People look at a brig with scarlet sails floating through Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Russia on Saturday celebrated the Scarlet Sails festival on the Neva River in its second largest city of St Petersburg. People were seen enjoying a grand concert at the Palace Square, while also celebrating students' school graduation. Fireworks were seen over the Neva River in view of the Scarlet Sails festival.
People look at a brig with scarlet sails floating through Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
People look at a brig with scarlet sails floating through Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge on the Neva River during the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
People look at a brig with scarlet sails floating through Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge on the Neva River during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
People look at a brig with scarlet sails floating on the Neva River during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A brig with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River past the Aurora Cruiser which gun fired a blank shot giving the signal to begin the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A couple take a selfie photo with a brig with scarlet sails floating on the Neva River during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A man takes a video of a brig with scarlet sails floating on the Neva River during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
People look at a brig with scarlet sails floating through Dvortsovy (Palace) drawbridge on the Neva River during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A brig with scarlet sails floats on the Neva River as the police block the way for people to the embankment during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia.