The annual Maslenitsa festivities in Moscow gained wide popularity among Muscovites and guests of the capital. In different years, Maslenitsa records were set on the Moscow Maslenitsa on Thursday. The “Longest pancake” was baked - 6 m 80 cm, “The thickest pancake” - 3 cm 8 mm, “The thinnest pancake” - 1 mm, the “Highest pancake stack” was recorded - 14 m 58 cm, the bar was lifted from 6990 pancakes, competitions between Russian and Ukrainian pancakes were held for the speed of baking a stack of pancakes and the performance of folk songs, the first folk Pancake Week contest "The Fastest Pancake Eater" was held, for the first time a colorful political map of the world was made from pancakes on a 4 m by 4 m tablet.
ROSGOSSTRAKH decided to revive the wonderful pre-revolutionary tradition of skating from the ice slides in the heart of Russia - on Red Square during the Maslenitsa festivities. And for the first time in many years, all holidays on Vasilyevsky Descent will be open for everyone to the 7-meter "Ice Hill", free skating with which will be held under the motto "Do you like to ride - love and be safe." Guests of the festival will also be able to visit the unique "City of Masters", in which it will be possible to learn pottery, wickerwork, making rag and straw dolls, and painting printed gingerbread for free. And on Sunday, March 6, everyone will receive holiday gifts and pleasant surprises from a leading Russian insurance company.
This year Boyarynya Maslenitsa does not intend to confine herself only to Moscow, she is expected in Russian cities and even in Europe. So, on March 6, in the very center of London on Trafalgar Square, a celebration of the Russian Pancake Week will take place, where the Chelsea group will perform the Pancake Week. The organizers of the holiday planned a teleconference between Moscow (Vasilievsky Descent) and London (Trafalgar Square).
Also on March 6, on Forgiveness Sunday, on Vasilyevsky Descent, in the best domestic traditions, the First All-Russian annual folklore festival "ROSGOSSTRAKH. WIDE OIL FOOD - 2011" will be held, in which 12 groups from various cities of Russia will take part. Interesting holiday programs await Muscovites and guests of the capital in the Izmailovsky Kremlin, at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, in the Sokolniki, Kolomenskoye, Tsaritsyno parks, and the Central Park of Culture and Rest named after M. Gorky.
According to the Committee on Tourism of the city of Moscow.
