St. Petersburg's New Year tree: imperial grandeur and palace classics
Admirals
and socialites, literary characters from the city's historical past and, of
course, many beautiful ladies in fashionable dresses of the 18th century - this
is how the designers presented the New Year tree of the city on the Neva.
There are a lot of porcelain dolls handmade by the St. Petersburg folk art craft.
"Poteshny Сraft" in historical and secular outfits, pearl garlands and gold ornaments in the style of palace classics.
Of course,
the figure of Peter the Great, the founder of the city, takes an honorable
place in the decoration.
On the Main
Alley of VDNH visitors are greeted by 89 New Year trees, each of them
representing a region of the country with its folk arts, crafts and traditions.
And the 90th blue spruce symbolizes the RUSSIA EXPO itself.
Theatre and film actor, director, producer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Artistic Director of the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre Sergei Bezrukov joined the project "What Does the Motherland Begin With?".
The National Centre RUSSIA has launched a new animated series, "The Book of Russian Fairy Tales: The Faraway Kingdom" ("The Thrice-Ninth Tsardom").
Exactly one year ago, on 4 September 2025, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, opened the National Centre RUSSIA branch in Vladivostok.
