The famous Soviet ballet Flame of Paris is back on the Bolshoi Theatre repertoire. Once it was an absolute hit visited even by Joseph Stalin for at least 15 times and awarded with Stalin Prize.

One of the largest Russian music festivals Nashestvie will be held from 4 to 6 July in Emmaus Settlement of the Tver Region.

Dwellers of Voronezh suggest turning the animation character, Kitten from the Lizukov Street, an honorary freeman of their city.

Timur Bekmambetov as the film director of the much-spoken-about blockbuster Wanted has become one of the world’s five most famous film directors, IMDB press-service informs.

The well-known Russian film director and actor Fyodor Bondarchuk is going to produce a feature film about Chechen war, with Chechen actors partaking in the filming.

In the course of research works at the digging site by Monastery of the Dime in Veliki Novgorod archeologists have found a rather well preserved log blockhouse going three meters down to earth.

The famous animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is working on the sequel of the legendary Soviet cartoon Prostokvashino.

Archeologists carrying out diggings near Ksizovo Settlement of Zadonski District, Lipetsk Region, have found a sacrificial altar of the 5th century and over ten various grave sites.

Troitsky archeological excavation site in Nizhni Novgorod, where a range of sensational findings has been made in recent years, is now for the first time open for tourists.

Timur Bekmambetov’s another film Wanted gathered 84.1 million dollars within the first weekend of its world release. The blockbuster was released on 22 international territories.