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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.