New Year holidays are a time for good traditions. A large-scale project "Winter of the Russian North" was launched on the initiative of Governor Georgy Filimonov. Numerous events covering different genres and styles of music, crafts and theatre will be held within the framework of the "Winter of the Russian North" project.

The region has prepared outdoor stages and indoor venues to hold concerts, master-classes, lectures, sports festivals and other events.

Vologda's residents and guests of the Vologda Region will actively participate in over 700 events - cultural and sports festivals, theatre performances, forums, master-classes, fairs, and other holiday events. The "Winter of the Russian North" project started on December 1 and it will last till February 28.

As part of the Winter of the Russian North project, Vologda will host Governor's Christmas tree parties, New Year's celebrations, Troika ride competition ( a sleigh pulled by a trio of three horses), a  festival "In the snows of Kirillov", a weeklong celebration of Russian culture - Maslenitsa festival, to name but a few.

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