Day of the National Flag of the Russian Federation – is one of the officially established holidays in Russia, declared in 1994 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and is celebrated on August 22. However,…
Interactive Exhibition Catalogue at “Kolomenskoe Estate”
A new exhibition “From the Museum’s Treasures … New Arrivals” was opened on 03 August 2012 at Kolomenskoe Estate and will run until November 2012. The exhibition features palace furniture, porcelain, bronze, costumes, paintings and drawings from XVIII-XX centuries. It…
The Hermitage – the Most Disabled Friendly Museum of St. Petersburg
Hermitage, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and Pavlovsk are the most disable friendly sigtseeing landmarks in St. Petersburg accroding to the research conducted by RIA “Novosti”, which was ranking all St. Petersburg museums in terms of arrangemts for disabled people. The rating…
Viking Festival in St-Petersburg
From 18 to 20 May 2012 St-Petersburg will see the return of its annual open-air festival “Legends of Norwegian Vikings “, which will be held on the territory of The Peter and Paul Fortress, on the banks of Neva river.…
Maslenitsa – pancake week – in Russia and London
“Maslenitsa” is one of the most favourite folk traditions that is celebrated in Russia. Maslenitsa festival dates back to the ancient times. Originally it began as a pagan ritual. However, nowadays it has perfectly blended into the Russian Orthodox religion…