The XII ethnogastronomical festival "World Dumpling Day" will be held in Izhevsk
The XII ethnogastronomical festival "World Dumpling Day" will be held in Izhevsk in January. The event, which annually gathers more than 50,000 guests, will take place on the Central Square of the city and present dumpling traditions from all over Russia and the world.
From January 2 to January 9, 2026, the twelfth ethnogastronomical festival "World Dumpling Day" will be held in Izhevsk, the capital of the Udmurt Republic, on the Central Square. The event annually gathers over 50,000 guests from all over Russia.
The festival will present a variety of dumpling traditions not only of Udmurtia, but also of other peoples of Russia and the world. A Christmas market is planned as part of the event, where chefs from Dagestan, Buryatia, Kamchatka, Altai, Rostov, Chelyabinsk regions and other regions will present dumplings with different fillings.
The guests of the festival will enjoy a rich program: master classes in modeling and tasting at the Pelmeni Residence, performances by creative teams, presentations of events from the participating regions, as well as sports competitions, including the traditional pelmeni race. For the first time, an ice rink will be organized for the guests.
A special place in the program will be occupied by the participation of the projects "Gastronomic Map of Russia", which will introduce guests to the culinary traditions of the country.
More detailed information about the festival program is available on the official website of the event https://pelmenfest.ru/#prog
Guests who are vacationing in Tatarstan can easily extend their trip and travel to neighboring Udmurtia. The regions are actively developing cooperation in the field of tourism, especially within the framework of the large-scale interregional project "The Great Volga Way". This project unites the regions of the Volga Federal District, historically and culturally connected by the Volga River. Today, land and water routes are developing between Tatarstan and Udmurtia, making travel convenient and intense for tourists. The Great Volga Way project is being implemented as part of the national Tourism and Hospitality project.