Russian military who were trained to operate the helicopter carrier Mistral, returned from Saint-Nazaire to Kronstadt. Aboard the training ship, which brought the Russian people to their homeland, there were more than 400 sailors. The Russian defense Ministry reported that the training ship "Smolny" with Russian crew of the helicopter carrier type "Mistral" has returned to the Russian Federation. Military December 30, arrived in the port of Kronstadt. "A ship with a crew of trained, hour she reached Kronstadt", - TASS quoted an anonymous source in the defense Ministry. Another anonymous source in the Armed forces confirmed that the Soviet Union came to the port in the night of December 30. With all this, the Agency reported that the Russian sailors will meet the New year at home. "The crew "Mistela" goes on vacation. Military aircraft has been moved to the places of service," explained the spokesperson. Days.Ru wrote about that in consequence of the difficult weather conditions on the route of transition "Smolny" the arrival of the sailors moved away at the end of December. A crew of 400 people located in France to learn to control systems of the helicopter carrier Mistral. Paris under one pretext or another postpones the delivery of the first Mistral, in consequence of this, the sailors went home to celebrate the New year in Russia. Local residents have become accustomed to this neighborhood and honestly confessed, that will miss. "It will be extremely empty. They have been here for quite a long time. They were seen everywhere in the city. This is an extremely nice young men. Megapolis them very much. However the holidays are extremely significant. They are happy to return to their families," said President of houses for the seamen Marie-Christine Le Nai. Inhabitants of Saint-Nazaire even came to the pier to pursue a Russian crew on Board the training ship "Smolny" left the city and went in the Russian Federation. Remember that "Rosoboronexport" and the French company DCNS signed a contract for the construction of 2 landing vertoletonostsa ships docks like "Mistral" in early June 2011. Aft were built at the Baltic shipyard, which is part of the United shipbuilding company in St. Petersburg. Docking with head parts and final completion are produced at the shipyard company STX France in Saint-Nazaire.