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Special Events Farewell to the Russian Winter, folk concerts and sleigh rides, Feb-Mar, throughout the city Musical Spring in St Petersburg, international classical music festival, Apr, various venues Pashka (Easter Sunday), major religious festival with services featuring incense and traditional chanting, Easter Sunday, Mar/Apr, St Petersburg churches Den Kosmonavtiki (Cosmonauts Day), a celebration of Russia’s role in space exploration, 12 Apr, throughout the city Den Goroda (City Day), major festival with fireworks, concerts and much merrymaking, 27 May, city centre Peterburgskoy Pivniy Festival (St. Petersburg Beer Festival), begins with a parade down Nevsky prospect and ends with a fireworks display, early Jun, throughout the city centre Festival-festivaley (Festival of Festivals), international film festival, last week of Jun, cinemas throughout the city Byeliye Nochi (White Nights), late Jun-mid-Jul, throughout the city, especially Palace Square, Peter and Paul Fortress and Yelagin Island Den Voenno Morskova Flota (Navy Day), gaily decorated naval boats, first Sunday after 22 Jul, River Neva Prasdnik Fontanov (Celebration of the Fountains at Peterhof), good, clean fun with a music, light and water show, mid-Sep, Peterhof Palace Teatralnyy festival Baltiyskikh stran (Theatre Festival of the Baltic Countries), mass gathering of the Baltic’s clowns, pantomime artists and actors, two weeks in Oct, city theatres Den konstitutsii (Constitution Day), celebration of the new constitution with firework displays, 12 Dec, throughout city Russian Winter Festival, concerts and fireworks, around 25 Dec, throughout the city |
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