December 16 8:35
Prepared for Krasnoyarsk residents about 180 New Year's events – from local to citywide. The concept of the celebration is based on folk style, the richness and originality of Russian culture. The deputy head of the city, head of the department of social development, Evgenia Yuryeva, spoke about this at a press conference dedicated to the New Year.
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From December 15, matinees and performances will begin in kindergartens and schoolsin which the emphasis will be on Russian folk traditions. During the celebrations in their institutions, all children will receive gifts, this time they will be given soft snowmen. “More than 76 thousand children will receive special New Year’s gifts: primary school students, children of participants in a special military operation, children from families in difficult life situations, pupils of correctional schools. The unique tradition of our city became possible thanks to the support of the Honorary Citizen of Krasnoyarsk Khazret Medzhidovich Sovmen. An unusual postcard in the form of adhesive stickers with city symbols will be a pleasant addition to the sweets,” noted Marina Aksenova, head of the main education department of the city administration.
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The traditional Christmas tree for the head of the city will be held in an unusual format — On December 24-27, 4th grade honors students will be shown the production “The Snow Queen” for the first time at the Theater for Young Spectators.
From December 23 to 25, ice towns will begin to open in all areas of the city. For the comfort of guests, free toilets will be installed in places where there are no permanent toilets.floating mobile cabins. The lighting of the lights of the main Christmas tree on Tatyshev Island will take place on December 26 at 19:00.
At midnight from December 31 to January 1, the chimes will ring on the main city clock and the Russian anthem will sound. On New Year's Eve the skating rink on Strelka will be open from 22:30 to 03:00.
The year 2026 will begin with the Xth competition of snow and ice sculptures “Magic Ice of Siberia”which will take place from January 6 to 17. Craftsmen from other cities of Russia will come to the youth competition, and masters from China, Belarus, Mongolia and South Korea will take part in the professional competition. For the first time, works made of snow will be placed on the upper tier of Theater Square – residents will be able to examine each sculpture in volume. Ice sculptures will decorate the Central Embankment. There will also be three ice galleries – with paintings by Valeryan Sergin for his 90th birthday, paintings by Andrei Pozdeev, who will turn 100 years old, and Vasily Surikov.
The second anniversary event will be the XX Winter Surikov Arts Festival — it will take place from January 12 to 24 and will bring together more than 40 events. Krasnoyarsk residents are invited to the Small Concert Hall named after Shpiller of the Regional Philharmonic for the grand opening; the Krasnoyarsk Brass Band will perform for the first time, as well as honorary guests of the Moscow Opera. A wind instrument will sound – the euphonium, which was common during the artist’s life. “For the first time, artists from the Krasnoyarsk Musical Theater will join the musical journey through railway stations. The groups will give seven concerts at the Zlobino, Yenisei, and Krasnoyarsk-Passenger stations. Bus route No. 55 will also run through the Torgashino microdistrict, the birthplace of the painter’s mother. Excursions are expected, one of them, “Looking to Siberia,” will take place in the painter’s favorite places. The detailed festival program can be viewed at website”, — said the head of the main department of culture Lyubov Sakharova.
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