Events – Tourism & Leisure in Russia http://tlrussia.com National Tourist Routes of Russia Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:14:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 http://tlrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-ico-2-1-1-32x32.png Events – Tourism & Leisure in Russia http://tlrussia.com 32 32 NATIONAL CHARACTER http://tlrussia.com/info/2210.html http://tlrussia.com/info/2210.html#respond Sat, 04 Aug 2018 15:24:48 +0000 http://tlrussia.com/?p=2210 WHAT ARE THE RUSSIAN REGIONS FAMOUS FOR?
SOME ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR WATERMELONS AND YET OTHERS—FOR BEING THE COLDEST PLACES IN THE WORLD. LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN USED TO THEIR UNUSUAL FESTIVALS AND CULINARY WEEKS. NOW IT’S TIME YOU CHANGE YOUR PLANS AND HEAD TO RUSSIA’S FAR-FLUNG PROVINCES!

Tula
15-16
September 2018

Kulikovo Field Festival
Tula Region, Kurkinsky District, Kulikovo Field Museum
The Kulikovo Field International Military and Patriotic Festival is held each year to mark Dmitry Donskoi’s victory over the Golden Horde in 1380. Here you can experience a real medieval battle and a knights’ tournament. You can take part in archery or fencing competitions. You can also visit the memorial on the Red Hill, a museum complex in the village of Monastyrshchino, the Market House Museum in the village of Yepifan, and the Museum of St.Matrona of Moscow.


Sochi
27-30
September 2018

Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix 2018 Sochi, Olympic Park, Autodrom
The Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix will be held at the Sochi Autodrom, the first and only track in the country hosting these “royal races”, and the most modern year-round motor speedway complex in Europe. The Sochi Autodrom will gather the 20 best racers on the planet out of ten teams. Russia will be represented by Sergey Sirotkin.


Kamyshin
25-26
August 2018

Watermelon Festival
Volgograd region, Kamyshin, city centre
Don’t miss the 11th Watermelon Festival. This vibrant, juicy celebration draws over 30,000 guests every year. Guests will be greeted with an abundance of interactive venues, bazaars, free watermelon refreshment stands, contests, and a sailing regatta. One of the most memorable events is the Watermelon Parade, which travels through the length of the town along its central streets and across the Borodinsky Bridge. This year’s festival coincides with the town’s anniversary: Kamyshin is turning 350 years old. Therefore, this year’s guests can expect even more thrills and spectacle—as well as memorable performances from pop stars on the festival’s second day.


St. Petersburg
04
November 2018

The Festival of Light
St. Petersburg, Moscow Square
The festival concept was developed at the Council of Representatives of the World Festival Association. The main idea of the project– which will take place in every country in the world – is to connect with the city’s history and iconography. In 2016, the Light Festival made a splash with a light show projected on the facade of the Alexandrinsky Theatre. Using 3D-mapping technology, the producers incorporated the architecture of St. Petersburg’s oldest theater and other buildings in a play of light, music and optical illusions. Last year, the light show took place at St. Petersburg’s new Arena Stadium.


Veliky Novgorod
06-11
October/November 2018

Gourmet Festival
Veliky Novgorod, 5 Sennaya Square
All month long, Novgorod residents and guests will delight in ancient gourmet dishes—or their modern renditions. Last year, the guests of this mouthwatering autumn festival were able to try Novgorod fish stew with sturgeon and pike, market-style honey pork ribs, Ilmen bream ribs with turnip and onion jelly, and other Novgorod delicacies. Festival guests can delight in the culinary art of Veliky Novgorod’s best chefs, and take a delicious trip into the history of ancient Rus. National Cuisine Days will be held as part of the festival, representing dishes from Estonia, Finland, Mexico, Latvia, China, and the United States.


Yakutsk
25-03
November/December 2018

Winter Begins in Yakutia
Yakutsk, villages of Tomtor and Oymyakon, Oymyakonsky Settlement [ulus]
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the coldest region of the Northern Hemisphere, and the village of Oymyakon has won the title of “Pole of Cold”. The lowest recorded temperature here is -71.2C (-96.2F). Yakutia residents greet the onset of Russian Winter on December 1. The Russian Santa Claus, Ded Moroz [Father Frost], pays an annual visit to Chyyskhan, the Yakut Master of Cold and Winter, in his royal residence in the Kingdom of Permafrost.


Izhevsk
26-09
January/February 2019

World Pelmeni Day
Izhevsk, Central Square, city restaurants and cafes
This festival’s slogan is: “Udmurtiya—Birthplace of Pelmeni!” Last year, 35,000 guests visited the event that celebrates pelmeni, Russia’s ubiquitous meatfilled dumplings. There, they set the record for the most pelmeni ever eaten in one place—74,059 to be precise. During the holiday, pelmeni makers sold seven tons of pelmeni products. The festival’s program included master-classes in pelmenimaking in city restaurants and cafes, as well as a series of Pelmeni workshops, concerts, best-chef awards, and contests for the grand prize: a year’s worth of pelmeni.

]]> http://tlrussia.com/info/2210.html/feed 0 Main Events http://tlrussia.com/info/1583.html http://tlrussia.com/info/1583.html#respond Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:43:13 +0000 http://tlrussia.com/?p=1583 EACH YEAR THE NORTHERN CAPITAL HOLDS A MULTITUDE OF BEAUTIFUL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS. IT’S ATTRACTING TOURISTS FROM ALL THE WORLD.

Stars of the White Nights
The Stars of the White Nights, an international festival of the Mariinsky Theater, is one of the top ten festivals in the world. From May through June, the festival hosts over 160 performances and concerts featuring world-renowned
opera and ballet stars.

Forty naval vessels will come out onto the waters of the Neva River on Russia’s Navy Day.
Forty naval vessels will come out onto the waters of the Neva River on Russia’s Navy Day.

Singing Bridges
One of St. Petersburg’s most impressive spectacles, the opening of the city’s moving bridges, is enhanced even further by the enchanting and memorable show “Singing Bridges”. From June to September, everybody can enjoy popular classic music while watching the raising of Palace Bridge—one of the most recognizable landmarks of the city on the Neva.

The St. Petersburg Maritime Assembly brings together a range of sea and river events.
The St. Petersburg Maritime Assembly brings together a range of sea and river events.

Navy Day
On the last Sunday of July each year, St.Petersburg becomes the capital of Russia’s Navy Day celebration. The waters of the Neva and Kronshtadt Port are home to a grand parade of Navy ships and Naval aviation. Anyone who wishes to can climb aboard a real combat vessel!
In the evening, Palace Square hosts a grand celebratory concert, culminating in a massive firework display over the Neva.

The international festival Opera for Everyone is an open-air event.
The international festival Opera for Everyone is an open-air event.

Opera for Everyone
Th e international festival “Opera for Everyone” acquaints the public with masterpieces of international and Russian opera in the open air. Th roughout July, the city’s residents and visitors have the opportunity to watch the world’s most popular operas absolutely free. The festival’s organizers bring in the fi nest orchestras, choirs, and soloists from St. Petersburg, Moscow and throughout Europe.

St. Petersburg Cultural Forum brings together leading luminaries from the world of art and culture.
St. Petersburg Cultural Forum brings together leading luminaries from the world of art and culture.

Maritime Assembly
Th e St. Petersburg Maritime Assembly brings together a range of sea and river events in a single week in June. Th e Assembly’s program includes the Waltz of Tugboats, a parade of sail boats and yachts on the Neva, a parade of passenger boats, a SUP-surfi ng festival, a colorful water show called “the Ballet of Sails”, exhibitions and interactive programs on famous sail boats.

The Harley Days bike festival draws 90,000 participants and guests from 25 different countries.
The Harley Days bike festival draws 90,000 participants and guests from 25 different countries.

St. Petersburg Harley® Days
Part of Harley-Davidson’s offi cial calendar of events, St. Petersburg Harley Days is Russia’s biggest bike festival. Each year, the event draws about 90,000 visitors from 25 countries to the heart of the city. Th e festival program includes a grand motorcycle parade on Palace Square, a night-time illuminated bike parade, an entertainment and music programme, test rides, a custom-bike competition, a stunt-riding show, and the Miss St. Petersburg Harley Days beauty contest. Other events and attractions include the CRAZY WHEELS parade of unusual vehicles, a major trade fair, a children’s playground, and a fi tness zone.

St. Petersburg International
Cultural Forum

The St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum is an international cultural event and forum for discussion that attracts thousands of experts from around the world each year. Among them are stars of dramatic theatre, opera and ballet, outstanding directors and musicians, community leaders, government and business representatives, and members of the academic community. The forum’s many cultural events are complemented by an extensive business program.

 

Text By Ivan Demidov

]]> http://tlrussia.com/info/1583.html/feed 0 JANUARY-AUGUST http://tlrussia.com/info/385.html http://tlrussia.com/info/385.html#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:42:50 +0000 http://tlrussia.com/?p=385 A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERESTING EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN CITIES ACROSS RUSSIA: FESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, PARADES, CONCERTS AND RE-ENACTMENTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, OTHERS ARE ALMOST BRAND NEW. WE HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT WILL BE HELD IN 2018.

| Khanty-Mansiysk

01-10

January

New Year Capital

New Year’s Eve is Russia’s favourite celebration

This year the “New Year Capital” of Russia is the city of Khanty-Mansiysk. The “New Year Capital” has 20 entertainment spaces, three million illumination lights, thousands of different slides, the Yelka residence, and a food fair. “Freaky Street” can be found here: instead of houses it has yurts, instead of roads and sidewalks there are trails for dogs and reindeer sleds. Extreme competitions include winter mountain-biking, snow-mobile cross-country skiing, laser tag and a fire-show. You can experience the miraculous power of hot mineral water in an outdoor pool: the temperature in the street may reach -30 C, but in the water it is always +40 С.

| Moscow

15-21

January

Figure Skating Championships

Incredible performances from elite sportsmen and women from European countries.

The last time the European Figure Skating Championships took place in Russia was in 1990 in St. Petersburg. This time the venue will be the “Megasport” sports palace in Moscow, an arena well-known to Russian and foreign skaters after the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships was successfully held there. Russia has considerable experience in holding major world-class championships, and this championship should be no exception, giving its world-wide audience a huge range of lasting impressions.

| Yaroslavl

12-18 

February

Shrovetide week

The ancient Slavic holiday people
still love to celebrate

Maslenitsa is connected with the passing of winter and the arrival of spring. Although the holiday has pagan origins it coincides with Shrovetide week – the last week before Lent in the Orthodox church – when you can still eat butter, dairy products and fish. The main elements of the celebration involve pancakes, sleigh rides, and burning an effigy of winter. Pancake week in Russia is loved and celebrated on a grand scale in both Moscow and small towns. Thousand-year-old Yaroslavl, the “capital of the Golden Ring”, holds Russia’s Main Maslenitsa Carnival, complete with the residence of the Empress of Maslenitsa which is especially popular with visitors.

 

| Kolomenskoye

30-02

April-May

St. George Knights’ Tournament

A battle of real men at Kolomenskoye

More than 200 of the most famous knights of Russia and the world will meet at the fourth “St. George’s Tournament” in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve in Moscow. As in previous editions of the tournament, they will joust with wooden spears, fight team melees, as well as duels with two-handed weapons. The Knight’s Tournament is above all a military competition, complete with risk, excitement and frenzied action – there is no staged fighting here. Participants will be served a 15th century menu fit for aristocrats, including baked pheasant, venison and boar and fritters with herbs, washed down with ancient ales and spiced wine.

 

 

| St. Petersburg

30-02

June

Scarlet Sails

A beautiful holiday for school leavers and visitors

At the end of June (the exact dates to be confirmed), another festival will be held for all school leavers – Scarlet Sails. The event, which is eagerly awaited by all 11th-graders, is also enjoyed by visitors to the city. It starts late in the evening with theatrical performances at 10pm or 11pm. Bright, colourful and noisy fireworks will be reflected in the waters of the Neva after midnight, at the darkest moment of St. Petersburg’s White Nights. The main event comes when the ship Tre Kronor (Three Crowns) sets out to sea, resplendent in its scarlet sails.

 

| Uglich

01-05

August

Photo-Parade

The largest photo festival takes place deep in the Russian countryside

The ancient Russian city Uglich on the Volga hosts over five days more than 100 events for professional and beginner photographers. The programme includes four main fields: documentary photography, art photography, travel photography, and the “Olympus” programme. Through the course of the year, the festival is preceded by an online competition “Point on the Map”, with single photographs submitted for the competition in the nominations “Travel”, “Portrait”, “Drone Photography”, and “This Is the Caucasus”.

 

 

| Tver Region

02-05

August

“Nashestvie” Festival

Russia’s most important rock festival attracts thousands of fans

“Nashestvie” is traditionally held in the open air near the village of Bolshoi Zavidovo in the Tver Region. In 2017, despite heavy rains, about 200,000 spectators made their way there. As well as music, there are wrestling competitions, an exhibition of motorcycles and prestigious cars, and fireworks. The 2018 event will also offer the opportunity to officially register your marriage, take photos with celebrities, and participate in exciting competitions. Tickets for the festival cost from $50 to $100.

 

 

 

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