A private soldier Maksim Balandin from Salekhard will participate in the Victory Parade in Moscow

Maksim Balandin from Salekhard will participate in the Victory Parade on the Red Square on the 9th of May. This is his second parade. He already participated in the parade in Saint Petersburg dedicated to the 70th anniversary of lifting the Blockade of Leningrad.

In 2008 Maksim successfully passed examinations and became a student of St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions He graduated from the university with the diploma with honors. After graduation in 2013 he voluntarily went into the army. Now Maksim serves in the 306th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in the town Baltiysk of Kaliningrad Oblast.
By the information given to a correspondent of IA «Sever-Press» by father Igor Balandin, Maksim went to the army not occasionally. The profession «to protect the Motherland» is passed in his family from generation to generation. His grandfather and father also served in the naval infantry.
By his words, now Maksim is in Moscow Oblast in Kantemirovskaya Tank Brigade, where he is participating in training for the parade. Rehearsals take place every day. The first training on the Red Square is planned for the 8th of May.