In Russia And several countries of the world (excluding the city) in the Action "Immortal Regiment" was attended by over 1 million people, said one of the coordinators of the March Sergei Kolotukhin.
"at a conservative estimate, in the Action participated more than 1 million people, not counting the capital of Russia. Only in Tula, according to various estimates, was attended by about 120 thousand people in Novosibirsk And Tomsk - more than 50 thousand people in each, in Krasnodar - 42 thousand, Barnaul - 35 thousand, Kemerovo - 30 thousand, Yekaterinburg fifteen thousand. In Almaty in "the Regiment" stood about 10 thousand people. And quite a lot of settlements, which was attended by over one thousand people And more, " he told the news Agency.
Kolotukhin said that in many towns And villages with portraits of ancestors, veterans came out much more people than expected." A vivid example - Kemerovo: there was expecting about seven thousand, and came out 30 thousand. In Almaty is also not expected such a large number of participants ", - noted Kolotukhin, noting that the Action is still ongoing in a number of cities And countries. The action "Immortal Regiment" were held in the far East And Siberia, and similarly in Grozny. The number of participants in events at home, in Tomsk, the expertise of the organizers, was a record - about 30 thousand People. Also, the President of the Russian Federation 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.

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