Russian Winter Festival
The Russian Winter Festival is a cultural festival celebrated every year and is an unforgettable winter activity for tourists who chose to visit Russia this time of the year.
The Moscow version of the Russian Winter Festival is the biggest spectacle of all, running from mid-December to mid-January. This festival observes Russian Christmas, Russian New Year, and Svyatki or Russian Christmastide celebrations and traditions during the winter holidays. Celebrating Russian culture is one of the best ways to enjoy Moscow if you travel there during this time. You can enjoy traditional Russian songs and dance, games, crafts, food. The Christmas Village at Revolution Square is the place for Russian souvenirs and gifts – traditional folk crafts are sold here, as well as Christmas ornaments and traditional winter-weather wear like shawls and “valenki”. Besides sampling Russian traditional wintertime foods, like bagels, jam, and tea, visitors at the Winter Festival in Moscow will be able to view Russian ice sculpture, take troika rides, and play games, see “Ded Moroz” and “Snegurachka”. There are lots of winter activities as well like sledding with or without a snow.
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