The "Victory Echelon" campaign will be held in the Kaliningrad region

The Victory Echelon campaign, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII), will start in the Kaliningrad Region on April 25. The action was organized by the decision of the Commander of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Sergei Lipilin, together with the Kaliningrad Railway.

On this day, the train will set off and make stops at Baltiysk, Bagrationovsk, Sovetsk, Polessk, Nesterov, Gusev and Chernyakhovsk stations. The project will be completed on May 4, when the train arrives at the platform of the Kaliningrad North Station.

Concert programs will take place at each station, and train stops will be accompanied by a soundtrack with the legendary voice of announcer Yuri Levitan about the victory over Nazi Germany.

The train included an L-series steam locomotive, platforms with samples of military equipment, and two museum wagons with a mobile exhibit. The train also includes wagons with thematic exhibitions about the Great Patriotic War with interactive platforms "Weapons of Victory", "Property of the Red Army soldier", "Communications center", "Special Department", "Trophy property".

"The Victory Echelon has arrived, which houses exhibits of the Great Patriotic War, an exposition of a special military operation, and our modern equipment. <...> Musical accompaniment is no less important. It's not easy, that's how it was during the Great Patriotic War — these trains ran, lifted the spirits of our soldiers," said Vasily Kucher, head of the House of Officers of the Baltic Fleet.

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May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. In January 1945, the Soviet army launched an offensive against Berlin. As a result of the fighting, at 00:43 Moscow time on May 9, the commanders-in-chief signed the act of unconditional surrender of Germany, which served as the end of the Second World War.