Kostroma is a wonderful place to visit any time of the year, but never more so than during the holidays. There are few sights more enchanting than taking a walk along the riverfront promenade with ...

The snow maiden, innocent enchantress of the forest, is destined to melt away with the spring sunshine. Like many other sets of incidental music written to accompany plays, Tchaikovsky’s Snegurochka ...

Russian History, Vol. 46, No. 4, Special issue: Artistic Communities and Educational Approaches in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Russia (Dec 2019), pp. 276-291 (16 pages) The character of ...

In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Save Snegurochka Snegurochka was captured by grimly snowmen. Go through exciting adventures and face challenges some tricky snowmen tought up. A lovely and ...

Acting the parts of Russia’s two main festive characters at traditional New Year shows requires those playing the roles to be kind, quick-witted and resourceful, in order to maintain children’s belief ...

Around the world there are different versions of the jolly, bearded man who gives gifts to children in December or, in some countries, January. Unlike the bloated, red-coated father Christmas of the ...

Learn more about the full cast of Snegurochka with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide ...

When Vick directed a radically different take, also at the Mariinsky, in 2014, the Natasha was 25-year-old Aida Garifullina, born in Kazan so like Nureyev and Chaliapin a Russian of Tatar origins. Not ...