MOSCOW, June 12 – RIA Novosti. A large-scale program with festivals, exhibitions and master classes awaits Muscovites at all city venues on Russia Day, June 12, while the central event will be a large concert on Red Square, hosted by Nikolai Baskov and Olga Shelest, and all festive events will end with colorful fireworks on the main square.

Festivals in Sokolniki and master classes in Presnya

A large-scale program for celebrating Russia Day will be held in Sokolniki Park, which includes four major festivals.

Thus, from 12.00 to 16.00, the “Big Training” of the Match TV channel starts on Festival Square, during which one of the most titled Russian motorcycle extreme athletes, Marat Kankadze, will perform for guests. And for football fans, the trophy of the winners of the Russian Football Premier League, which this year was won by Spartak for the first time in 16 years, will be displayed on the site from 14.00, the portal reports.

At the end of the “Big Training”, the concert program “Ours in the City” starts, where the best Russian groups will perform. The headliner will be the rock band 7B.

From 13.00 to 21.00, another concert program will be held on Fontannaya Square in the park, which will include DJ sets and musical performances. And the main event of the site will be the meeting of park guests with the Russian gymnast, four-time Olympic champion Alexei Nemov.

The third Moscow Festival of Contemporary Literature will be held on the Rotunda stage from 11.00 to 20.00. Among the guests of the event is the popular video blogger Nikolai Sobolev, who recently released the book “The Path to Success.”

Master classes on kite flying, airplane design and a concert will also be held in Krasnaya Presnya Park. Master classes will be held in the park from 12.00 to 20.00, and at 14.00 the Russian Radio concert will begin.

Russia Day will also be celebrated in other parks. For example, the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will host a large music festival "Russia", a concert by the Imperialis Orchestra will be held in the Muzeon Arts Park, and a celebration of Russian hospitality "Samovarfest" will be held in the Hermitage Garden.

Events on the main streets

The “Multinational Russia” festival, organized by the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs, will take place on Pushkinskaya Square from 12.00 to 20.00. The festival town will begin operating at 12.00. The tents “Cartoon Country” (cartoons about different peoples and cities), interactive “Crafts Country” (a forge with a hammer and anvil), and “Doll Country” (puppet workshop) will be presented.

The exhibition “Country in Details” will open, demonstrating the diversity of all 85 regions of Russia. The culmination of the festival at 14.00 will be a large concert with the participation of national groups and performers. The hosts are actress Yana Poplavskaya and singer Zarif Norov.

The grandiose holiday "Russian History Day" will be held on Tverskaya Street from 12.00 to 22.00 (in the area from Pushkinskaya Square to Manezhnaya), as well as on Okhotny Ryad Street. About 17 thematic zones will be located here, the best reconstructions for all 12 days of the “Times and Epochs. Collection” festival, which began at the beginning of the month.

Among the thematic zones are “Dyakovskaya Culture” (the work of weavers, potters and jewelers), “Rus and Neighbors” (exhibition of armor of Russian troops), “The Age of Peter I” (Moscow street of the 18th century), a site dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812, “The USSR in the 30s” (board games, songs with a guitar, a parade of athletes and an exhibition of vintage cars), “The Great Patriotic War” (courses for machine gunners, nurses, air defense fighters).

On Teatralny Proezd from 12.00 to 20.00 there will be a special equestrian program dedicated to Russia Day, which will include a performance by the military-applied equestrian sports team of the Cavalry Honorary Escort of the Presidential Regiment and the Kremlin Riding School "Traditions of Equestrian Russia".

The open festival "Cherry Forest" will be held on Triumfalnaya Square, as well as the exhibition exposition of the Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th Century".

Program of the War Museum on Poklonskaya

On Poklonnaya Hill, the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War has prepared a special program and will open its doors to everyone for free. The Museum of the Great Patriotic War is the first among federal museums to take the initiative - in honor of Russia Day, to provide everyone with the opportunity to visit the museum for free. On this day, guests will be able to visit dioramas, visit expositions and exhibitions, as well as open areas of weapons and military equipment.

The main event will be a patriotic event - a flash mob "Symbols of Russia". Hundreds of students, schoolchildren, members of youth and public organizations will unfurl the largest state flag of Russia and perform the country's anthem to the accompaniment of a brass band.

Also on this day, the museum will host a special exhibition “Symbols of the Russian State”, excursions, master classes and interactive programs will be held. Popular melodies by Russian and Soviet composers will be performed by brass bands.

Big concert on Red Square

A concert dedicated to the celebration of Russia Day will be held on Red Square from 17.00 to 22.00. It will be hosted by Olga Shelest and Nikolai Baskov. The organizers promise a large star lineup on the square stage on this day, but access to the event will only be possible with invitation tickets.

About 30 thousand people are expected to attend the concert.

Zoo

The Moscow Zoo has prepared its own special program for city residents. Guests can take a free tour, watch a concert, or take a master class in playing wind instruments.

During the excursion, visitors will be told about the animals of our country - for example, what a polar bear does in winter or who lives in the forests of the middle zone and who lives in the city.

The free tour will start at 14.00. To participate, you must first register.

Also at 15.00, as part of the “Zoomusic” project, the “Carnival of Animals” concert will take place. Everyone is welcome at the summer stage on the old territory. At the end of the program, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater stage orchestra Yaroslav Alekseev will talk about traditional wind instruments and conduct a master class on playing them.

Domestic films in cinemas

On Russia Day, 12 Moscow cinemas will show Russian films, both from the Soviet period and modern ones, for free.

On the big screen, viewers will be able to see the films that conquered Cannes, Berlin and Venice. The program includes films by Alexander Sokurov, Alexey German Jr., Alexey Popogrebsky. Citizens will also have the opportunity to watch films by Nikolai Ekk, the director of the first films with color and sound, and films by Oscar and Palme d'Or nominee Grigory Chukhrai.

In honor of the holiday, the film "Faust" directed by Alexander Sokurov will be shown at the Zvezda cinema. The film is based on the first part of Goethe's tragedy of the same name. The film won the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice Film Festival in 2011.

The Fakel cinema will show films by Alexei German Jr., in which Chulpan Khamatova played one of the main roles. These are "Paper Soldier" (2008) and "Under Electric Clouds" (2015). The first film received the Silver Lion at the 65th Venice Film Festival for Best Director.

Another winner of the Berlin Film Festival is Alexei Popogrebsky’s film “How I Spent This Summer” (2010). At the 60th ceremony, actors Grigory Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis received the Silver Bear for best male roles. The film will be shown at the Yunost cinema on June 12.

The free film program also includes films made during the Soviet era, which took part in various film festivals. Among them are “The Jumper” by Samson Samsonov (1955), “The Forty-First” by Pavel Chukhrai (1956), “The Road to Life” by Nikolai Ekk (1931), “One Hundred Days After Childhood” (1975) and “The Rescuer” (1980) by Sergei Solovyov and others.

Cartoons and cinema at VDNKh

The VDNKh exhibition complex prepared a special program for Russia Day, and the celebration began already on the weekend.

Here the Soyuzmultfilm film studio celebrates its birthday, where it will delight guests of the holiday with master classes on drawing natural materials, creating toys from hay, outdoor games and a dance flash mob.

In the Small Workshop, everyone will be able to watch the studio’s cartoons.

On June 12, the historical park will host several sites dedicated to Russia “yesterday and today.” Thus, visitors will be able to see the historical reconstruction “From the Rurikovichs to the Romanovs. XI-XVII centuries”, play historical games, see weapons, military life and costumes of that time.

Additionally, the program will include a private screening of Pavel Lungin’s cult film “The Island” and a lecture by the famous historian Andrei Sazanov. In addition, viewers will see films from the Russian Geographical Society - a retrospective of the films "Tops of Russia".

The park will have a free area with films, where children and adults will be able to experience real emotions from a parachute jump, flying on a wingsuit and modern fighter jets.

At the beginning of summer, the park opened the summer dance season - they teach Zumba, Latin American dancing, belly dancing and break dancing for free, and guests also have the opportunity to attend parties and master classes.

There are rental stations for bicycles, roller skates and hoverboards on the territory of VDNKh.

Fireworks on Red Square

A colorful fireworks display will sum up all the festive events in the city. It will be launched at approximately 22.00 at the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge between Moskvoretskaya and Varvarka streets.

500 multi-colored volleys will soar into the sky, and the fireworks will last five minutes.

Program of events in Moscow for Russia Day 2017: where to go on Russia Day 2017, what to see in the Russian capital on a long weekend - read about it in the TopNews material.

Russia Day 2017: where to go in Moscow?

According to Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development Leonid Pechatnikov, from June 10 to 12, 2017, more than 150 events will be held in the capital. The largest celebrations will take place on June 12, including: a gala concert of the “Shield and Lyre” festival in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill (18:00-22:00), the “Russia” music festival in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve (12 :00-20:00), writes Interfax.

As part of the "Cherry Forest" festival, a cultural and entertainment program is planned on Triumfalnaya Square with an exhibition of the State Tretyakov Gallery "Art of the 20th Century".

The central event of the celebration will be a concert on Red Square, in intkbbach which will feature leading musical performers. The concert will take place from 17:30 to 22:00, then the festive fireworks will begin.

Congratulating Muscovites and guests of the capital on Russia Day in 2017 will be: Kristina Orbakaite, “Chaif”, Garik Sukachev, “Beasts”, “Degrees”, Valeria, Sklyar, Sergei Trofimov, A-studio, Chicherina and other artists.

According to the deputy mayor, public order in Moscow during the holidays will be ensured by over 8.7 thousand police officers, as well as employees of the Russian Guard and people's vigilantes.

From June 10 to 19, the cultural center "House on the Patriarch's" will host an exhibition of the actress of the theater "At the Nikitsky Gates" Yulia Bruzhait. The first musical and gastronomic weekend of the FUNKY FOOD project will take place in the Krasnaya Presnya park from June 10 to 11, and the festival town on Pushkinskaya Square will open at noon on June 12. - the festival "Multinational Russia" will take place there.

On the alleys of Tverskoy Boulevard on Russia Day, a unique exhibition “The Country in Details” will appear, which will tell about all 85 regions of our country. The culmination of the festival will be a big concert, which will begin at 15:00 with the People's Friendship Parade.

The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will host the Russia music festival from 12:00 to 22:00.

The closing of the Art Football festival was scheduled for June 12, and 630 square meters were allocated to VDNKh. m for lovers of badminton and ping-pong.

At the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve you can see the exhibition “Sovereign Intercessor of Russia”, dedicated to the anniversary of the acquisition of the Sovereign Icon, and at the Kuskovo estate all events dedicated to the state holiday will be held on June 11.

History buffs will be able to visit the thematic excursion “The Sheremetevs in the fate of Russia in the 18th-19th centuries.”

On June 12, a mass bike ride will take place in Sadovniki Park. On the wooden terrace of the Muzeon art park from 21:00 to 22:00 there will be a concert of the young composer Ilya Beshevli, accompanied by the Imperialis chamber orchestra.

Creative master classes on folk crafts and orienteering competitions will be held in Severnoye Tushino Park. Visitors to Lianozovsky Park will enjoy family relay races, creative master classes and a concert.

Guests of Goncharovsky Park will be able to take part in sports competitions and watch an extreme power tournament among women. Outdoor games and quizzes are organized for children. The celebration will end with a concert on the main stage.

In Perovsky Park, visitors will be entertained all day with musical concerts, and in the evening, visitors will be treated to a quiz and a screening of the film “Wedding in Malinovka.” A photo exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society "Peoples of Russia" will open in Vorontsovsky Park. At 20:00 the film "Courier" will be shown there.

Guests of the Lilac Garden from 15:00 to 17:00 will enjoy a performance by stilt walkers, an educational lecture and a master class on creating a flag. An open-air disco will be held in the park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow.

Guests of the holiday in Babushkinsky Park will enjoy master classes, a photo exhibition, animation and concert programs and a film screening.

By tradition, Russia Day in 2017 will end with fireworks at several venues in Moscow. You can watch the colorful fireworks on June 12, 2017 in the following places:

• Red Square.
• Tagansky.
• Babushkinsky.
• Goncharovsky.
• Izmailovsky parks.
• Hermitage Garden

A special program for Russia Day was prepared by 19 parks of the Moscow Department of Culture. Visitors can expect poetry from the robot Pushkin, tea drinking from a two-meter samovar, master classes on making flags and much more. Ten parks will host free film screenings. For example, in the Hermitage Garden, Krasnaya Presnya Park, Izmailovsky Park and Kuzminki Park you can watch the film “After You” (2016) with the participation of Sergei Bezrukov. Visitors to Tagansky Park will be treated to the 2015 comedy about love “Without Borders.” Lianozovsky, Vorontsovsky and Perovsky parks will show “Girls”, “Courier” and “Wedding in Malinovka”.

Sokolniki: robot Pushkin and street music festival

For two days, June 11 and 12, visitors to Sokolniki Park will be able to communicate. The Android will be brought from the “Robostation” to VDNKh; he has a physical resemblance to the poet and can recite more than 600 of his poems. You can listen to his performance of his favorite excerpts from the poem “Ruslan and Lyudmila” or the novel “Eugene Onegin” from 12:00 to 18:00 next to the Rotunda stage, not far from the main entrance to the park.

On Fontannaya Square on Russia Day from 13:00 to 21:00 there will be concerts and DJ sets. At 16:00, the street music festival “Ours in the City” starts on Festivalnaya Square with the participation of Russian groups playing mainly in the pop-rock style.

Hermitage Garden: tea drinking from a giant samovar

On Russia Day, the Hermitage Garden will be organized as part of the First All-Russian Festival of Russian Feast and Hospitality, Samovarfest. Guests will be treated to tea from a two-meter brass samovar from 12:00 to 21:00. 500 people can drink a hot drink from it at the same time.

Guests will also enjoy exciting quests, master classes, an exhibition of national costumes and ancient exhibits, a fashion show and a concert.

For tea at the festival you will be able to buy bagels, baklava, cheesecakes and other sweets. The holiday will end with a gala concert with the participation of the groups “Accident”, “After 11” and artists of the “Russian Song” theater.

Also in the Hermitage Garden there will be a free screening of the Russian film “After You” (2016) directed by Anna Matison and starring Sergei Bezrukov. Starts at 21:00.

"Living" flag in Tagansky Park

Russia Day in the park will begin with the distribution of thousands of ribbons in the colors of the Russian tricolor. Guests will be invited to participate in the creation of a giant flag. Having lined up and raising white, blue and red ribbons above their heads, the flash mob participants will create a “living” flag. The action starts at 15:00. Entrance to the event is from Taganskaya Street.

On June 12, a group will perform on the stage of the park with a program composed of musical hits of the 1920-1930s.

In the evening there will be a free screening of the Russian comedy melodrama “Without Borders” (2015), consisting of four short stories about love. The session starts at 18:00.

Bauman Garden: theater festival

On June 12, from 13:00 to 20:00, the festival of new drama “Theatre. New forms." Guests can enjoy dancing and freestyle battles. On the main stage of the park at 15:00 there will be a freestyle show, followed by a musical and poetic performance.

Kuzminki Park: robot assembly competition

While the Sokolniki guests will be entertained by the robot Pushkin with poetry, visitors to the Kuzminki park will also be introduced to robotics. From 11:00 to 17:00 on June 12, there will be competitions in assembling androids, as well as speed races of radio-controlled cars. At 12:00, the interactive scientific show “Einstein’s Children” will take place on the playground. Children and parents will be invited to take part in educational master classes, where they will be shown how to create wind using a vortex generator, as well as prepare a carbonated drink according to their own recipe.

At 20:00 in the park you can watch the film “After You” with Sergei Bezrukov in the title role.

Krasnaya Presnya Park: outdoor lectures

On June 12 at 14:00 the holiday will begin with a lecture by historians on Russian state symbols. From 15:00 to 17:00 there will be master classes on aircraft modeling and kite design.

From 17:00, musical groups will perform on the stage of the park. The holiday will end with a film screening at the summer cinema. The broadcast of the film “After You” will begin at 20:00.

Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill: guard of honor watch

On June 12, the park will host the XII festival of musical creativity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Shield and Lyre”. A concert of creative groups and performers of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Central Concert Orchestra of the Russian Police will take place on Pobediteley Square. From 10:00 to 18:00, in honor of the holiday, a guard of honor will be held at the Eternal Flame.

Lecture hall in Izmailovsky Park

A lecture hall will be organized on the central square of the park, where they will talk about the history of the holiday, and also read poems dedicated to Russia. The events will take place from 14:00 to 19:00. The screening of the film “After You” will take place at 21:00.

Balloon launch in Fili Park

On Russia Day, visitors to Fili Park will be entertained with football master classes, relay races and dance programs. In the evening, guests will enjoy a mass launch of balloons into the sky and a screening of the documentary film “Grand Maket Russia” in the summer cinema. Starts at 21:00.

Mass bike ride in Sadovniki Park

A mass bike ride will take place in Sadovniki Park on June 12. The sports route will pass through Fontannaya Square of the park. From 10:00 the competition on balance bikes among the youngest (up to six years old) will begin. From 13:00 to 17:00 there will be a bicycle race for adults. The main test for the participants will be the dry fountain. Victory awaits those who finish the fastest and also do not get their clothes wet while overcoming the water obstacle. During the day, games of badminton, frisbee and disc golf will be organized for park guests.

On a wooden terrace Muzeon Art Park from 21:00 to 22:00 there will be a concert by the young composer Ilya Beshevli, accompanied by the Imperialis chamber orchestra.

Guests park "Northern Tushino" Creative master classes on folk crafts and orienteering competitions await you. There will be a petting zoo for children, and from 15:00 there will be a mobile planetarium with educational lectures. The concert will begin at 18:00.

Family relay races, creative master classes and a concert await visitors Lianozovsky Park. Spectators will be able to see the battle of the strongest athletes in extreme strength among men and take part in sports competitions. At 20:45 the park will show the film “Girls”.

In Goncharovsky Park guests will be able to take part in sports competitions and watch an extreme power tournament among women. Outdoor games and quizzes are organized for children. The festive evening will end with a concert on the main stage.

Visitors Perovsky Park There will also be musical concerts throughout the day. In the evening, visitors will be treated to a quiz and a screening of the film “Wedding in Malinovka.” Starts at 20:00.

IN Vorontsovsky Park You will be able to see the photo exhibition of the Russian Geographical Society “Peoples of Russia”. At 20:00 the park will show the film “Courier”.

IN Lilac Garden from 15:00 to 17:00 guests will enjoy a performance by stilt walkers, an educational lecture and a master class on creating a flag.

IN park of the 850th anniversary of Moscow There will be an open-air disco.

Holiday guests in Babushkinsky Park There will be master classes, a photo exhibition, animation and concert programs, as well as a film screening at 19:00.

Employees of the INNOV portal have prepared a list of festive events that are prepared for Russia Day in the capital. June 12 is an official day off; Muscovites will be able to attend many festive events that are planned in all districts.

City streets and houses will be decorated with flags, ribbons and posters. Video collages with congratulations will be shown on the facades of book houses. Previously, INNOV posted a preliminary list of events in the capital.

Weather for Russia Day in Moscow

The weather on June 12 in the capital is expected to be sunny. Light clouds possible. The air temperature in the morning and throughout the day will fluctuate from +12 to +22 degrees. Muscovites and city guests have a great opportunity to attend more interesting events and enjoy the holiday atmosphere.

Pushkinskaya Square

On Pushkinskaya Square, spectators can enjoy an interesting program of the “Multinational Russia” festival. The festival town will begin its work at noon.

12.00 - opening of the festival town on Pushkinskaya Square;

14.00 - press conference with the participation of the winners and jury members of the children's competition "Dolls in national costumes of the peoples of Russia";

15.00 - 15.20 - musical and dance performances “Peoples' Friendship Parade”;

15.30 - 15.50 - the official part and the Russian anthem performed by the concert participants;

15.50 - 20.00 - concert program.

Hermitage Garden

From 12.00 to 21.00 on the territory of the Hermitage Garden there will be a “Samovarfest” or samovar festival, where you can drink tea from the largest wood-burning samovar, the volume of which is three hundred liters. This samovar should be included in the Russian Book of Records. A massive tea party is expected. Five hundred people can drink hot tea from this samovar.

Victory Park

On June 12, from 17.00 to 22.00, a gala concert of the winners of the twelfth festival of musical creativity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia “Shield and Lyre” will take place in Victory Park. The performance will be attended by groups and performers from among the department’s employees, and the concert orchestra of the Russian police will also take part. Alexander Rosenbaum, Soso-Pavliashvili, Alexander Ivanov and the Rondo group, Jasmine, Stas Piekha, Alexander Buinov and others will perform on stage.

Museum-Reserve "Kolomenskoye"

At established venues on the territory of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve, several dozen creative groups will perform for Muscovites and present their musical and dance numbers.

Perovsky Park

A sports festival will be held in Perovsky Park on June 12 from 11.00 to 13.00. Everyone will be able to take part in fitness exercises, attend a master class from fitness instructors, and pass GTO standards.

Museum-Estate "Kuskovo"

On the territory of the Kuskovo museum-estate, all events dedicated to Russia Day will be held on June 11. Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to visit the exhibition entitled “Moscow. Chronicles of Soviet times. To the 870th anniversary of the city." The history of the development of the cultural and economic life of the capital will be presented at the stands of the exhibition complex.

On Russia Day, Muscovites can expect a bright festive fireworks display that will illuminate the sky with lights at 10 p.m.