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The formula is more and more appreciated by Muscovites and many museums participate in it. Events are organized: lectures, workshops, historical re-enactments, installations etc. One can also visit the Moscow Zoo.

As the Julian calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church lags 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar, the Nativity of Christ is celebrated on 7 January. Introduced into Russia in the 10th century with Christianity, this feast was considered by the Orthodox Church to be the second most important after Easter. It closes the New Year's holiday week, which began on ¹ January. Christmas lost its popularity after 70 years of prohibition in Soviet times.

We celebrate the anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great (May 27, 1703). The festivities are mainly concentrated in the city centre. The procession led by the mayor of the city is composed of the constituted bodies and the great representatives of the city. Gala concerts in most of the city's theatres and a fireworks display on the Neva River. This festival also marks the beginning of the "White Nights".

The International Day of Workers'solidarity was renamed in 1992. If the time is no longer for the huge parades of the era of the USSR, you will see a lot of nostalgia (and young activists) before Gostiniy Dvor, with red flags, or even a portrait of Lenin or even Stalin.