VIII flower festival «IMPERIAL BOUQUET»
VIII flower festival «IMPERIAL BOUQUET» named after Empress Maria Romanova will take place on the 12th - 13th of July in Pavlovsk. We invite citizens and guests of our town to take part in this remarkable event. To learn more on the festival you can, visiting web-site of the State open-air museum «Pavlovsk» the State open-air museum «Pavlovsk»
Companies, wishing to help in the organization of the festival can apply to a steering committee by telephone +7(812)425-12-14. You can also connect with a committee by fax 465-11-04 or by e-mail kprog@pavlovskmuseum.ru
The traditional Russian Festival in Kalamazoo will take place on November 8, 2008
www.russianfestival.org – the site of Pushkin’s sister-city Kalamazoo.
The site is devoted to the traditional Russian Festival, which now will take place on November 8, 2008.
The
Tsarskoselsky Carnival: the
main prize is a car!
A carnival was held on June, 28 in Tsarskoye Selo. It was devoted to the 298th anniversary of the city foundation. It called on all towners to put on carnival costumes, to send flying balloons, to walk in a festive column, to take part in different contests and to get prizes. Traditionally, the festive event began with a ceremony of cutting off a principal officials’ attribute – a tie. Honorary foreign guests from France, Germany, Ireland, America and Belarus have also been forced to leave their ties in the hands of festive jokers.
Citizens and guests of the carnival were welcoming festive columns. Pink balloons and decorated cars made people delighting. Entertainment zones, such as a clowns’ village, an art street, a sport city, a knights’ camp and a dog carnival spot took place simultaneously in several places.
Contests of children’s and adults’ costumes have also become traditional for the carnival. The main prize - a pink car - was won by a twenty-year-old resident of Tsarskoye Selo. The jury has defined her costume – "Tsar - Bird" as the best.
A photo exhibition
We are glad to invite citizens and guests of Pushkin and Pavlovsk for
the photoexhibition by Kim Taminiau "Parallels and Contrasts; St. Petersburg and
Groningen: Two Northern Cities in Focus".
Already in the 18th century during the times of Peter the Great, many
Dutchmen from the Nothern provinces of the Dutch Republic were traveling to St Petersburg,
which at the time seemed to be an ideal place to visit. Although very different from
everybody life back then in the Dutch Republic, many Dutch citizens chose to remain in St.
Petersburg. The many Russian names of Dutch origin we can still find in the city, remind
us of this period. Mirroring this historic event, today there are many Russians living in
Groningen, in the north of Netherlands, integrated in Dutch society through either work or
studies and many with the intention to stay. Thus, perhaps life in the northern Russia and
the northern part of Netherlands is not so different after all.
Having visited St. Petersburg many times, the Dutch photographer Kim
Taniniau set out to explore similarities and deference’s between life in St. Petersburg
and Groningen through the lens of a camera. Co-founder of Chronoscoop Film &
Photography, Mrs. Taminiau now presents the results of comparative photography at the
photo exhibition in St. Petersburg.
The exhibition was from 16 of June to 23 of June in the former Dutch Church, Nevsky pr. 20.
IT-cluster laid its foundation in Pushkin.
A ground-breaking ceremony of HP and Foxonn PC plant took place on the 16th of May
2008. A volume of investments compiles $50 mln. A built up area on the first construction
stage covers 32 000 sq.m.
First place for the territory improvement
The Pushkin authorities gained the lead according to the results of an annual city territory improvement review competition. The competition took place last 2007 year, and Pushkin was announced the most improved region of Saint-Petersburg and got a first degree diploma of Saint-Petersburg Governor.
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