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Vologda City is taking part in the competition "Cultural Capital of Russia 2027". The popular vote for the "Cultural Capital 2027" will last until December 5. Almost 85,000 people have already voted for Vologda to become the "Cultural Capital".
05.11.2025 11:22
On November 4 Vologda marked National Unity Day.
The public holiday was established in honour of events of 1612 when Russian voluntary troops commanded by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Moscow from foreign invaders. In the church calendar this is Day of Our Lady of Kazan whose icon was the main relic of the voluntary troops. In 2005, the Russian government made November 4th a public holiday.
Unity Day is a national holiday in Russia held on November 4. This day has gone down in history as a day of unity of the people. Its origins go very far back to important events in the Russian history.
The celebration will take place at Ded Moroz' Votchina, a few miles outside Veliky Ustyug. Festive performances, fireworks, sport events and concerts are part of the program.
This year’s Night of the Arts will once again transform Vologda into a stage for numerous cultural events and performances.
The Russian Forest, an exhibition for innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles, will start its work in Vologda on December 5, 2025.
The popular vote for the "Cultural Capital 2027" will last until December 5.
Vasily Belov is a Vologda-born writer, poet and dramatist who published more than sixty books. His books chronicle the life in a northern Russian village and reflect on the fate of the peasantry,
From October 29 to 31, St. Petersburg is hosting Russian Industrialist International Forum and Exhibition, a federal platform that brings together the leaders of companies, enterprises and societies of key industries and business to interact with the state, technology companies, scientific organizations, small and medium businesses and foreign partners.
30.10.2025 09:40
Export of glued plywood from Vologda Region increased by 65%.
Since the beginning of 2025, 200 shipments of glued plywood have been exported from the Vologda Region.