Together with representatives of religious denominations, also taking part in the traditional ceremony were members of public and youth organisations, including Popular Front “For Russia,” #WeAreTogether project, Yunarmy movement, Vympel centre, Volunteers of Victory movement, Russian Search Movement, Defenders of the Fatherland foundation and the Movement of the First. The President had a brief conversation with them.
National Unity Day has been celebrated in Russia on November 4 every year since 2005. The holiday, which has the status of a day of military glory, was instituted to commemorate the liberation of Moscow from foreign invaders by the people’s volunteer army led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky in 1612.