The festive events on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Victory and Independence Day were celebrated in Sukhum on Sunday, September 30.

In the morning of the festive day, representatives of the country's leadership and foreign government delegations from the friendly to Abkhazia countries laid flowers to two memorials. Those were the monument to the first President of Abkhazia Vladislav Ardzinba in the village of Lower Eshera and the memorial in honor of the deceased in the Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia in the Park of Glory. 

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The ceremony of the celebration of the Victory Day continued by the military parade on the Square of Liberty. At the square, solemnly, the veterans of war passed, as well as infantry and armored vehicles. 

The festive parade was continued with the action "Immortal Regiment", in which several hundred people of all ages take part annually. 

Solemn events were continued with a festive concert on the Makhadzhirs promenade and the dance show at the Dynamo Stadium, which was specially designed for the jubilee.

Local state dance ensembles took part in the show, such as the «Sharatyn», the «Caucasus» and the ensemble of Sukhum Cultprosvet, and the ensemble of the dance of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic «Kabardinka», the dance theater of Karachay-Cherkessia, the National Adyghe dance ensemble «Nalmes», the B.A. Galaev Ensemble of the Song and Dance of the Republic of South Ossetia «Simd», the Igor Moiseev Academic Ensemble of the People's Dance, Al-Ahli ensemble from Jordan. 

The solemn show was over with national singer of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Abkhazia Khibla Gerzmava with the premiere of the «Abkhazia» song, which was written specially for the 25th anniversary of the day of victory and independence by Maxim Fadeev. 

The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Victory and Independence Day was visited by  the official guests from the friendly countries - Pridnestrovie, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Italy, South Ossetia, compatriots from Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Turkey, Syria, Jordan.