hidden Art festivals ARTS FESTIVALS, festivals of achievements in different kinds of art. As a rule, they are regularly held in most towns and some villages of the Leningrad Oblast. Since 1980 one of the oldest oblast festivals “Teatralnaya Vesna” (“Theatre Spring”)... more

hidden Military-historical celebrations and events MILITARY AND HISTORICAL FESTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES. The Russian Federation federal law “O Dnyakh Voinskoy Slavy (Pobednykh Dnyakh ) Rossiy” (“About Days of Military Glory (Victory Days ) of Russia”) was issued in 1995. The oblast programme,... more

hidden Rakhya, urban settlement RAKHYA, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 3,200. It is situated in a lowland near the Gladkoye peat deposit. It appeared in 1892 as a settlement of workers of P. L. Korf’s peat briquette factory at Torfyanoye station of the... more