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Moscow Spring Festival: Free Concerts, Workshops and City Venues
The city's spring festival program, held from late April into May at central squares and district venues, with free concerts, workshops, children's…
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Ice Skating Season in Moscow: Best Rinks, Dates and Tips
Moscow's winter skating season, from late November to March, with rinks on Red Square, in Gorky Park, at VDNKh and Sokolniki, and…
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Journey to Christmas Festival in Moscow: Fairs, Lights and Rinks
Moscow's big winter festival, held from mid-December to mid-January across dozens of venues, with themed decorations on Manezhnaya Square, fairs, skating rinks,…
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National Unity Day in Moscow: History, Red Square and Visitor Tips
A Russian public holiday on 4 November recalling the 1612 liberation of Moscow by the militia of Minin and Pozharsky, marked with…
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Knowledge Day in Moscow: First Bell, Flowers and the School Year Start
The 1 September start of the Russian school year, with children in smart clothes carrying flowers for teachers, white bows, a ceremonial…
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Moscow City Day: Festivals, Fireworks and Road Closures in September
The city's birthday, marked on an early-September weekend with street fairs, concerts, district festivals, a pedestrian Tverskaya Street and fireworks in the…
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Apple Savior Day in Moscow: Blessed Apples, Pies and Church Customs
The 19 August Transfiguration feast, popularly called the Apple Savior, when apples of the new harvest are blessed in churches and eaten…
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Day of Family, Love and Fidelity in Moscow: 8 July Traditions
A Russian observance on 8 July, the feast of Saints Peter and Fevronia, patrons of marriage, with the chamomile as its symbol,…
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Trinity Day in Moscow: Orthodox Pentecost, Birch Branches and Services
The Orthodox feast of Pentecost, fifty days after Easter, when churches are decorated with birch branches and greenery and priests wear green…
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Russia Day in Moscow: History, Events and Holiday Impact
A Russian public holiday on 12 June marking the 1990 Declaration of State Sovereignty, with a day off, concerts and events around…
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