Almost everyone knows the Golden Ring of Russia: even those who have never been there have heard about its ancient cities, golden domes, and monasteries.
As part of the exhibition “The Wonderful Source: Summer in the General Headquarters”, visitors will be offered a collection of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artworks from the holdings of Shchukin and Morozov collections.
This Monday, February 15, Russia officially opened borders and relaunched flights with two more countries - Azerbaijan and Armenia - previously extremely popular destinations among Russian tourists.
Celebrating Valentine's Day in Russia began only in the 1990s. However, even in the Russian Empire, this traditional Catholic holiday was celebrated, despite the prohibitions of the Orthodox Church. It was especially popular among the nobles following foreign fashion.
125 years ago on February 09, 1896 the first annual competition of The World Figure Skating Championship took place in Saint-Petersburg. Only four athletes participated in the championship, but thanks to them the history of world figure skating began in Russia - on the ice rink of the Yusupov Garden in Saint-Petersburg.
On Sunday, February 07, a historical and theatrical reconstruction of the meeting of the first train that arrived after breaking the blockade of Leningrad was shown at the Finlandsky railway station in St. Petersburg.
Every year on the 6th of February Sami People's Day is celebrated. This holiday is dedicated to the culture and traditions of the Sami and is celebrated in countries such as Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Federation.
The 31st of January is considered the birthday of vodka. On this day in 1865 Dmitry Mendeleev presented his famous doctoral thesis "On the combination of alcohol with water." The document is kept in the museum of the great scientist - at the Saint- Petersburg State University. Mendeleev is called the father of Russian vodka.
Entry to the territory of Russia was opened for citizens of four more countries. Now residents of India, Qatar, Vietnam and Finland can freely enter the Russian Federation. The corresponding order was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Citizens of these four countries, as well as those with a residence permit, are allowed to enter Russia through authorized airports.
It is probably difficult to find a student in Russia who does not know about the Student's Day and does not celebrate this holiday on 25th January. The history of this holiday dates back to 1755 when exactly on this day the empress Elizabeth signed a decree "On the establishment of the Moscow University", which coincided with St. Tatiana’s day.
In accordance with the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 16, the processing and issuance of visas of all categories, including e-visa, to foreign citizens has been temporarily suspended in order to ensure state security, protect public health and prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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