Today, in Day of airborne troops, in St. Petersburg memory of the soldiers falling in Afghanistan and the Chechen Republic will be esteemed. On Avenue of heroes of Serafimovskoe cemetery there will be requiem and laying the flowers on tombs of victims the soldier. Besides flowers will be layed to the memorial board established on the house where the inventor of backpack parachute Gleb Kotelnikov lived. In midday on the field of Mars there will be a meeting after which gathered will lay flowers to eternal fire. In the evening in the Central park of Kirov there will be demonstration performances and ejection of a parachute landing. The holiday will be finished by a concert. Protection of a social order this day will be carried out customary, however number of militian orders will be increased.

News source: rian.ru
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