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The meeting was chaired by Nikolai Tsukanov, Plenipotentiary Presidential Representative in the North Western Federal District.

The meeting was organized within the framework of the visit of Lower Saxony's Economy, Labour and Transport Minister Olaf Lies to Russia. It was agreed to hold such a meeting in August 2016 when Deputy Governor Alexei Kozhevnikov went to Bad Pyrmont, Germany at the invitation of the Honorary Consul of Russian Federation in Hannover. The main objective of the visit was to participate in a German-Russian economic conference aimed at improving the efficiency of Russian-German economic cooperation, expansion of direct official and business contacts, exchange of experience in the sphere of economy and investments.

According to a newly created legend, Ded Moroz was born on November 18th in Veliky Ustyug, a small town in the Vologda region. The date of the magician's birthday was chosen by weather chart makers as their long-term observations register that on that very day the ground of Veliky Ustyug is usually covered with a heavy snow blanket. No one knows his exact age. Although experts insist his career began more than 150 years ago, the first mentions of his appearance in noble Russian families on Christmas and New Year eve date back to the beginning of the 19th century.

The Regional State Council is an advisory body to the Governor, which deals with issues of the highest importance to the region as a whole.

His international career has included repeated solo recitals in London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscow, Mexico City, New York, Hamburg and Copenhagen. He toured the USA and the former Soviet Union several times.

On a visit to Helsinki, the experts in timbered house-building from the Vologda Region negotiated with representatives of Signal Window and General Finland that unites about 20 small- and medium-sized businesses in Finland.

A hot piano player Polina Fradkina and an exceptionally charming Cuban percussion player Joel Gonzales founded IN-TEMPORALIS duo in 2007. The Duo has been existing based on the principle of unity of completely different national cultures, at the turn of world classics and diversity of ancient and modern rhythms. Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky, Grieg, Prokofiev, Ravel, and Rossini mix and interweave with unusual intonations and tone colors inherent in different world cultures.

The World Legacy Awards are a groundbreaking collaboration between two giants in the world of travel: National Geographic and ITB Berlin. The awards are unprecedented in their international visibility and promotion, reaching National Geographic's global audience of more than 700 million people worldwide each month through its media platforms, products and events.

INWETEX - CIS Travel Market is the largest trade fair of travel services in the North-West of Russia which was held in St. Petersburg, Russia on October13-15.

The representatives of Joensuu science park (Finland) came to Cherepovets City on a two-day-duration visit.