In Russia, everything is solemnly opened: asphalt, a fence, a lantern, and even an empty place. The monument to Major Vyacheslav Malyarov was solemnly opened

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Bench, column and parking: the strangest grand opening ceremonies of 2017

press service of the administration of Ust-Labinsk

Every year, thousands of solemn opening ceremonies take place in Russia, in which millions of federal, regional and local officials and politicians take part. Among them are relatively large events, such as the opening of new schools and hospitals or significant monuments. But every year officials manage to make the news for strange ceremonies. For example, in 2016, a garbage can was solemnly opened in one of the cities, and in 2015, a bus stop consisting of a concrete slab. the site remembered what strange or funny opening ceremonies took place in 2017.

The kids opened the parking lot

Journalist Oleg Kashin drew attention to one of the latest stories of strange discoveries. In the city of Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Region, a grand opening of a parking lot at Lyceum No. 5 took place. Mayor Nikolai Voishchev wrote about the “warm and friendly atmosphere of the holiday” on Facebook, who did not notice any catch in the ceremony.

German machine gun on the monument to Kalashnikov

One of the most scandalous discoveries of the year was the installation in Moscow of a monument to weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, which was placed in the park at the intersection of Sadovaya-Karetnaya and Dolgorukovskaya streets. After the ceremony, historian Yuri Pasholok discovered that the bas-relief of the monument depicts a drawing with a German StG 44 assault rifle.

RVIO press service

The monument was prepared by People's Artist of Russia Salavat Shcherbakov. The composition was established by the Russian Military Historical Society with the support of the Moscow City Duma and the Rostec Corporation. At the opening of the monument, the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky called the Kalashnikov assault rifle "a cultural brand of Russia." After discovering the error, he stated that one of the apprentices was “let down by the Internet”, from where the scheme was taken.

The Russian Military Historical Society stamps identical monuments

By the way, in November, designer Artemy Lebedev noticed that the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO) installed exactly the same monuments in a number of cities in the country. The replicated monument is a stern Soviet soldier with a machine gun on his belt.

Destroyed playgrounds

A separate genre is the opening of playgrounds. According to improvement programs, they appear quite often and photos from events, especially in small towns, become the subject of discussion by urbanists. For example, blogger Ilya Varlamov often writes about the fact that city administrations like to solemnly open dilapidated playgrounds.

Indicative in 2017 was the case with a site in the city of Tsivilsk, Chuvash region. Three days after the opening, the student was literally sucked into the mud that covered the new playground. They could only get it with a shovel, the child's boots remained inside the playground.

Valuev and bench

State Duma deputy, boxer Nikolai Valuev in May 2017 took part in the opening ceremony of the bench. Its peculiarity is that it offers a view of the construction of the Crimean bridge.

official information site for the construction of the Crimean bridge

At the ceremony, which was attended by representatives of the administration of the Taman rural settlement and bridge builders, Valuev said that the bench is very bright and original, and many photos from this bench will appear on social networks. the site managed to find 4 photos for the last three months on Instagram by the tag "#Krymskybridge"

Column in Tomsk

In August, the grand opening of water supply networks on Shpalnaya and Stroevaya streets took place in Tomsk - in fact, an ordinary standpipe. Mayor of the city Ivan Klein and Speaker of the City Duma Sergey Panov took part in the ceremony, cutting a symbolic red ribbon over the column.

Tomsk.Ru / tomsk.ru

Social media users sneered at the event, recalling that the world is already in the 21st century. However, local media clarified that for residents of 80 private houses, opening a pump is really a big deal, because they used to receive water from Tomskvodokanal on schedule - twice a week.

"If necessary, I will bring my mother"

The opening of the St. Petersburg Cadet Corps of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on September 1 could have been quite ordinary, if not for the poems that were read at the ceremony by children who expressed their desire to become investigators in the future. In particular, preschooler Diana promised, for the sake of loyalty to the department, to even involve her own mother (“in the service, if necessary, I will attract my mother too”). The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, along with other participants in the ceremony, applauded and kissed Diana on the cheek, and then accepted all the children as honorary cadets.

pavement grand opening

Despite the fact that footpaths are an obligatory part of the urban environment according to the standards, which local administrations must monitor according to their powers, in Russia almost not a single year goes by without the grand opening of the sidewalk in any of the cities. This year, the red ribbon over the new tiles was cut in Ust-Labinsk, including the head of the urban settlement, Sergei Vysokubov. The ceremony was held to the applause of the townspeople. Even cloudy and rainy weather could not prevent the holiday.

girl behind the fence

This year, two sculptures of a plaster girl "Daddy, where are you?" were installed in the Sverdlovsk region. The figure of a girl running towards her father stood in Berezovsky for less than a day - at night after installation, it was destroyed by vandals. Therefore, in Yekaterinburg, it was decided to enclose the sculpture in the TsPKiO with a meter-long anti-vandal fence.

Group "Interesting Yekaterinburg" in the social network "VKontakte"

Collapsed Christmas tree

In the village of Lysyye Gory, Saratov Region, a Christmas tree fell to the ground right during the opening ceremony. Local residents and children were at the event at that time. In local publics on VKontakte, they wrote that the tree fell due to a strong gust of wind and was soon installed in its place.

Saratov Online group on VKontakte

At the opening of an invisible stop in Komi

In Russia, they like to cut red ribbons and solemnly open everything that comes to hand. A selection of such anecdotal events was made by"Jellyfish" . Asphalt in the yard In Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, the chairman of the HOA solemnly opened the asphalt in the local area. First, she said that there had been no asphalt in the courtyard of the five-story building for 44 years, and then she tried to cut the ribbon from the wrong side - standing with her back to the residents. But it worked out. Lamp Head of the Oleninsky district of the Tver region Oleg Dubov solemnly opened a lantern in the village of Kholmets. True, the lantern shone in the wrong direction. Residents began to resent, in response, Dubov swore at them and called them "a mini-Maidan of drunk summer residents." school fence In the village of Pushkinskiye Gory in the Pskov region, the grand opening of the fence around a boarding school was not attended by local authorities - the ceremony was staged by the director of the school and the chairman of the regional trade union. The fence was built from slab by volunteers, because the authorities did not give money for it for seven years. The grand opening took place in February 2018, and already in March an auction was held for the construction of a normal, metal fence - judging by the documents in the procurement, it should have been erected by the beginning of summer. benches In 2017, two benches were solemnly opened in the Krasnodar Territory at once. One with USB ports for charging phones and tablets was opened by the Mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov(He also drove away a volunteer who was trying to help with cutting the tape: “Do you want everything on TV? Get out, don’t do this.”) Another bench, in Taman, was opened by a State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev. Its peculiarity is that it looks at the bridge to the Crimea that was being built at that time. PAZik In Syktyvkar, in October 2016, a “health bus” was solemnly launched. It differs from ordinary regular buses in its design - outside and inside PAZik encourages people to lead a healthy lifestyle. The opening ceremony of the bus was attended by the Minister of Health of Komi Dmitry Berezin.After a year and a half, the “health bus” crushed a car parked at the side of the road. No harm done. Invisible stop Another story from Komi. In the village of Kortkeros in September 2015, a bus stop was solemnly opened, which is very difficult to notice.

A few days later it was dismantled, and almost a year later it was reported that the stop would be put up again (this time with trash cans and benches). Whether there was a stop in the end, is unknown.

Column with water In Tomsk in August 2017, a red ribbon was cut in front of a column. Mayor of the city Ivan Klein, who participated in the ceremony, defiantly drank water from the pump. And I smelled iron. As the story of the local "Vesti" told, local residents are not embarrassed - the main thing is that there is water. ladder In St. Petersburg in October 2015, a staircase was solemnly opened in the building of the Center for Extracurricular Activities. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the "Young Guard", who emphasized that their leader actively helped with the repair of railings and steps. Garbage bins In August 2017, with a difference of two days in Novokuznetsk and the village of Mirny (Tver region), garbage containers were solemnly opened. In Mirny, the head of the Oleninsky district cut the ribbon Oleg Dubov- the same one who, a year later, swore at people indignant with a lantern. Empty place In September 2014 director Nikita Mikhalkov came to Nizhny Novgorod to open a sculpture of Uncle Styopa. But the sculpture itself had not been completed by that moment, so Mikhalkov solemnly opened an empty space.

On September 3, in the park of the 9th microdistrict, a grand opening of a monument to Major Vyacheslav Malyarov, senior officer of the Alfa Directorate of the Special Purpose Center of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, and a flower-laying ceremony in memory of the children and adults who died during the terrorist act in the city of Beslan were held.

According to the press service of the Balakovo District Administration, the event was attended by combat veterans of the Balakovo branch of the public organization "Combat Brotherhood" and "Combat Commonwealth", representatives of the International Association of Veterans of the Alfa anti-terror unit, law enforcement agencies, school students, youth soldiers, cadets of the automobile - transport college, residents and guests of the city and region.

The head of the Balakovo municipal district, Alexander Solovyov, addressed the audience with a welcoming speech: " In fact, the 3rd is a tragic day not only for Beslan, but for the entire Russian Federation, for the whole world. It is unfortunate that a terrible tragedy also touched Balakov - our fellow countryman Vyacheslav Malyarov died. Today we are all proud that a simple Balakovo guy gave his life without hesitation, protecting the school and children. We must remember the heroes, whose patriotism is a symbol of courage, valor and heroism, the strength of the Russian people, a necessary condition for the unity, greatness and power of the Russian state."

Vladimir Eliseev, Vice-President of the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terror unit, continued his speech: " For 44 years, our unit has been at the forefront of the fight against terrorism. During this time, 32 employees died - Vyacheslav Malyarov also left his story on this list. Today, being on Balakovo land, we see that as long as there is a generation that honors and remembers its heroes, nothing threatens our country. I want to say a special big thank you to the residents of the city of Balakovo, who helped perpetuate the memory of our friend Slava".

Excited and barely holding back tears, the mother of the deceased, Anna Petrovna Malyarova, said a few words about her beloved son: " I am very grateful to all of you for remembering my son Slava. He was an ordinary child - he studied, went in for sports, like all boys he was a little hooligan, but he always recognized in deuces for his behavior. I went into the army - everyone dreamed of serving in places more difficult. He said - “do not cry, mom, but who, if not me, will defend our Motherland? I won’t go, the other won’t go – you can’t do that.” This is how I had it. Thank you, Balakovo people, low bow".

In a solemn atmosphere, matter was removed from the monument to Vyacheslav Malyarov. White doves soared up, bright red carnations lay down on the granite.