The weeklong festival has been compared to Mardi Gras, marking the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians. People in costumes march on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square during the Maslenitsa festival ...

Maslenitsa Celebration Helps Russians Thaw From Winter Sunday is the final day of a week-long Russian festival that celebrates folk traditions, heroic eating and the distant promise of spring. NPR's ...

Blini, crafts, festive folk tunes: we are ready for spring! The tradition of Maslenitsa dates back to pagan times, when Russian folk would bid farewell to winter and welcome spring. A true family ...

The public is today being invited to a traditional Russian event at Corinthia St George’s Bay, St Julian’s. The Russian equivalent of carnival, Maslenitsa, comes from maslo, meaning ‘butter’ in ...

Rex Features/Fotodom A day-by-day guide to the most interesting events. Maslenitsa week is one of Russia’s favorite celebrations. People bid farewell to winter and greet the approaching spring season ...

Get ready to butter a tower of blini, slather on the sour cream and dip them in caviar. Maslenitsa, a week of festivities and a healthy dose of gluttony, is finally upon us. In Moscow alone, more than ...

VITEBSK, 21 February (BelTA) - Maslenitsa festivities in Vitebsk will take place on 21-22 February, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk City Hall. On 21 February, visitors to the cultural and historical ...

One day after the presidential elections, Moscow will jump into a weeklong Maslenitsa celebration. From March 3 to March 9, there will be about 200 events all over the city, with the main stage on ...

MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) - February in Belarus will feature Maslenitsa celebrations, fish soup festival, and music festivals. BelTA, citing the website of the National Tourism Agency, reports on the ...