The opening ceremony of the III Festival of the Russian Geographical Society

Photo by Denis Knyazev
Photo by Denis Knyazev

The 3rd of November in the Central House of Artists in Moscow there will be open the III Festival of the Russian Geographical Society, dedicated to the unity and diversity of the peoples of our country. About 30 regions of the Russian Federation took part in the organization of the expositions and the program of the event. The narrators  of the ceremony there will be Vladislav Zavyalov and Elena Lander, "Morning of Russia", channel "Russia 1". 

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The narrators of the ceremony there will be Vladislav Zavyalov and Elena Lander. Photo from the website https://russia.tv
The narrators of the ceremony there will be Vladislav Zavyalov and Elena Lander. Photo from the website https://russia.tv

One of the main events of the first day of the geographical event – the solemn rewarding of the winners of the 3rd photo competition of the Russian Geographical Society «The most beautiful country». You may enjoy the works of the winners and finalists of the project in the exhibition area of the Festival.
In the cinema-and-lecture hall there will have their speeches the stars of the contest of the Russian Geographical Society «The best guide of Russia». The guests will get to know a lot of interesting about Tomsk, Kronstadt, Volgograd and the other cities of our country from the most enthusiastic and talented guides.

An ensemble of the Cossack song «Slavica» from the Krasnodar Territory, State academic Koryak national ensemble of dance «Mengo» and an ensemble «Armas» from the Leningrad region.

Besides, during all the day various master-classes are expecting for the guests. Thus, in the eyes of spectators there will be created ceramic, textile and leather products, all interested persons can make their own Nenets amulet or learn how to knit sea knots.

For the youngest guests on the «Fairy Forest» site there will be organized the showing of cartoons «The Mountain of gems» based on folk tales. In addition, here you can hear tales voiced by famous people, and admire the drawings of Ivan Bilibin.

Address: Moscow, Central House of Artists, Krymsky Val, 10

Opening hours of the Festival: November 3-12, 2017, from 10:00 to 20:00 (November 3 from 15:00)