For the second time, from June 11 to June 12, the Russian hospitality festival "Samovarfest" will be held in the capital. On June 6, they talked about what innovations will await the guests of the meeting at a press conference in the Government of Moscow.
The meeting was attended by Vitaly Suchkov, Head of the Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations of Moscow, Natalia Dolgareva, Director of the Samovarfest Festival of Russian Hospitality, and Tatyana Vagina, Head of the Department of National Policy of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Domestic Policy.
It should be noted that this year the event will be held on the territory of the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill. The festival venues will be open from 10:00 to 22:00.
We have planned a bright program for these holidays. Poklonnaya Gora will host ten themed venues, including a crafts fair, kalachny rows, courtyards of national cuisine, and a large interactive playground. In the best traditions of Moscow hospitality and Russian hospitality, both Russian and other national cuisines will be presented. And of course, here you can enjoy fragrant tea from a samovar for free, - said the director of the festival "Samovarfest" Natalia Dolgareva.
The grand opening will take place on June 11 at 10:00. This year, the festival plans to set two records at once, which will be included in the Guinness books.
Firstly, we will have tea houses in the park, where guests can try this drink for free. We will install certain counting machines at each site. They will help to fix how much tea will be drunk for the whole day. However, this is not all. We want to set a power record. It is planned that the Russian bogatyr will lift ten people with samovars at once, - said the director of the festival "Samovarfest" Natalya Dolgareva.
On Russia Day, June 12, a flash mob will take place. It is planned that all participants of the holiday will perform the anthem of our country.
Last year, about 25,000 people took part in the event over two days. This year we expect about 30,000 people to come,” said Vitaly Suchkov, head of the Moscow Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations.
Entrance to the event will be free. According to the organizers, it will be interesting for both adults and children.
For the young guests of the festival, we have prepared extensive thematic zones. In just one day, each child will be able to attend about five free performances, - said Vitaly Suchkov.
It should be noted that the Russian Post issued a limited collection of postcards especially for this festival. Memorable letters to friends, relatives and acquaintances can be sent by everyone.
In total, four thousand postcards were issued. At the festival, everyone will be able to sign a message and immediately send it to anywhere in the world, - Natalya Dolgareva specified.
During the festival, the territory of the park will be fenced. Metal frames will be placed at the entrances and exits.
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On June 11 and 12, 2018, the Festival of Russian hospitality "SAMOWARFEST" will be held in Victory Park.
Guests of the festival will see the diversity of our multinational state, its hospitality and cordiality, get acquainted with Russian culture and the national traditions of other peoples. Representatives of more than 100 peoples from the regions of the country and compatriots from near and far abroad, foreign tourists will gather at the festival site.
"SAMOWARFEST" is 1500 minutes of music, fashion, dance, theatrical performances, 2 unique records, more than 60 regions of Russia, over 20 varieties of national cuisines, 10 themed venues, 3 km of entertainment for children and adults and 2 days of wide Russian hospitality.
The entertainment program is scheduled for two days, June 11 and 12, all venues will be open from 10:00 to 22:00.
June 12 will be the same part of the event. It will be opened by a flash mob, where the participants and guests of "SAMOVARFEST" together, in unison, will perform the Anthem of Russia.
“This colorful festival is being held in the capital for the second time. We invite everyone to come and see how rich our country is, how welcoming it is, to meet people of different cultures, traditions and interests. And, of course, drink a cup of fragrant tea from a samovar,” said Vitaly Suchkov, Head of the Moscow Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations.
Here, representatives of different peoples of our country will gather at a common table at a common table in national costumes - the holiday will truly become a platform for interethnic and intercultural dialogue. Guests of a large folk feast will be treated to delicious fragrant tea for free. It is expected that the record will be set in the nomination "The largest number of glasses of tea drunk in a fixed time."
"SAMOVARFEST" will surprise guests with another achievement: a Russian hero will set a power record, who will lift 10 people with samovars with a total weight of about a ton on a yoke.
At the entrance to the park there will be a unique installation in the form of a large haystack and dozens of brass samovars on it, here everyone will be involved in a large multinational round dance, which will be played by the round dance and game school "Round Dances of the World".
More than 10 thematic venues will operate on Poklonnaya Hill. In the best traditions of Russian hospitality and hospitality in the restaurant courtyards, not only Russian, but also other national cuisines will be presented: Russian pancakes, kulebyaks and pies, Uighur manti, Moldavian vertuts and placindas, Udmurt perepechi, Georgian khinkali and achma, crumbly Uzbek pilaf and others pickles.
In Kalash Rows, guests can buy organic products, sweets, the best varieties of tea and honey from all over the country, taste and purchase more than 70 varieties of cheese from the Russian Cheesemakers Guild. At the craft fair, visitors will see the original art of folk craftsmen who will offer guests handicrafts.
"SAMOWARFEST" is a great family holiday: an interactive playground, puppet shows, performances by buffoons, circus studio artists and magicians, a Russian swing in the form of a five-meter samovar, "Funny Starts" that you can go through with your parents.
The festival will be rich in master classes: the Tula region will offer to "print" the Tula gingerbread and bake it in the oven. In the exposition area of the Vologda region, they will teach how to weave the famous Vologda lace. Kostroma will give unforgettable impressions of the process of creating Peter's clay toys, and Khakassia will show the region's popular ethno-tourist routes and treat you with national sweets from talgan. Over a cup of mountain tea, you can play the national Khakass game - khazykh.
A unique show on the creation and painting of a half-meter handmade gingerbread samovar will be presented at the Festival site.
Visiting the holiday, guests will be able to visit two museums at once: Ethnomir, the largest ethnographic park-museum in Russia, which will deploy its installations at the event, and the Victory Museum, a memorial complex designed to perpetuate the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
State Institute of the Russian Language. Pushkina will hold an educational master class with the participation of international volunteers of the program “Ambassadors of the Russian Language in the World”.
"SAMOWARFEST" together with the Russian Post issued a special series of postcards with the symbols of the festival. On June 12, it will be possible to send a postcard to anywhere in the world absolutely free of charge on June 12.
Guests will be greeted by representatives of the Mosvolonter resource center, for foreign guests there will be a Tourist Information Center organized by the Department of Sports and Tourism of the City of Moscow, where volunteers will speak in foreign languages about Moscow's tourist routes, about the venues and program of the Festival, about the culture of our country.
Bright fashion shows of original national costumes and modern collections of clothes with ethnic motifs will take place on the main festival stage.
Leading folklore and choreographic groups from Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Bashkiria, Vologda, Mordovia, Dagestan, ensembles of folk instruments (Dmitrov and non-Rekhta horn players), well-known modern pop, folk and rock performers, including the famous the Khronograph jazz band led by Sergei Zhilin, the Moscow Cossack Choir, the Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble, the BOOM BRASS BAND wind instruments cover band, singer Yevgeny Gor, popular instrumental virtuosos: virtuoso balalaika player Roman Buzylev and accordionist Maxim Tokaev. In addition, the audience will see a risky circus act "Dance on the Wire" by the Dagestan tightrope walker Rasul Abakarov, a descendant of the famous Abakarov circus dynasty, as well as a performance by the team of the Russian Bogatyrs Martial Arts Center.
The brightest moment of the big gala concert promises to be an incendiary show of the Samovar Band cover band. The musicians will present songs in a variety of arrangements, from rock and roll to Latin, and perform them to the balalaika, accordion and powerful rhythm section. The main highlight of the group is the performance of melodies with the help of a real samovar. "How is that possible?" - you ask. Come to "SAMOVARFEST" and find out!
The event is organized by the Culture of Nations Foundation with the support of the Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations of the City of Moscow and the Department of Culture of the City of Moscow
PROGRAM
10:00 - 22:00
Craft fairs;
Kalash ranks;
Entrance is free 0+
10:00 - 22:00
The work of the main sites of the Festival:
Yards of national cuisines;
Craft fairs;
Kalash ranks;
Children's interactive playground "Children's World";
Family zone "Mom, dad, I am a Russian family";
Performances by creative teams on the main and children's stages.
Entrance is free 0+
14:00 - Grand opening of the Festival
Flash mob: mass performance of the Anthem of Russia.
Official greetings.
14:20 - 14:30 Fixing a power record: Russian hero on the yoke
lift 10 people with samovars.
In 1990, large-scale rallies were held in Moscow, which gathered up to a million people. They demanded decisive changes in various spheres of the life of the USSR, including political ones.
The peoples of the USSR demanded the right to national self-determination and economic freedom. By the summer of 1990, four union republics - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Azerbaijan - had already adopted their own Declaration of Sovereignty. Twenty-two autonomous republics that are part of the RSFSR - from Tatarstan to the Jewish Autonomous Region - fought for equal political rights with the union republics and were also ready to recognize themselves as sovereign states. It is important to note that at that time neither the union nor the autonomous republics planned to secede from the USSR. They only wanted to be able to develop freely, taking into account their national and regional characteristics, as part of a common union state.
On June 12, 1990, the First Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR adopted the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of Russia. This document proclaimed the priority of the Constitution of Russia over federal laws (many of which are long outdated and have become a brake on social development), and also adopted a new name for the state - "Russian Federation". The Declaration proclaimed the equality of all citizens of the Russian Federation, approved the right to use subsoil and resources, to independently manage the economic sphere. It was also allowed to create independent political parties and public organizations.
A year after the adoption of the Declaration, on June 12, 1991, the first open nationwide presidential elections were held in the history of the Russian Federation. Boris Yeltsin won them.
Public Holiday
Interestingly, June 12 was approved as a public holiday twice. For the first time this happened in 1992 by decree of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, and it was then that this day became non-working. In 1994, the decree of President Boris Yeltsin fixed the solemn date as the "Day of the adoption of the declaration on the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation." After some time, for simplicity, they began to call it Independence Day.
But the new holiday did not have wide popularity among Russians for a long time. Many did not understand what its essence was, and considered it just another day off. Some even treated him negatively, considering the reason for the collapse of the USSR (although, according to political scientists, this is an erroneous idea).
In 1998, Boris Yeltsin proposed to celebrate June 12 as the Day of Russia. But officially the new name was adopted only in 2002 - after the release of the updated Labor Code, which regulates the dates of state celebrations.
Russia Day today
Today, Russia Day is becoming more and more popular as a holiday of national unity, patriotism and civil harmony. On this day, national flags are flown throughout the country. In the Kremlin, the President presents state awards and prizes to outstanding scientists, athletes and artists. On the city streets and squares there are festivals, folk festivals and performances by creative groups.
In 2019, June 12 is a public holiday on Wednesday. The most large-scale holiday will be celebrated in Moscow. On this day, peaceful rallies and processions with state flags will be held in the city. Residents and guests of the capital will be able to visit the exhibition of military equipment and see a bright show with a reconstruction of important historical events in Russia.
Festival “Day of Russia. Moscow time" invites guests to sports competitions, performances, dances, creative and gastronomic master classes, which will be held throughout the city.
At VDNKh, you can try tea from a samovar and national dishes of different peoples of Russia, watch performances by folklore groups, learn folk crafts and take pictures in a haystack.
A large-scale concert with the participation of Russian stars of the first magnitude will begin on Red Square at 19:00. The show will end at 22:00 with the performance of the Russian anthem and colorful fireworks. This year, fireworks will be launched at 16 venues in different parts of Moscow: on Red Square, near the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge, on Poklonnaya Hill, Sparrow Hills and elsewhere. In total, it is planned to launch 500 fireworks.