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August 13-14, 2016 All-Russian Festival of medieval battle "Great Bolgar" took place in the Bolgar State Historical Architechtual Open-air Museum, which is included into the UNESCO World Heritage list. 38 000 spectators have visited festival for the whole time of its duration, about 26 000 visitors came last year.

In the Opening Ceremony Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for Tourism Sergey Ivanov, Executive Director of non-profit organization "Republic Fund for Historical and Cultural Monuments Revival RT", Vice-chairman of State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Tatyana Larionova, Deputy of State Duma of the 6th duma of the RF Aleksander Sidyakin, the Head of Savior Municipal Area of Tatarstan Kamil Nugaev  and Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Udmurtia Denis Utrobin took part.

The main venue became the tiltyard there was a horse tourney, mass battle buhurts, tilting matches 10 on 10, a historical medieval tourney battle "First Сlass". Among participants of the festival were world champions in historical medieval battle - members from the National Team of Russia from “Burn”, “Nurnberg” and “Polish Lithuanian Spear” clubs. Totally more than 500 reenactors took part in the festival from such cities as Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Tver, Rybinsk, Ivanovo, Vologda, Syktyvkar,  Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Pavlovo, Saratov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Dmitrovgrad, Ioshkar Ola, Kirov, Penza, Yelets, Lipetsk, Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny , Ufa, Nizhnekamsk, Izhevsk, Perm, Berezenki, Chusovoy, Nizhny Tagil, Ekaterinburg, Zlatoust, Kurgan, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Alma-Ata .

August 19 a folklore holiday Savior of the Apple Feast Day takes place in the culture and sports center “Moskovskiy” in the Uritskiy Park.

On the festival Kazan people and visitors can make acquaintance with unique traditional means of household items making, souvenir production and wooden amulets. There will be presented works of the expert Sadrieva R. “Patchwork”, the head of applied arts studious “Mosaic” Iliyena R., the expert of the chamber of crafts RT Rodionova L. and others.

The festival in the culture and sports center “Moskovskiy” has already taken place for the fourth time. The highlight of the evening will be a theatrical festive concert, which will allow to the audience for a while immerse themselves into the world of the Russian traditions, walk-arounds, songs and jokes..

Savior of the Apple Feast Day begins 04.00 p.m.

On the all-Russian Festival of a medieval battle Great Bolgar lookers-on can not only enjoy battles and competitions but also take pleasure in excellent entertainment show, which includes live music performances and a real “Fire Fairy-tale” by show band Jenazi! It is a theatrical show combining the elements of circus, magic, plastic dance and sports mastery. Fire action is usually accompanied with fireworks support from small sparkling pinwheel and fountain up to real flamethrower fireworks and a full firework. There are completed final rehearsals of fire show before the festival on Kazan stage: providers mention that there will be definitely enough fire, colors and emotions for everyone.   
You can already see this magnificence on August 13, 11:00 p.m. on the main festival tiltyard Great Bolgar.

At the All-Russian festival of medieval battle “Great Bulgar” medieval handicraft workshops and MHC “Streletskiye zhonki” will held interesting and useful master classes for female handicrafts: machine weaving, reed and small boards, hemps (pullers) and merrythought (fork). And, of course, upstream fabric fettling. Master will share knowledge and provide the possibility to work with natural materials and traditional instruments. Date and time of the events: 13th of August from 10 till 19 and 14th of August from 10 till 18. In the same place one will be able to buy instruments for weaving: natural fabrics – linen, wool, cotton which will perfectly suit your re-designing and styling, as well as good and ecological casual clothes.

The festival “Great Bulgar” providers prepared a separate program for the smallest of their visitors. The playground “Medieval children’s world” will be functioning especially for them.

This playground is unique because of the games which shall be played on it and which were played side by side from ancient times by nationalities living on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. For example, a prototype of the today’s relay races the famous game “Disordered horses” – “Tyshaulyatlar”, amusement which helps developing of team spirit. The game “Guess and catch” – “Chitanme, buzme” helps the participants get closer and remember each other by name. And the game “Selling pots” – “Chulmakuyeny” teaches children to come to terms with each other.

Also, particularly for the small girls there will be held a master class for making chaplets out of grass. They will be told both about plaiting technique and traditions of that ceremony which existed in the past, as well as about meaning of each grass-blade in a chaplet.

On 11th of August at 20:30 in the park named after Vasily Aksyonov there will be held an open-air animated demonstration of the trilogy “The Zilant fairy-tales” “Tatarmultfilm”.

Getting acquainted with grandgrand-grandson of the dreadful Zilant – Zilantik is included into the program of the festival. He will share with kids and their parents cautionary tales about kindness, friendship and love to work.

Until this moment the cartoon had been shown to citizens and guests in the parks named after Gorky, Uritsky and Petrov, as well as in the park “Gulliver”.

From 25th till 30th of August, one month before opening of theatrical season, the Tatar State Academic Theatre named after G.Kamala will show six best stage plays.

On 25th of August the theatre fans will see the famous performance by the play of Tufan Minnulllin “Zhankiseckeyem” (“Light of my eyes”) – rethinking of the famous Tukai fairy-tale “Shurale”. The play is being performed on stage already 20 years and is always popular.

On 26th of August there will be presented the first performance of the last season “Kotem seane…” (“While waiting”) by the play of Ilgiz Zainiyev which the author devoted to the memory of Tufan Minnullin who had made an invaluable contribution to preserving and developing of the Tatar repertoire theatre.

The famous hit “Khodzha Nasretdin” will be shown on 27th of August. On the next day spectators will see “Dilefruz – Remake” and on 29th of August – the lyrical comedy “Mekhebbet FM”. One of the most popular stage plays of the current repertoire “Gergerikiyaulere” will finish the holidays’ performances.

Traditional August performances are a present of the theatre of Kamala for the citizens and guests of Kazan to the City and Republic Day.

On 13-14th of August the urban area will become an art venue for demonstration of modern arts. New artistic project will give to citizens and guests of Kazan a unique possibility of getting acquainted with original concept ideas of the festival participants – artists, directors, stage directors, musicians and many other creators. Various improvised venues with performances and happenings will be presented to quests. Dynamic art fans will be attracted by theatrical areas representing modern stage directors works, as well as mini-operas. Competitive cinema projects, concerts and art events for children will also be included into the festival program. Pleasing surprises and contests with creator-owned awards are prepared for the festival guests.

Today in Elabuga a three days Russian national Spasskaya fair will open, it will take place in Shishkin’s ponds, “Youth” stadium and historic streets of the town. Masters and creative teams from different Russian cities, and also foreign countries have arrived here on the eve, and tents and the ground have been decorated a few days before the holiday.  

More than 850 masters of arts and crafts from 170 cities and human settlements of Tatarstan, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan participate in this fair. The number of participants has decreased compared with last year – in 2015 there were 1112 masters. As organizators explain, the terms of participation were tightened this year, only these masters can participate who makes goods by hand and ready to teach a master class for visitors.  

 Fair tables are studded with bast shoes of Vyatka, Khokhloma of Nizhny Novgorod and Orenburg shawls, Kirov painted Matryoshkas, items from wood, metal, bone and so on. Children’s playgrounds and sports grounds work from the moring.

The program of festival is very intense: concert of bells, the participants of songwriters festival “Inspiration” performance, national courtyards, children’s playgrounds and sports grounds, creative teams of Tatarstan and Russia display.

Aviation holiday «I choose the sky!» will take place on August, 12 from 10 a.m. to 17p.m.

In  the program planes and helicopters, trikes and unmanned aircrafts air show, squadron of the Republic of Tatarstan Ministry of the Interior display, aeromodellers, bikers, on-stage performance groups performance, paratroopers competitions, a master class in parachute packing, flight in a hot air balloon.  

People will see an airplanes exhibition, where both legends of native aviation industry and modern plane and helicopter models will be presented. Children's playground is for young spectators.