October 31 (Friday) - Opening of the Festival

SCENE ZONE

15: 00-16: 00  "Kyzyl - Kuragino" volunteers sing the anthem of the camp "Ermak". The school dance ensemble of the city of Nerehta (Kostroma oblast) 

Dance group "Adventures of Pippi" 

16: 00-17: 00 Solemn opening of the exhibition "The feeling of the Homeland", dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Russia's victory in the Battle of Gangut (1714). Chairman of Moscow Marine Assembly  Aleksander Balyberdin will open the exhibition.   

 Art Club "Traditsiya" 

17: 00-18: 00 Song and dance ensemble of the peoples of the North "Kheiro", "Strekoza" folk group (Ryazan) 

18: 00-19: 00 Performance of the artists of the areas protected by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources jurisdiction

19: 00-20: 00 "Sudarushka" folk group (Lipetsk branch) 

DNK HALL (ground floor) 

12: 15-16: 30 "Geography, Society, Environment" сonference (results of the Society grant activities in 2012-2013) 

Speakers, grantees, representatives of various organizations 

15: 30-16: 15 Honorary president of the Russian Geographical Society, member of the Russian Academy of Science Vladimir Kotlyakov reads the lecture "Discovery of subglacial lake East"

17: 00-18: 00 Presentation of Alexey Nikulin's book "The Islands of bad luck" about his voyage to Greek Islands which in XVIII century were under the jurisdiction of the Russian Impire. ("Paulsen" Publishing House) 

18: 00-19: 00 Alexey Arkhipov: "Motocross 10000". Along the trail of Przhwalsi's IV expedition

19: 00-20: 00 Sergei Dolya's speech about travels across Russia 

Travel Zone (3rd floor) 

A journey around Russia throughout the eyes of artists 

16: 00-17: 00 Painting masterclass with an artist. Masterclass from cadets seafarers

Entertainments that work all the day: 

"Peoples of Russia" zone (at the entrance of the Central House of Artists) 

Art bone carving workshop. Life and traditions of northern peoples. Tea Ceremony (Buryat branch) 

"Cuisines of Russia" zone (3rd floor) 

Cooking masterclass: dishes of world cuisines (special schedule) 

Travel Zone (3rd floor) 

"Shipbuilders of Prionezhye" (Vologda branch) 

Workshop: making parts of a ship and knitting knots 

Mini smithy: production of souvenir nails for fastening rigging 

Puzzles "Map of Russia" (3rd floor) 

Interactive game with puzzles in the form of Russia map

Expeditions zone (3rd floor) 

"Where did mammoths go" exposition

Tour of the exhibition "Where did mammoths" 

"Kyzyl - Kuragino" international expedition

Interactive tour of the international expedition "Kyzyl - Kuragino" 

"Selenga - Baikal" complex expedition

Interactive tour of the complex expedition " Selenga - Baikal "

Zone of studies (3rd floor) 

Video tour "Bathyscaphe" 

Zone "In the world of animals" (3rd floor) 

Interesting geography: "Smart Moscow" (schedule

Zone of the partners of the Festival 

AirPano video side-show - 360° panoramas (1st floor) 

Interactive class (special schedule), 3rd Floor 

11:00  - Across countries and continents. part 1 

11:40 - Tour of St. Petersburg. part 1 

12:20 - Journey into the world of atomic energy. part 1 

13:00 - Planet Earth Solar System. part 1 

13:40 - History of astronomy. Space exploration. part 1 

14:20 - Across countries and continents. part 2

15:00 - Tour of St. Petersburg. part 2 

15:40 - Journey into the world of atomic energy. part 2 

16:20 - Planet Earth Solar System. part 2 

17:00 - History of astronomy. Space exploration. part 2 

17:40 - Across countries and continents. part1 

18:20 - Tour of St. Petersburg. part 1 

19:00 - Journey into the world of atomic energy. part 1 

19:40 - Earth planet of the solar system. part 1

Zone "ETNOMIR" (playground in front of Central House of Artists) 

10: 00-11: 00 The story of the customs and traditions of the nomadic peoples of Russia, the interior of the yurt 

11: 00-12: 00 Workshop "Dreamcatcher" 

12: 00-13: 00 The story of the customs and traditions of the nomadic peoples of Russia, the interior of the yurt 

14: 00-16: 00 Workshop "Dreamcatcher" 

16: 00-17: 00 The story of the customs and traditions of the nomadic peoples of Russia, the interior of the yurt 

17: 00-18: 00 Workshop "Dreamcatcher" 

18: 00-20: 00. Tea traditions of nomadic peoples

Zone of regional representatives 

Dagestan branch of the Russian Geographical Society 

Workshop: traditional crafts of Dagestan 

Additional masterclasses and workshops

12: 00-17: 00 Workshop: "Wood Carving", the Center of children’ creativity "Strekoza" (Ryazan) 

15: 00-16: 00 Cooking masterclass: traditional flatbread (Ingushetia branch)

All day long: masterclass on hop and kvass-tasting for audiences 12+ (Chuvash branch)