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On July 31, the small town of Totma in Russia’s Vologda Region will celebrate Russian America Day at the same time as Fort Ross in northern California, once the southernmost outpost of the Russian empire in the Americas and founded by Totma native Ivan Kuskov.
“Armenia and Russia are bound by long-standing friendship, so we are very happy that a delegation from Armenia has arrived in the Vologda Region on an official visit”, said Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov.
The main objective of the visit is to establish friendly and partnership relations between the Vologda Region and Armavir, to define guidelines for collaboration.
Vologda will host the 36th International FISAE Congress on August 22-27, 2016.
The Festival supported by the RF Ministry of Culture was held in Vologda twice – in 2011 and 2014.
The day of Russian America in the old Russian town of Tot'ma, located about 500 miles northeast of Moscow will be carried out for the fourth time.
The festival Voices of History" has come into being in Vologda in 1991 as the show of performances of professional theaters in historical and architectural environment. The main theme of the festival is "Theatre and History."
On July 8th a delegation from the Vologda Region led by Deputy Governor Alexei Sherlygin arrived in Helsinki to participate in a festival of Russian culture “Silver Necklace Plus”.
On July 8 a delegation from the Vologda Region arrived in Helsinki to present its tourism potential and handicrafts. Together with Vologda, several regions of Russia’s North-West presented Silver Necklace of Russia, a unique tourism product (brand) consisting of chain of routes crossing ancient Russian cities with unique historical and cultural heritage of Northwest Russia.
Black caviar is one of the most expensive food products in the world. The Vologda Region produces black caviar at the only enterprise, Diana, which is a part of the Russian Caviar House group of companies. Vologda Oblast Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov visited the plant and met its top leadership.