St. Petersburg’s ‘Scarlet Sails’ Celebration Date Revealed
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Graduate holiday “Scarlet Sails” was held in St. Petersburg on the night of June 25th.
More than 65,000 graduates of schools and colleges in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region have received invitation cards. Special guests this year were graduates of Donbass, who came to the northern capital for the summer holidays.
A large stage and two large screens were installed in the Palace Square. Epiphany lifts lifted the artists three meters above the ground. For added effect, the stage is decorated with huge mirrors and dozens of light fixtures.
The culmination of the holiday was the appearance of the brig “Russia” in the waters of the Neva.
The ship, under scarlet sails, as well as blue and white sails, passed over the Palace Bridge, then along the entire Palace Bridge and made a turn in front of the Trinity Bridge. Assol and Gray greeted him and saw him off.
Graduates at this moment made their wishes and said goodbye to childhood.
Then there was a fireworks display.
Teenagers graduating from school and their parents traditionally celebrate their graduation in June in droves, and in St. Petersburg this holiday turns into a citywide celebration called “Scarlet Sails” every year.
On June 27, 1968, Leningrad schoolchildren for the first time on the Neva saw a ship under scarlet sails, which later became the emblem of the holiday. The tradition was discontinued in 1979 and revived only 25 years later.
Graduate holiday “Scarlet Sails” was held in St. Petersburg on the night of June 25th.
More than 65,000 graduates of schools and colleges in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region have received invitation cards. Special guests this year were graduates of Donbass, who came to the northern capital for the summer holidays.
A large stage and two large screens were installed in the Palace Square. Epiphany lifts lifted the artists three meters above the ground. For added effect, the stage is decorated with huge mirrors and dozens of light fixtures.
The culmination of the holiday was the appearance of the brig “Russia” in the waters of the Neva.
The ship, under scarlet sails, as well as blue and white sails, passed across the Palace Bridge, then along the entire Palace Bridge and made a turn in front of the Trinity Bridge. Assol and Gray greeted him and saw him off.
Graduates at this moment made their wishes and said goodbye to childhood.
Then there was a fireworks show.
Teenagers graduating from school and their parents traditionally celebrate their graduation in June in droves, and in St. Petersburg this holiday turns into a citywide celebration called “Scarlet Sails” every year.
On June 27, 1968, Leningrad schoolchildren for the first time on the Neva saw a ship under scarlet sails, which later became the emblem of the holiday. The tradition was discontinued in 1979 and revived only 25 years later.
