From the roof of the Winter Palace, Russian Navy Day was almost magical

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If anyone can make Russian Navy Day seem artistic and romantic, it’s the State Hermitage Museum.

The world-renowned museum of art and culture published a video to mark Russian Navy Day on its Instagram page, shot from the roof of the Winter Palace. The time-lapse video shows naval ships cruising along the Neva River and under the Palace Bridge, which is drawn to let the vessels pass through, beneath a pink-hued sky.

A national holiday, Russian Navy Day normally takes place on the last Sunday of July. In addition to the annual large-scale parade in St Petersburg and other similar events in locations throughout the country where the Russian Navy has a presence, this year Russia put on its first military parade at its Tartus base in Syria.

Source: Paper (in Russian)