Attend a merchant’s wedding and become a volunteer of the Russian Red Cross. Events at the Exposition on May 15
On May 15, the International RUSSIA EXPO will continue the
All-Russian Wedding Festival, will hold a day of panna football and events
dedicated to the 157th anniversary of the Russian Red Cross.
Opening of the World of Electricity exposition
The exposition will tell visitors what the energy industry
of the future will be like and how the evolution of technology is changing
people's lives. Visitors will be able to get acquainted with the way electric
energy gets into the house, touch the key technologies of electricity distribution,
visit the portal of the future and learn about the prospects of space energy,
play on one of the world's first synthesizers devised by Russian inventor Lev
Termen, and learn what electricity and Pablo Picasso have in common.
When: 13:00
Where: Pavilion No. 46 "Energy of Life"
Photo exposition dedicated to the 157th anniversary of the
Russian Red Cross
The Exposition will present 20 significant photographs
showing important moments in the history of the organization, including the
invaluable contribution during World Wars I and II, as well as modern
directions of the organization's activities.
When: 13:00
Where: Central Alley of VDNH
There will be a masterclass for everyone with an opportunity
to practice ball possession and various panna football tricks and a tournament
among professional panna football players.
When: 10:00 - 21:00
Where: Pavilion C "Sport for Everyone"
Masterclass of Chadan Drama Theater on Tuvan national games
Here they will teach Tuvan national games that were played
during a Tuvan wedding, as well as show ritual songs and shaman's ritual
singing.
When: 12:00 - 12:30, 14:00 - 14:30, 16:00 - 17:00
Where: Pavilion No. 75 (Hall B, stand of the Republic of
Tuva)
Table-installation "Merchant Wedding in Tobolsk Province"
Masterclasses and tasting of wedding dishes: "candied"
salad, fried sturgeon with "Champagne" sauce, rhubarb sour cream, marzhetki
with salted caramel and others. A theatrical and gastronomic performance and a
tea party "Tea wedding traditions from the descendants of Kolokolnikov
merchants" are also planned.
When: 12:00 - 15:00
Where: Pavilion K "House of Russian Cuisine"
Table-installation and tent "Wedding on Yamal"
Chefs of Yamal will present masterclasses on preparation of
wedding table dishes: stroganina from reindeer meat with blueberry balsamic and
parmesan, smoked reindeer tongue, pine nut porridge and others. The program
also includes wedding songs performed by the artists of Yamal Philharmonic
Ekaterina Salinder and Valentin Valgamov.
When: 16:00 - 20:00
Where: Pavilion K "House of Russian Cuisine"
The fourth day of the festival will traditionally begin with
a wedding procession of couples and creative groups. This day will be carried
out in the wedding theme of "Bridal Shower", the main customs of which will be
played out by the artists of the Ural Federal District.
The bridal shower or bachelorette party is a rite of parting
with maidenhood. In many cultures, the maiden's braid is unbraided at the
bachelorette party. The braid was unbraided by bridesmaids. The unbraiding of
the braid symbolizes the end of the girl's former life. In many traditions, the
unbraiding of the braid is accompanied by a "farewell to the red beauty". "Red
beauty" is the ribbon or ribbons woven into the girl's braid.
The traditions of the bachelorette party will be presented to
the guests of the Exposition in a modern interpretation.
Afterwards, a marriage registration ceremony will take place
on the Main Street Stage. Couples will take home a piece of the fire of the
All-Russian Family Hearth, which was lit at the RUSSIA EXPO in honor of the
announcement of the Year of the Family.
When: 13:00 - 13:45, 13:45 - 14:30
Where: Procession route: the Main Arch of VDNH — the Main
Street Stage.
The Kurgan region will perform a play about a national
wedding, and the folklore ensemble "YaromilЪ" from the Tyumen region will show
a fragment of a wedding rite. The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area will delight
the audience with vocal and choreographic numbers.
Actors of the "Theater Space of Freedom" from the
Chelyabinsk region will demonstrate creative numbers. The Sverdlovsk region
will be represented by the dance ensemble under the direction of Galina
Krugovykh.
When: 14:30 - 15:30
Where: Main Street Stage
Musical performance: "Moscow Wedding Fashion"
A real ball and a show of wedding dresses from Moscow
designers will take place in the Moscow space. During the fashion show young
talented singers will perform favorite wedding songs of different years.
When: 18:00 - 18:30
Where: Pavilion No. 75 (Hall A, Moscow space)
Final of the Russian Championship among students of schools and colleges Knowledge.Game
In the final game, 75 teams from 41 regions of Russia will
meet in Moscow. One team will be declared the winner. In total, more than 120
thousand students representing about 14 thousand educational institutions took
part in the intellectual tournament organized by the Russian Society
"Knowledge".
When: 14:00 - 17:30
Where: Pavilion No. 57 "Education/Decade of Science and
Technology"
Conversations about Important Things
Key issues of every person's life — values, priorities,
meanings, symbols. These and many other important components are addressed
through conversations. Within the framework of educational readings and
conversations about important things, it is possible to find answers to many
pressing questions concerning both "eternal themes" and issues of life in the
modern world. The talk will be given by Grigory Gurov, Chairman of the Board of
the Russian Movement of Children and Youth "Movement of the First".
When: 14:00 - 15:20
Where: Pavilion 34 "Russian Space: Creating the Future".
Registration is required on the RUSSIA EXPO website
Creative meeting with actor and musician Vasily Urievsky
Vasily Urievsky, author and performer, participant of the
"Voice" project, actor of the Taganka Theater, is a guest of Moscow space.
Vasily will talk about his creative path and cultural agenda, as well as about
opportunities Moscow offers for young people.
When: 15:00 - 15:30
Where: Pavilion No. 75 (Hall A, Moscow space)
Time to a family: lecture "How to Become a Volunteer of the Russian Red Cross"
How to become a volunteer, what does it mean to be a
volunteer, where and how can you sign up as a volunteer and get necessary
consultations, as well as what requirements are imposed on volunteers of the
Russian Red Cross? These and other questions will be answered during the open
lecture by the staff of the local branch of the Academic Russian Red Cross.
When: 16:30 - 17:30
Where: Pavilion C "Family. Work. Longevity". Registration is
required on the RUSSIA EXPO website
The best performers from all over Russia, including Partizan
FM, Cossack Circle, groups from Krasnoyarsk, Penza, Vladimir, Surgut, St.
Petersburg, Tver and Moscow, will perform songs of the Cossacks from different
regions of Russia, songs of Siberia and the Russian North.
Also, men and boys will demonstrate playing helmeted gusli
(psaltery), Vladimir horns, accordions, balalaikas and other traditional
instruments.
When: 17:00 - 19:00
Where: Pavilion No. 75 (Hall A, Cultural Projects Zone)
"Heroes of the Russian Cinema Space": stand-up lecture
Hollywood masters of cinema Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas,
Roger Corman often name Russian directors Pavel Klushantsev and Richard
Viktorov among their teachers. Their
films are studied in most film academies of the world, but the secrets of their
movie tricks have not been fully unraveled yet. Paradoxically, before the
advent of "Star Wars", Soviet cinema had seriously overtaken
Hollywood in terms of movie stunts. The success of Soviet sci-fi films was so
great that in the 60's in the United States they were released in theaters
under the guise of Hollywood movies.
The stand-up lecture will introduce the secrets of Soviet
cinema, talk about the directors who tried to create the Russian school of
sci-fi cinema and whose amazing movie tricks are still used in world genre
cinema.
When: 18:30 - 20:00
Where: Pavilion D "Our Culture"
Lecture "Kuril Islands. History from the Edge of the World"
Meeting with photographer, head of WhiteRoad Club Anton
Agarkov.
In 2019 Anton Agarkov, photographer, participant of the
nature festival "Primordial Russia", organizer of yacht photo expeditions to
the Kuril Islands, chartered a yacht for the first time and went to the Kurils,
to the island of Yankicha. He brought back a sea of stories, impressions and
photos, but left a piece of his heart in the Kurils. And now these islands
shrouded in fog and washed by storm waves pull him back.
Since then, he returns to the islands every year and spends
at least a month there. During this time he has accumulated many stories, which
he will share with the guests of the Gazprom lecture hall.
When: 19:00 - 20:00
Where: Pavilion F Gazprom. Registration is required on the
RUSSIA EXPO website
Lecture "Russian Wooden Temple Architecture"
The lecture will talk about Russian wooden architecture — who
built it, how it was built, how it differs from other world traditions of
wooden architecture. Participants of the lecture will get acquainted with the
most striking monuments and talk about their fate in the modern world.
When: 19:00 - 21:00
Where: Pavilion No. 84 "House of Culture". Registration is
required on the RUSSIA EXPO website
The Farmers Fair in Pavilion No. 48 invites you to be amazed
by the variety and richness of tastes. Cheeses, sausages, delicacies, Siberian
berry jam, chocolate-covered cones, black and red caviar from all regions of
the country are presented here. You can comfortably get to our Fair by route
No. K, which departs from Pavilion No. 75, as well as from the stop
"Northern Loop", located at the arch of the Main Entrance of VDNH.
Pavilion No. 48 is within walking distance from the "City Farm" stop.
When: 10:00 - 20:00
Where: Pavilion No. 48
The festive concert of the Chinese-Russian children's and youth choir "Hand in Hand!" will be held at the National Centre RUSSIA on 10 May.
