Moscow's schools ring the final bell of the school year this Friday. Swarms of final-year students will be celebrating the end of their school careers at hundreds of proms being held around town over the weekend.
More than 60,000 graduates from almost 1,500 schools will be taking part in the celebrations, including 5,280 students who will be attending the Medallist's Ball for the top academic achievers.
Besides the more mundane terrestrial functions, some 8,000 intrepid students from 182 schools will be taking to the waters of the Moscow River using a veritable flotilla of 67 cruise boats making 100 journeys from 28 piers.
"Mayor Yury Luzhkov has already instructed the prefects of the city's administrative districts to organise the ‘Last Bell' celebrations at various local sites, as well as assume control of public catering during the celebrations and proms," RIA Novosti quoted a City Hall representative as saying on Wednesday. "City Hall will also be organising medical facilities for the celebrations and Medallist's Ball."
As part of the measures taken to ensure the graduates' safety, city authorities are restricting the sale of alcoholic beverages.
"Taking into account previous years' experience, we plan to ask the authorities to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages on the territory surrounding educational facilities and areas where celebrations are taking place," said First Deputy Interior Minister Mikhail Sukhodolsky on Monday.
In previous years such restrictions have led to a complete ban on alcohol sales in stores throughout the entire Moscow Central Administrative District.
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