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“Rendezvous with Russia”, a three-day international film festival, will be opened on December 13-15 in the Vologda Region, featuring around 30 Russian and foreign films, documentaries and animated movies. The festival hopes to boost tourism in the region, hosting round table discussions to debate the future of the local tourist industry.

The St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum is an exclusive cultural event, a unique debating stage that gathers thousands of experts in the field of culture from all over the world. Among them - theatre and opera stars, ballet dancers and coaches, outstanding directors and musicians, authority and business representatives, academic community leaders.

Last weekend when Russia celebrated the National Unity Day, the Vologda Kremlin was visited by 3,800 people interested in history, local lore and traditions of the Vologda Region. The guest of the city arrived from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Obninsk, Zhukovsky, Cherepovets, the Republic of Belarus and Bulgaria.
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.