Maslenitsa festival, also called pancake festival, celebrates the farewell of winter and the dawn of spring. They combine the pagan tradition of celebrating the transition from winter to spring with the Christian tradition of feasting before Lent. It marks the last few days consuming milk and eggs. That is why all refer to friendship cakes during the week. Each day there are different activities: making Maslenitsa dolls from straw and old clothes, making and eating lots of pancakes (blinis), sledding, playing on seesaws, singing, fistfights, visiting the in-laws, exchanging gifts, feasting, and drinking tea or vodka. The Maslenitsa dolls burn on the final day, and people jump over bonfires.

The Golden Mask Theater Festival is an all-Russian theater festival and competition. It covers all genres, from drama to modern dance and puppet theater. This festival appears like a worship of the ancient art of acting. You will see various performances, operas, and ballads in many places during the event.

The annual White Nights Festival, an arts festival with music and dance by Russian and international stars. The Mariinsky Theatre has a program of more than 175 operas, ballets, and classical concerts. There are carnivals, the best being in the suburb of Peterhof where actors dress up in historical costumes from the time of Peter the Great and re-enact historical events.

You will get to see world-class Russian performers giving their best performances in various theatres during the festival. Also in every corner of the performers who spend the night entertaining the passer-by. White Nights festival is celebrated to make music art and dance a part of their culture.

Reindeer Herder's Festival is one of Russia's most famous winter festivals. Each year, this takes place on the frozen river Ob by Salekhard, usually on the last weekend in March. Hundreds of Nenets travel from the surrounding taiga forest and tundra to compete in reindeer sled races and traditional activities such as reindeer lassoing.

It is a festival enjoyed by students from outside of the country. It is an endeavor to save the unique occupation of herding the Reindeer. You can see many races and ski with the Reindeer's help during the occasion. You can also join the small activities going on to cheer up people.

Wild Mint Folk Festival is a large, open-air world folk music festival in the Ethnomir complex in Moscow every summer. Over several days, Russian and international musicians present a variety of folk-based genres afrobeat, ethno-jazz, raga, and Russian folk. There are food stalls, markets, and body and soul workshops.

Afisha Picnic Festival is a one-day outdoor music festival in Moscow held every summer. It takes place on the territory of Kolomenskoye, a former tsar’s estate, now a state-owned historical, architectural, and nature reserve museum. 

Every year, more than 50,000 attendees gather for a mix of outstanding music performances and leisure. The event features designers market and gastronomic area, special lectures and workshops, cinema and crafts, a full spectrum of amusements and sports, and showcase the latest entertainment technologies, and a lot more.

The Kremlin in Moscow is home to the nation's top governmental offices; the walled enclosure also houses four cathedrals built in the 15th and 16th centuries and several notable museums. It was the Great Prince's residence and a religious center.

The 250-acre grounds include the Armoury, filled with royal treasures of the past, and the Diamond Fund Exhibition, a jewelry collection consisting of a 190-carat diamond given to Catherine the Great.

Established in 1764 by Catherine the Great, the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is the most famous in Russia and the second-largest museum globally.

It is a vast museum of art and culture showing the highlights of a collection of over 3 million items spanning the globe. The collections occupy a large complex of six historic buildings, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors.

Situated in the oldest part of Suzdal, Suzdal Kremlin is an impressive architectural complex enclosed by well-preserved 11th-century earthen walls. The heart of the Kremlin is the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral, which is positioned right in the center of the ensemble.

The cathedral is assumed to be the oldest preserved structure in Suzdal, built-in 1222-1225 at an earlier erected church.

Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain of Russia and entire Europe. Mount Elbrus is an inactive volcano considered the 5th most prominent peak among the Seven Summits of the World after Mount Everest, Mount Aconcagua, Mount Denali, and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Mount Elbrus has two summits, and each of these has inactive volcanic domes. The taller west summit is 5,642 meters high, while the height of the east summit is 5,621 meters.

Kizhi Island is located in Karelia, a region in Northwestern Russia that borders Finland and the White Sea; it is famous for its unimaginable open-air museum. The museum’s collection features the 120-foot high Church of the Transfiguration of Our Savior, a structure made famous by its 22 domes.

Some tourist attractions include dozens of wooden houses, windmills, chapels, and barns. The peasant culture is represented with craft demonstrations and folk ensembles.

 Saint Sophia Cathedral is situated within the Kremlin, located in Novgorod. Standing 125 feet high and beautified with five magnificent domes, the cathedral is the oldest church building in Russia. Vladimir of Novgorod built this 38-meter-high, five-domed, stone cathedral between 1045 and 1050 to substitute an oaken cathedral erected by Bishop Joachim the Korsunian in the late 10th century.

Saint Sophia Cathedral features an array of ancient religious artifacts, including The Mother of God of the Sign, an icon that legend says saved Novgorod from attack in 1169. The cathedral’s three famous ornately carved gates also date to the 12th century.

Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated in the southeast of the city center of Moscow. The 390-hectare picturesque area enjoys the views of the steep banks of the Moskva River. The park is one of the most famous and beloved parks in Moscow. Its awe-inspiring buildings are so steeped in history that not even the Kremlin itself can quite so well evoke the Russia of old.