|
| Days of the military glory of Russia are victories of the Russian arms that played the decisive role in the history of Russia.
The following days of military glory are celebrated in the Russian Federation:
- April 18 – Victory of Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242)
- September 21 – Victory of the Russian troops headed by Dmitry Donskoy over the tatar-mongols in the Kulikovo battle (1380)
- November 7 – Liberation of Moscow from the Polish invaders by the people’s army of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky (1612)
- July 10 – Victory of the Russian army headed by Peter the Great over the Swedish army in the Poltava battle (1709)
- August 9 – The first victory of the Russian Navy headed by Peter the Great over the Swedes at the Gangut cape (1714)
- December 24 – Capture of Izmail fortress (Turkey) by the Russian troops headed by Alexander Suvorov (1790)
- September 11 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Fedor Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at the Tendra cape (1790)
- September 8 – Borodino battle of the Russian army headed by Mikhail Kutuzov with the French army (1812)
- December 1 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Pavel Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at the Sinop cape (1853)
- February 23 – Victory of the Red Army over the German Keiser’s army (1918) – Days of Defenders of the Motherland
- December 5 – Launch of the counteroffensive of the Soviet army against the German fascist army at the battle of Moscow (1941)
- February 2 - Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Stalingrad battle (1943)
- August 23 – Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Kursk battle (1943)
- January 27 – Raising of the Leningrad blockade (1944)
- May 9 – Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945 (1945)
Federal law "On the days of military glory (victory days) of Russia"
Direction of the Festival
Festival's page on the Official site of the Guild of Purveyors to the Kremlin
| |
