We are pleased to inform you that the e-visa to Russia was launched as from 01st August, 2023.
Citizens of 55 countries can now apply for visa to Russia online. You may find the list of countries and the application rules on the official website of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: https://evisa.kdmid.ru/ .
From July 15th, Russia has lifted the restrictions on crossing its land borders established in connection with the pandemic. Foreign tourists once again have the opportunity to enter our country on regular bus lines Lux Express and Ecolines.
On the 19th of February, the collective exhibition Moving Women opened at the Center of Contemporary Culture Smena in Kazan. The exposition, organized with the support of the Swedish Embassy, brought together the works of artists from Sweden, Russia, Spain and England.
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts has completed the first stage of the study of archaeological objects discovered by Heinrich Schliemann during the excavations of Troy in 1872-1890. For many years, 13 treasures were not shown to the public. For the first time about the Gold of Troy also known as Priam’s Treasure people started talking in 1996, when a sensational exhibition was arranged.
In May 2022, Moscow and Saint Petersburg will host for the first time in Russia the premieres of the international project Maria Callas. Memories in Letters. A solo performance by Monica Bellucci will take place on the 27th of May at the Alexandrinsky Theater in Saint-Petersburg and on the 31st of May at the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow.
From 5 to 15 April, Saint-Petersburg will host the 21st season of the Dance Open International Ballet Festival. The largest choreographic forum in Russia will return to the historical stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre. The festival will be held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia and the Committee for Culture of Saint-Petersburg.
The event will be attended by 10 famous ballet companies and more than 250 artists from Russia, Belgium, Germany, the Principality of Monaco, Spain, Great Britain, the USA, the Netherlands, and Poland.
MIR Travel Company is happy to present our Regular Departure Tours 2022, that start soon, in April 2022. The dates of the tours are fixed and guaranteed, and the departures are scheduled every week from April to October - the most pleasant time to visit Russia and the Baltic States.
On the 19th of January, the international Twitter campaign #MuseumSelfie was held online. On this day, social media users around the world post photos of themselves in museums.
At the initiative of the Kultura.
The year 2022 will be marked by various cultural events, including such a significant one as 150th anniversary of the Moscow State Historical Museum. This week it became known what exhibitions the museum will prepare to honor it.
The year of Peter the Great starts in Russia, in honor of the 350th anniversary of the birth of the Great Emperor that will take place this summer. On the 14th of January 2022, the State Hermitage Museum of Saint-Petersburg will host the grand opening of the new permanent exhibition, the Gallery of Peter the Great.
The cultural and architectural complex VDNKh invites you to traditional winter events in its pavilions. For example, in the Aviation and Cosmonautics Center, everyone can visit the exhibition Fedor Konyukhov: One man can do everything!, which will show visitors the artifacts of the famous traveler.
Dear friends, we are glad to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This year has been complicated for all of us, but we believe that changes for good are close. May 2022 be productive, successful and promising. We wish you lots of opportunities and pleasant surprises in the New Year 2022!