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11/07/2023

👩🏼🎓⛵👨🏻🎓❤️🇷🇺 Scarlet Sails Festival - Saint Petersburg - June 24th - 2023
The Scarlet Sails is an annual celebration (https://www.facebook.com/nordictravelrussia/posts/pfbid0kPpcZgQCjTkc56qxHsch3DhmRjgo2C1E8Eu4STkcNhodkhbswVjgap1YG4fBY88Kl ) that takes place in the city of St. Petersburg.
This event is a celebration of the end of the school year, and it is an experience that you won't want to miss.
This celebration it is a day-long event that culminates in a spectacular parade through the streets of the city. The parade is led by a large ship which is decorated with red sails.
One of the highlights of the Scarlet Sails celebration is the fireworks display, which takes place at the end of the parade.
In addition to the parade and the fireworks display, the Scarlet Sails celebration also features a range of other activities and events. These include concerts, street parties, and traditional Russian folk dancing. There are also many food and drink stalls set up throughout the city, offering a wide range of delicious local treats.

01/06/2023

🎂🎉🥂3️⃣2️⃣0️⃣❤️🇷🇺 320 Saint Petersburg's Anniversary! May 27th. We hope you join us next year 🙏🥰!!!!

23/05/2023

🌷😍🔝🇷🇺 Tulips festival 2023 edition - Yelaguin Island - Saint Petersburg

18/05/2023

⚓⛪🤴🏻☦️🏰🇷🇺 On a day like today, May 18th, but in 1704, on Kotlin Island, Peter I founded a walled city, the port city of Kronstadt located in the Gulf of Finland, 71 kilometers far from Saint Petersburg.
To implement the idea of Russia's outlet to the sea and the protection of the Neva Bay and of St. Petersburg from Swedish ships, Peter I decided to construct a fortress near the future capital. The emperor immediately appreciated the enormous strategic importance of Kotlin Island. In 1703, after the departure of the Swedish squadron to Vyborg to spend there the winter, Peter I began building a fortress on the island.
Model of the fortress was made by the emperor, and the construction was entrusted to Alexander Menshikov. By the end of 1704, a wooden three-storey tower with earthen mounds was built in the shallows near Kotlin. Wooden logs, filled with stones, which lowered into the water served as the foundation for its walls. The new fortress was armed with 14 guns, and to better protect the passage, a battery numbering 60 guns was built on the island itself.
During the Northern War of 1700-1721, the fortress repeatedly repulsed the attacks of the fleet of Sweden, and in 1720s it became the main base of the Baltic Fleet.
During the Great Patriotic War (Second World War), Kronstadt played a crucial role in the defense of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg). The heroic inhabitants of the island did not allow the N***s to invade Leningrad from the Gulf of Finland.
Kronstadt has more than 300 historical and cultural monuments; one of the most impressive is the Naval Cathedral. The town is included in the UNESCO Heritage list.

09/05/2023

Victory’s Day 2023
Like every May 9, Russia celebrates the Soviet Union's victory over N**i Germany in World War II.
It generally includes military parades in Moscow and other Russian cities.

08/05/2023

Icebreakers Festival 2023 - Saint Petersburg
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And to celebrate it, we want to invite you to enjoy the traditional Icebreakers Festival -which opened the summer tourist season in St. Petersburg- that took place the weekend from April 29th to May 1st.
About 30,000 local residents and guests- that have visited the festival over three days- felt the power of the Russian icebreaker fleet that serves the national interests in the Arctic.
Icebreakers -the Vladivostok, the Kapitan Zarubin and the Kapitan Sorokin- remained moored by the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment from April 29. They were open to the public.
The second day offered a spectacular show, which has become the festival's key event - the Tugboat Waltz in the Neva.
In 2023, St. Petersburg and the Baltic Fleet mark the 320th formation anniversary.
During the festival, musicians performed popular songs, and visitors danced and sang.

28/04/2023

⛲👑🏻🔝🇷🇺 First launch of the season 2023 - Fountains and cascades of Peterhof Palace – Saint Petersburg
The first launch of fountains in Peterhof Palace of 2023 season took place on April 22.
The famous fountains and cascades of Peterhof that represent the monument of hydrotechnical art of XVIII – XIX centuries were launched for the first time more than 300 years ago (https://www.facebook.com/nordictravelrussia/posts/pfbid0cHCBRLZU7Jimev6KrSUFkWJm4gjET2XZf1QX18ZqcvMS9RKiuY3k8vv4ujXPfAVXl).
Nowadays Peterhof is one of the world most famous open-air museum. Ten museums and three parks (Upper, Lower and Alexandria) are open here for visiting. Three cascades and 173 fountains operate in Upper garden and Lower park.
In 1990 the town and its palaces and park ensembles were put on the list of UNESCO culture heritage.

21/04/2023

🏛️🏰📚👑🔝🇷🇺 Tobolsk Museum-Reserve of History and Architecture - Tyumen Region
On a day like yesterday, April 20, but in 1870, the Tobolsk Museum-Reserve -one of the oldest museums in Siberia- was established. Tobolsk is located 2,816 kilometers far from Saint Petersburg and 2,389 from Moscow.
Originally, the museum was a branch of the Provincial Statistical Committee. It was not only a repository of antiquities and relics but also a scientific institution, which foundation laid the grounds of such disciplines as archeology and ethnography.
The contemporary history of the Tobolsk Museum-Reserve was launched in 2007, in a period of new development. It happened due to a radical change in the exhibition's concept, focused on the maximum use of resources. A lot of work was done on museumification and development of the tourism industry by the creation of a tourist center based on the historical and architectural heritage of Tobolsk and with the financial support of the Government of Tyumen Region.
Nowadays the museum complex currently consists of 11 museum institutions (that includes the Kremlin, the prison, etc.). It includes 55 objects and about 450,000 museum objects in the collections.
As a part of the museum complex in 2018 was established the first museum in Russia, dedicated entirely to Emperor Nicholas II and his family. It is located in the former governor’s mansion where the emperor Nicholas II and his family were held under house-arrest between August 1917 and April 1918.
The most valuable are collections of ethnography, archeology, paleontology, manuscripts, and early printed books, handicrafts (including art bone carving), a photo collection, and items of the Romanov family.

17/04/2023

☦️⛪🪺🙏🏻🕯️🕊️🇷🇺 Orthodox Easter 2023 in Moscow & Saint Petersburg

14/04/2023

🌲🪻🍁🌴🪷🌳🌺🌼🏛️🔝🇷🇺 Moscow Botanical Garden
On a day like today, April 14, but in 1945 was created the Main Botanical Garden in Moscow.
It is the largest in Russia and one of the largest in the world.
The Botanical Garden in Moscow is named after academician Nikolay Tsitsin, who became its first director.
It occupies a 360-hectare (889-acre) site connected to the territory of VDNH and Ostankino Park. About 21,000 varieties of plants are cultivated, many of which are native to Russia. One of its unique features is a large exhibit area where plants are grouped according to the geographic regions to which they are native.
The northern part is occupied by an Arboretum, and in the center is an Oak Grove. On the east side there are various types of gardens: a shade garden, a garden of continuous flowering, a garden of coastal plants, an exposition of perennial plants.

05/04/2023

⛪☦️🤴🏻🔝🇷🇺 Alexander Nevsky Lavra Monastery - Saint Petersburg
On a day like today April 5, but in 1713, in Saint Petersburg, in the presence of Peter I was consecrated a wooden Church of the Annunciation; this very day is considered the official founding date of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
According to legend, Peter the Great, surveying in 1710 the neighborhood of St. Petersburg, took notice of the place where, in his opinion, July 15, 1240 The Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Yaroslavich scored a famous victory over the combined forces of the Swedes, Norwegians and Finns led by their glorious commander Birger (Battle of the Neva), for which he was named by his contemporaries Alexander Nevsky". Founder of the northern capital, called the place "Victory", and ordered to build a monastery in honor of the Holy Trinity and St. Alexander Nevsky.
In 1714, monastic cells were built and monastic communal life started.
Construction work at the monastery lasted almost until the end of the 18th century. Metropolitan House, House of Bishops, the new buildings were constructed. In 1776, under the direction of the architect I. E. Starov, started the creation works of a new monumental Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In addition to the Trinity Cathedral, Starov designed around square at the entrance to the monastery, built the Gate Church, which completes the perspective of Nevsky Prospekt, the stone wall and two corner houses and building of the almshouses at the entrance to the square.
From the very beginning of St. Petersburg’s existence, Alexander Nevsky Lavra became the burial place for outstanding statesmen and public figures, representatives of art and culture. The ensemble of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra includes four cemeteries: Lazarevskoye, Tikhvinskoye, Nikolskoye and Kazachiye (“Communist platform”).
In 1936-1937 in the territory of the monastery was created a museum - Leningrad necropolis, which, in 1939, was reorganized into the Museum of Urban Sculpture.
To date, Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra is an active monastery of Saint Petersburg Diocese.

31/03/2023

🧖🏼‍♂️🚿👙🔝🇷🇺 Marcial Waters - Karelia region - First russian resort
On a day like today March 31st, but in 1719, Peter I signed a decree "On the healing waters found in Olonets" which initiated the first Russian resort "Marcial Waters."
This resort is located 420 kilometers far from Saint Petersburg in Karelia region.
In Peter's Russia the resort gained wide popularity. Peter I himself visited Marcial waters four times - in 1719, 1720, 1722 and 1724.
Today, spa and mud resort "Marcial Waters" is a famous health-resort complex, a monument of Russian historical and cultural heritage. Favorable climatic conditions, rich nature, healing springs and curative Gabozero muds - all this makes up a wonderful health resort sanatorium.

23/03/2023

🌏🐻‍❄️🧊🦤🔝🇷🇺 Wrangel Island - Arctic State Reserve
On a day like today March 23, but in 1976, was established Russia's first Arctic reserve: the Wrangel Island State Reserve, including Wrangel Island and Herald, for the protection of unique natural complexes of the islands.
"Wrangel Island" nature reserve is the most northern of the reserves of the Far East and has 12-mile sea area, located in the Eastern Region of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The island is located 5,584 kilometers far from Moscow and 5,236 from Saint Petersburg.
It is a territory for the lifecycle of a number of rare and specially protected animal species in the Arctic. This region is the most northern of all World Natural Heritage - it is about 500 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, at 71 degrees North latitude. The territory has a biodiversity which is exclusive for the Arctic. All sorts of arctic tundra dominate here, as well as relict tundra-steppe communities with a large variety of flowering plants.
The first environment protection measures were introduced on Wrangel Island as early as 1930s.
In the reserve there is the world's largest concentration of ancestral polar bear dens, there also is the only one in Asia large breeding colony of white geese. In addition, the island is home to unique island population of musk ox and reindeer. On the spits of Wrangel Island form the largest coast rookeries of walruses north of the Bering Strait.
In 2004, the Reserve as an area where in the evolutionary process had developed a unique natural complex, was put on the list of World Natural Heritage of UNESCO.

17/03/2023

⛪☦️🔝🇷🇺 Pskov-Pechory Monastery in winter
This is a Russian Orthodox male monastery, located in Pechory, located just a few kilometers from the Estonian border, 340 kilometers far of Saint Petersburg and 50 kilometers of Pskov City.
The monastery was founded in the mid-15th century, when the first hermits settled in local caves. The first cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos was built in 1473 but its modern facade was constructed in the 18th century.
The monastery became an important outpost for defending the western border of Russia and repelled the attack of the Polish and Swedish armies.
It is one of the few Russian monasteries that have never been closed at any period in their entire existence, including during World War II and the Soviet regime.
We invite you to visit this beautiful monastery of Russia with us!

09/03/2023

👩🏼‍🦱💐8th March - International Women's Day - Russian celebrations
Yesterday in Russia we celebrated an official public holiday because of Women’s Day.
The International Women's Day emerged as a political celebration to symbolize the fight of women from all over the world for their rights, full equality with men, democracy and peace.
Men and women give flowers, postcards with poetry, chocolate, and other pleasant gifts to their mothers, wives, grandmothers, sisters and daughters.
In companies and organizations, all women receive flowers and small memorable gifts from their male co-workers and, sometimes, from employers themselves. During the lunch break, it is common to have a small office party with cake and a glass of champagne.
Images of flowers and portraits of famous Russian painters of the 19th-20th centuries were projected on the facades of several buildings in St Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg police and traffic officers gave flowers to women on the streets of the city.

03/03/2023

🔥🥞🌞💃🏻🌸🪆🇷🇺 Maslenitsa Festival 2023
Last week in Russia we had enjoyed the traditional Maslenitsa.
Maslenitsa is used to be celebrated a week before the Great Lent starts and lasts for seven days.
This year, it takes place from February 20 to 26. This auspicious occasion of indulgence, better known as Butter Week, is a folk holiday observed in Slavic countries.
The holiday honors the arrival of Spring after the long stretch of winter. Being the oldest Slavic holiday, Maslenitsa Week continues to bring observers together for a feast of pancakes, butter-filled sweets (blinis) and religious merriment.
Maslenitsa Week celebrations are broken down into seven days, with each one dedicated to unique activities. The festival begins with a common evening feast on day one. On the second day, Russians partake in snow sledding and elders of the households take a walk in the snow. The third day is reserved for preparing a sweet meal, followed by cross-country skiing on the fourth day. The fifth-day honors mothers and mothers-in-law, and the final two days of the week mark the end of winter with snow sports and the burning of Maslenitsa effigy. Maslenitsa Week celebrations take from both Pagan and Christian traditions.
The days of the week often end with folk dances in community gardens.

28/02/2023

👋🏼☃️❄️👑⛲👑🏻🔝🇷🇺 Peterhof Palace in winter - Saint Petersburg
Today, February 28th marks the end of winter.
Russia seams to be different from the rest of the world in some aspects: the meteorological calendar defines each season as consisting of three months: winter lasts from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28, spring starts on March 1 and lasts until April 30 and so on. This approach is simply more convenient for record-keeping purposes and is based on recorded history: statistically, in the Northern hemisphere, the months from December to February are the coldest.
And to “say good bye” to the coldest season of the year, we have selected some of the most beautiful pictures published by the Peterhof Palace Museum of Saint Petersburg to share with all of you. We hope you will really enjoy them.

24/02/2023

🏛️🐎⚔️📚☦️⛪️🇷🇺 State Military and Historical Museum-Reserve “Borodino Field” - Mozhaisk District - Moscow Region
On a day like today February 24th, but in 1903, in the premises of the railway station Borodino took place a grand opening of the Museum-Reserve "Borodino Field" - the memorial of two Patriotic Wars, the oldest museum in the world created on battlefields.
Back in 1812 Mikhail Kutuzov urged to preserved field fortifications made by the Russian army.
At the Semenov fleches, where was killed Brigadier General Alexander Tuchkov 4th, his wife Margaret M. Tuchkov decided to build a temple.
In 1838, the Holy Monastery of Borodino was approved. In 1839, in the center of the Russian position, at the battery of Raevsky, was erected the main monument, depicting the military glory of Russia. Here were reburied the remains of the Borodino’s hero, Infantry General Pyotr Bagration, the commander of the 2nd Western army, mortally wounded on the day of the battle. In 1912, the centenary of the Battle of Borodino, 34 more monuments were built and Russian fortifications restored: Maslovsky flushes, Shevardinsky redoubt and southern (left) Bagration fleche. Command posts of Kutuzov and Napoleon were marked with special monuments.
At the beginning of the 20th century, due to the approaching centenary of the Patriotic War, the work on the museum continued.
In 1912, in the middle of the field, on the site of the lodge was constructed a building designed by architect Vladimir Voeykov, which up to now housed the museum. Later there were transferred the exhibits previously held at the railway station of Borodino, in the Holy Monastery of Borodino, the Imperial Palace, which was built in the village of Borodino in 1839 and which burnt down in 1942. In 1962, in time to the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, the museum’s building was increased - three halls were attached to it.
In front of the Museum-Preserve "Borodino Field" are set Napoleon's army guns taken as trophies in 1812; as well as busts and sculpted portraits of famous military leaders, commanders of armies in 1812 - Mikhail Kutuzov, Pyotr Bagration and M. Barclay de Tolly.
Museum exhibition is presented chronologically. First, visitors see the exhibits that reveal a liberation nature of the war of 1812 and the actions of the two armies before the Battle of Borodino; then they proceed to the central rooms devoted to the Battle of Borodino, and at the end, there are the materials on the victory of the Russian army in 1812 and the defeat of the N***s near Moscow in 1941-1942.
In 2002, the 190th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino at the museum opened a new major exhibition "Borodino - Battle of the Giants." On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino was recreated the imperial estate in the village of Borodino and this tradition is repeated every year (https://www.facebook.com/nordictravelrussia/posts/pfbid02KKB3mEYoBfG788FaCJUX4DKRKcrL5aMA2D9Q2TagxjZMeGgXd6ckt4CTy8aUHXA5l ).
In 2007, the Museum "Borodino Field" was the first Russian museum to be awarded the International UNESCO Prize n. a. Melina Mercouri for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.

17/02/2023

🏛️🖼️🏰🎨👑🔝🇷🇺 New Hermitage - Saint Petersburg
On a day like today, February 17, but in 1852 took place a grand opening of the New Hermitage, the first public art museum in Russia. For the first time in the national history there was constructed a special building for preservation and display of the exhibits.
The relative date when the Hermitage collections started to be built is the year of 1764 when the empress Catherine II acquired 255 pictures mostly of the Dutch and Flemish schools. Up to the middle of the 19th century these collections could be accessed only by a limited circle.
Following the example of European states, Nicholas I decided to create a new museum, accessible for public. Its building, constructed from 1840 to 1851 according to the design of a Bavarian architect Leo von Klenze, was named the New Hermitage. It adjoined the buildings of Grand and Small Hermitage.
Klenze, master of museum ensemble, scientist, archaeologist, painter, developed a project of the museum based on the experience of European museum building of XIX century. According to the project, the first floor was designed to accommodate antique collections, ancient and modern sculptures, the exhibition of drawings and engravings, as well as libraries. Designing the first floor halls Klenze used the techniques of ancient architecture: granite and marble colonnades, ornamental painting. Second-floor halls were assigned for display of paintings and decorative arts.

10/02/2023

🌋🐻🌳🚣🏼‍♀️🦐🦈🦊🔝🇷🇺🌏 Kurilsky State Nature Reserve - Sakhalin region
On a day like today February 10, but in 1984, the Kurilsky State Nature Reserve was established.
It is situated in the Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast. The territory of the nature reserve comprises three areas: two of them are on Kunashir Island, the third one is on the Dyomina Islands and the Oskolki Islands.
The area of the nature reserve is around 660 square kilometers (terrestrial: 400 square kilometers and marine: 260 square kilometers).
Kurilsky Nature Reserve is one of two nature reserves in Russia, where active volcanoes are located. Northern and southern plants can be found here: subtropical lianas hang from northern fir trees. There are archaeological and ethnographic artefacts in the reserve and its protected areas (Ainu settlements, settlements of Okhotsk people) that need protection. The reserve is home to plants and animals that can be found nowhere else.
The forests are inhabited by brown bears, foxes, hares, sables, weasels, and European minks.
Even the most sophisticated traveler will not remain indifferent when visiting the southern Kuril Islands. This is majestic volcanoes, hot springs, picturesque coast, riddled with numerous bays, coastal islands and cliffs, dotted with nests of sea birds, curious foxes, Pacific dolphins swimming in the waves, inquisitive seals watching you from the water, and of course, Pacific Ocean, mysterious and beautiful in all seasons.

03/02/2023

🕌☪️🔝🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg Mosque
On a day like today February 3rd, but in 1910 the foundation stone of the Saint Petersburg Mosque was laid to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the reign of Abdul Ahat Khan in Bukhara who donated the biggest part of money.
It is considered one of the largest mosques in Europe. It can accommodate up to 5,000 persons.
The Mosque was designed by the architect Nikolay Vasiliev with the help of the engineer S. Krichinsky and the architect A. von Gauguin.
The dome of the mosque in many ways repeats the famous dome of Gur-Emir Mausoleum in Samarkand, the shape and geometrical patterns of the entrance portal were also borrowed from of Samarkand Shahi-Zinda Mausoleum.
By the end of 1914 the main work on the interior of the building was completed but the technical equipment and decoration continued even after the revolution.
In accordance with Muslim traditions, the bulk of the structure is oriented by the altar to Mecca (South). The temple is crowned with a ribbed dome raised on a cylindrical drum. A characteristic shape of the mosque is formed by 48 meters high two minarets.
The walls of the mosque are faced with dark gray granite of rough texture, which makes building look monumentally. A unique majolica was created by P.K. Vaulin.

26/01/2023

Kemerovo Region
On a day like today January 26th, but in 1943, the Kemerovo Region was created.
The Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass is located in the southeast of Western Siberia. At its widest points, the region is 500 kilometers north to south and 300 kilometers west to east.
The region borders on the Khakassia and Altai republics, the Altai and Krasnoyarsk territories, and the Tomsk and Novosibirsk regions. The main river is the Tom.
The origins of the very name Kuznetsk Land go back to the ancestors of modern Shors who lived in the upper reaches of the Tom, Mras-Su, and Kondoma Rivers, and who were still called kuznetsy (blacksmiths) by Siberian chroniclers for their ability to obtain iron from ore.
The Kemerovo region has significant cultural and creative resources. It is actively developing sports and health tourism. One of the most spectacular areas is Gornaya Shoriya, which is often called Siberia’s Switzerland for its natural beauty. There are many tourist centers, the largest of which being the Sheregesh alpine resort and Mount Tumannaya. The centers offer alpine skiing and snowmobile slopes, comfortable hotels and camping sites. Legend has it that it is here where the Yeti lives.

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