Victory day) which has a military parade on Palace Square

Stefan · Post by **Stefan** » 21 Feb 2009, 10:10

Codolev wrote:A similar day is there on 9 March as well for the women in the country. This all dates back to the old days.....

Could this be 8 March? As in; International Women's Day.

Greetings,
Stefan

Codolev · Post by **Codolev** » 21 Feb 2009, 10:35

You're right completely right Stefan.
But the 9 is so close to the 8 on those keyboards.....

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