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The VOICES Festival will take place from July 7th to 9th, 2016 in the beautiful Russian city of Vologda.
The festival is aimed at popularization of folk arts and handicrafts among the younger generation. It will be arranged with an active backing of the Vologda City Administration and a Handicrafts Centre “Reznoi Palisad (Carved Fence)”.
Vologda Region delegation will be led by Oleg Kuvshinnikov, the region’s governor. Valentina Matveenko, the Chairperson of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is to attend the event.
An exhibition of Vologda’s lace kicked off in Tønder on June 2. The exhibition of delicate Vologda lace (over 100 exhibits all in all) is arranged by the Museum of History and Culture of South Jutland (Denmark), the Vologda State Museum-Preserve, the Vologda lace Museum, the Danish Embassy in Moscow and the Russian Embassy in Denmark. It is timed to coincide with the 10th Lace Festival in Tønder. The Lace Festival in Tønder is held every third year. The first festival took place in June 1989.
On June 8th the Vologda Oblast Governor took part in a plenary session of the third Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions. The forum’s theme is Implementation of a Coordinated Economic Policy in the Union State: Achievements, Obstacles, Solutions and Prospects.
Tønder is a city in Denmark (South Jutland) that had an important lace industry in the 17th and 18th centuries. Say the word “lace" and Danes think of Tønder. Lacemaking has always been a specifically Danish industry.
The 3rd Belarus-Russia Forum of Regions kicked off in Minsk on June 7th. It will last for two days.
Russian-Chinese business forum for small and medium business opened in Sochi on Monday. The schedule consists of three plenary sessions and 16 thematic sections, as well as expositions of regions and companies of Russia and China.
The festival Voices of History, which emerged in 1991 as a review of the performances of professional theatres in the historical and architectural ensemble of the unique environment of the Vologda Kremlin has long been a hallmark of the Vologda Region, a favourite festival of all theatre-goers. In 2003 it received an international status. The theatre festival is held every two years in June.
Vologda City has made the top 10 list of Russia's most popular destinations for families with children this summer, according to a study conducted by travel website Travel.ru.