Participation in festive events dedicated to Victory Day in the great Patriotic war, across Russia on the first day weekend take of over 8 million people, said the official representative the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia Elena Alekseeva. "at 18. 00 Moscow time in the events dedicated to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the great Patriotic war, involved more than 8 million people ", - said Alekseev, reports RIA " Novosti ". remember, the first day of the weekend for all of Russia held events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory. The main Parade dedicated to the Victory in the great Patriotic war, was held on red square in the Russian capital. The event was the largest in the modern history of Russia. It was attended by over fifteen thousand people and about 200 units of military equipment, among them her latest designs. The parade consisted of three parts: the passage of the walking parade marching units, military equipment and overflights. In addition, the country holds the action " Immortal regiment ". They took place in the far East and Siberia, and similarly in Grozny and St. Petersburg. The number of participants in events at home, in Tomsk, the expertise of the organizers, was a record - about 30 thousand People. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin with the portrait of his father, who defended his Homeland from the Nazis, stood at the head of the procession "Immortal regiment" in red square in the Russian capital. Only shares in the capital was attended by more than 300 thousand People. The action "Immortal regiment" was held in Tomsk in 2012. A year later she was engulfed 120 cities in 2014 - five cities in seven countries. In the past year with portraits of fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers have passed more than half a million people. In 2015, the Event officially became the Russian. By results of examination coordinators, it will involve more than a million people in the world. To hold the "Immortal regiment" In the current year is expected to be more than a thousand settlements. In addition to Russia, the action will take Part South Korea, Austria, Belarus, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Norway, Ukraine, USA, Estonia.