Navy Day in Russia is a national holiday that takes place on the last Sunday of July. This holiday was introduced in June 1939. Russian president usually participates in celebrations of the Navy Day in different cities across Russia. This year Vladimir Putin participated in Navy Day celebrations in the city of Baltiysk in western Kaliningrad region. Navy Day celebrations in Russian cities - in photo gallery by TASS.
Navy Day celebrations in Russian cities
Russian president Vladimir Putin participated in Navy Day celebrations in the city of Baltiysk in western Kaliningrad region
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Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Chirkov, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at Russian Navy Day celebrations in Baltiysk
© Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian presidential press service/TASS Russia's President Vladimir Putin addressing the Admiral Gorshkov crew during Russian Navy Day celebrations in Baltiysk
© Mikhail Klimentyev/Russian presidential press service/TASS BTR-82A amphibious armoured personnel carriers
© Vitaly Nevar/TASS The Kalmykia anti-submarine corvette
© Vitaly Nevar/TASS The Yuri Ivanov reconnaissance ship at Russian Navy Day celebrations in Baltiysk
© Vitaly Nevar/TASS Russian Navy Day parade in Sevastopol
© Alexei Pavlishak/TASS Navy officers at parade marking Russian Navy Day in Sevastopol
© Alexei Pavlishak/TASS Black Sea fleet's large landing ship Azov
© Alexei Pavlishak/TASS Russian Navy Day celebrations in Sevastopol
© Alexei Pavlishak/TASS Russian Navy Day celebrations in Sevastopol
© Alexei Pavlishak/TASS Russian Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg
© AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky Naval ships in St. Petersburg
© AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky A paratrooper with Russian Naval flag over the Sovremenny class destroyer Bystry during Navy Day parade in Vladivostok
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Russian Pacific Fleet navy officers
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS Naval ships in the Amur Bay, Vladivostok
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS The flagship of Russia's Pacific Fleet, the Varyag missile cruiser at the parade marking Russian Navy Day in Vladivostok
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS