A WWII veteran from Sevastopol, who came to the Victory Day Parade, was welcomed in Moscow.

Nikolai Alekseevich Tokarev, a veteran from Sevastopol, who had dreamed all his life of seeing the military parade on Red Square with his own eyes, arrived in Moscow to participate in the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII). On May 7, the invited veteran and his entourage were met at the train station by volunteers.

The veteran traveled by Tavria train No. 91/92 Sevastopol – Moscow, and representatives of the carrier JSC TC Grand Service Express and the train chief were also waiting for him at the exit of the carriage.

Nikolai Alekseevich was congratulated on the holiday, presented with flowers, a cup holder for the 80th anniversary of Victory, as well as souvenirs from the company. He noted that he was very pleased with the comfortable trip, as well as the level of service on modern trains running to Crimea.

"My dream was to be in Moscow at the parade, on Red Square. View the stands. It's not the same on TV, but to watch it in person — I don't know what impression it will make on me. I'm afraid it's colossal," Nikolai Alekseevich noted.

The veteran did not use the wheelchair offered to him, and walked all the way from the carriage to the station on foot. He explained that he likes to walk and walks at least 2 km every day.

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On May 6, military personnel of the Novosibirsk Missile Unit, on the eve of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, organized a solemn action in the Gvardeysky microdistrict of Novosibirsk, during which they congratulated veterans on the holiday. The servicemen prepared a concert program with songs from the war years, and their children read poems dedicated to the feat of soldiers and home front workers during the war.

Also in the Elizabethan Hall of the Russian Ministry of Sports on May 5, the head of the department, President of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev held a gala dinner dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Veterans of sports, home front workers, children of war, as well as modern defenders of the Fatherland were invited to the meeting.