Château de Villandry, Cross-Cultural Festival, French Parks and Gardens Foundation
with the support of the Culture Service of the Embassy of Russia in France, the National Estate of Chaumont-sur-Loire, the St [...]
March 8 International Women’s Day
March 8 is the International Women's Day. The founder of the holiday is Clara Zetkin, who in 1910 the International Women's C [...]
March 1 – The Beginning of Spring
March 1, the beginning of calendar spring. True weather for the window can not be said that spring has come. Meeting the spri [...]
Day of the Motherland Defender, Malevich and the Red Cavalry
February 23 - "Defender of the Fatherland Day", originally, in 1922, it was "Day of the Red Army and Navy." It so happened th [...]
Maslenitsa week. Forgiveness Sunday
Forgiveness Sunday. It had different names. They also called him the tselovalnik, and the wires. The party ends, on the ice s [...]
Maslenitsa week. Saturday – zolovkin gatherings
Saturday - zolovkin gatherings. This day was always considered a family day. In Zolovkin's gatherings, the newlywed daughter- [...]
Maslenitsa week. Friday – Teschin Vechorki
Friday - Teschin Vechorki. A number of Maslenitsa customs was aimed at speeding up weddings, assisting young people in findin [...]
Maslenitsa week. Thursday – a wide revelry.
Thursday - a wide revelry. People indulged in all sorts of fun, ice mountains, buffoons, swings, fisticuffs, noisy feasts. On [...]
Maslenitsa week. Wednesday – gourmet.
Wednesday - gourmet. "Not a life, but a carnival", "What is in the oven, everyone on the table swords" - sayings about this d [...]
Maslenitsa week. Tuesday is a payoff.
Tuesday is a payoff. At dawn the stuffed Carnival was taken to the central place. In St Petersburg, a stuffed pancake plant w [...]