On September 2, 2017, the Heroes of Our Time Festival, dedicated to the Day of the Russian Guard, was held in the northern capital of the 300th Anniversary Park of St. Petersburg.

This beautiful and much-needed patriotic holiday for St. Petersburg residents was organized by the management of the 118th separate special purpose training center together with the city administration and the park directorate. The format of the holiday was military-patriotic: an exhibition of military equipment, demonstrations by special forces, a field kitchen, competitions, acquaintance with "Polite people" and their weapons, all this was accessible and aroused great interest, especially among young people.

The holiday was not complete without aviation, which was represented by parachutists of the Parachuting Federation and 7-time absolute World Champion Svetlana Kapanina, who demonstrated a cascade of aerobatics in the sky of St. Petersburg.Many thanks to V.Yakushev and M. Shamolin for providing the aircraft!We thank the organizers and participants for a beautiful holiday!!!

Link to RIA Novosti about this event - https://ria.ru/video/20170903/1501667145.html