Russians Celebrate Paratroopers Day at VDNKh
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Russia marked its annual Paratroopers Day on Saturday in a raucous, nationwide celebration replete with fountain-swimming and young men sporting blue berets and striped T-shirts.
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Moscow's parks, including the 75-year-old All-Russia Exhibition Center known as VDNKh, hosted scores of paratroopers and military enthusiasts who basked in the sun and took a dip in public fountains, a holiday tradition made even sweeter this yeas as an opportunity to escape the capital's scorching heat.
The annual holiday marks the first time Russian troops with parachutes were deployed from planes, in Voronezh on Aug. 2, 1930. The celebration also coincides with the Day of Ilya the Prophet, a religious holiday marking Moscow's expulsion of Polish force in the 17th century.
Festivities this year were especially cheerful at VDNKh, which was also celebrating its 75th anniversary.
With its illuminated pavilions, free concerts and firework shows, as well as the spectacle of padding paratroopers, VDNKh showed Muscovites what it means to party.
See our previous Photo Gallery:
Muscovites Head To the Beach
Vladimir Filonov / MT