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The meeting was held as part of a series of meetings devoted to economic and social development of regions.
The day of State flag of the Russian Federation, one of the statutory holidays of Russia, was established in 1994 by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation and is celebrated on August, 22.
In the 21st century Vologda has been very active in the ex-libris movement with many graphic artists becoming interested in ex-libris creation, with a regular participation in international competitions and an increasing number of dedicated collectors.
Dmitry Smirnov won four gold medals in swimming competing with police officers, firefighters from around the world at the Olympics-style international competition that continued through August 16th.
The festival is named after Valery Gavrilin, the great Russian composer, People's artist of Russia who was born in Vologda.
The 5th International Festival “Roses of Obzor” was held in Obzor, at the seaside in hospitable and sunny Bulgaria from July 31 to August 14. It attracted most talented and promising children and youth in the field of arts.
Every year Tatyana Watson comes from Australia to visit Bryanchaninovs' country estate, a unique monument of history and culture of the Federal value.
The history of Tot’ma is also the story of many outstanding people - seafarers, merchants, poets and artists. One of the oldest in Russia, it is known as a town of museums and seafarers. In the second half of the 18th century, 20 expeditions left from Totma. One of the most important led to the discovery of the Commander Islands and the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
Today the new glassware production line has been launched at the Smerdomsky glass-works that was established in the district 120 years ago.
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Vologda will become ex-libris capital of Russia on August 22-26.
Being the cultural capital of the Russian North, Vologda will host the 6th All-Russian Ex-libris Exhibition on August 22-26. It will feature ex-libris creations from many Russian regions and such CIS-countries as Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia and Kazakhstan. After the congress all the works will be donated to the Vologda Picture Gallery.