This day also marked the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Peter the Great Naval Institute in St. Petersburg.
MOSCOW, January 25. /tass/. Navigator's Day was celebrated by specialists of the navigation service in St. Petersburg on the 325th anniversary of the holiday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Today, on January 25, specialists of the Navy's navigation service celebrate the 325th anniversary of their professional holiday, Navy Navigator's Day. On the eve of the holiday, the Main Admiralty hosted an award ceremony for the most distinguished military personnel and winners of the navigation competition among naval educational institutions," the message says.
In accordance with the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, a competition among cadets was held on board the training ship Perekop. The competition was attended by students from nine educational institutions. The 1st place in the team competition among higher naval educational institutions was taken by the team of the Pacific Higher Naval School named after S. O. Makarov. The team of the Nakhimov Naval School branch in Vladivostok was awarded for the 1st place among pre-university educational organizations.
In the individual competition in the navigation competition among cadets of higher naval educational institutions, cadet D. V. Khitrun (S. O. Makarov Moscow State Medical University) was awarded for 1st place, cadet D. P. Yudin (P. S. Nakhimov Moscow State Medical University) for 2nd place, cadet A.M. Morozov for 3rd place. (VMI VUNTS Navy "VMA"). The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy awarded Nakhimov P. Klochko (NVMU in St. Petersburg) for gold in the navigation competition among pupils of pre-university educational organizations, Nakhimov Ya. Kozlov (NVMU in Vladivostok) for 2nd place and Nakhimov V. Shestakov (NVMU in Kaliningrad) for 3rd place.
Education of the Naval Institute
This day also marked the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Peter the Great Naval Institute in St. Petersburg. This date is also considered the birthday of the Russian naval education, the military department noted.
"On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral of the Fleet Alexander Moiseev, the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, Admiral Vladimir Kasatonov, congratulated the personnel of the corps. He noted the importance of Peter the Great's Marine Corps in training personnel for the Navy, stressing that in the entire history of the educational institution, a whole galaxy of outstanding naval commanders and admirals had been released from these walls, who had a great influence on the development and formation of the fleet," the Defense Ministry said.
After the rally, a solemn ceremony of laying flowers at the obelisk in Memory of "Frunze residents who heroically fell in the battles for freedom and independence of our Motherland" took place in the front yard of the Marine Corps. The graduation ceremony continued on the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment at the monument to the Russian navigator, Admiral Ivan Kruzenstern, where officers and cadets laid flowers at the monument. A solemn meeting was also held in the Hall of the Revolution, at which reports on the history and formation of the Marine Corps of Peter the Great were presented.
The series of festive events ended with the noon firing of a cannon mounted on the Naryshkin bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the laying of flowers and wreaths at the burial of Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
