There is one week left until New Year’s Day, so Russians are preparing for the festive night. Decorations have gone up in cities. Father Frosts are opening the first New Year children’s performances and will soon begin to deliver gifts to children and grown-ups across the country.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankThere is one week left until New Year’s Day, so Russians are preparing for the festive night. Decorations have gone up in cities. Father Frosts are opening the first New Year children’s performances and will soon begin to deliver gifts to children and grown-ups across the country.
There is one week left until New Year’s Day, so Russians are preparing for the festive night. Decorations have gone up in cities. Father Frosts are opening the first New Year children’s performances and will soon begin to deliver gifts to children and grown-ups across the country.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankThis weekend, the Christmas fair opened on Manezh Square in the centre of Moscow
This weekend, the Christmas fair opened on Manezh Square in the centre of Moscow
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankNew Year figurines displayed at the fair in the Central Universal Department Store.
New Year figurines displayed at the fair in the Central Universal Department Store.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankCustomers are choosing goods at the New Year’s fair in the Central Universal Department Store.
Customers are choosing goods at the New Year’s fair in the Central Universal Department Store.
© RIA Novosti . Yevgeny Biyatov / Go to the mediabankShoppers at the Christmas fair in Hermitage Garden in Moscow
Shoppers at the Christmas fair in Hermitage Garden in Moscow
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankNew Year snow globes at the fair in the Central Universal Department Store.
New Year snow globes at the fair in the Central Universal Department Store.
© RIA Novosti . Yevgeny Samarin / Go to the mediabankA couple kisses at the square garden on the intersection of Tverskaya Street and Tverskoi Boulevard in Moscow.
A couple kisses at the square garden on the intersection of Tverskaya Street and Tverskoi Boulevard in Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Igor RussakDespite a lack of wintry weather, Father Frost and Snow Maiden were welcomed on Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg last weekend.
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© RIA Novosti . Igor Russak
Despite a lack of wintry weather, Father Frost and Snow Maiden were welcomed on Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg last weekend.
© RIA Novosti . Igor RussakSt. Petersburg is ready for New Year.
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© RIA Novosti . Igor Russak
St. Petersburg is ready for New Year.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Russak / Go to the mediabankA marching band Father Frosts parades along Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg
A marching band Father Frosts parades along Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg
A Christmas fair in St. Petersburg.
© RIA Novosti . Konstantin Chalabov / Go to the mediabankA New Year’s Tree has been lit on Sofiiskaya Embankment in Veliky Novgorod.
A New Year’s Tree has been lit on Sofiiskaya Embankment in Veliky Novgorod.
© RIA Novosti . Yevgeny Biyatov / Go to the mediabankIce sculptures on display in Sokolniki Park in Moscow.
Ice sculptures on display in Sokolniki Park in Moscow.
A fountain on Theatre Square in Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankA New Year’s tree at the main entrance to Gorky Park in Moscow.
A New Year’s tree at the main entrance to Gorky Park in Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Maxim BlinovFather Frost delivered the country’s main New Year’s Tree. The 30-metre tree was brought by truck from a forest in the Moscow Region, escorted by 10 traffic police cars.
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© RIA Novosti . Maxim Blinov
Father Frost delivered the country’s main New Year’s Tree. The 30-metre tree was brought by truck from a forest in the Moscow Region, escorted by 10 traffic police cars.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankTrees decorated with garlands of lights on Tverskaya Square in Moscow.
Trees decorated with garlands of lights on Tverskaya Square in Moscow.