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The historic reenactment complex “Lenivyi Torzhok” on the isle-city Sviyazhsk invites you to the New Year interactive program “Story about Nikita the Strelec (Rifleman) and Czarina Suyumbike”. This is the fabulous show in which the participants are all spectators (nobody excepted!), heroic duel; fairy relay-race; hopping over the big skipping rope; tug’o war; team game “The capture of enemy flag”; warming meal (tea, gingerbreads); contest games and puzzles; archery and shooting from the crossbow; flying on the brushes; fire-show (in the night time program on the 1st, 2nd and 7th of January).

The program will take place from the 1st till the 10th of January (at 11.00, 13.00, 14.30 and 16.00 o’clock).

The program with the fire-show: on the 1st, 2nd and 7th of January at 16.00 o’clock.

The most popular destinations for the New Year holidays among the Russian tourists became Moscow, Moscow regions, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi. This shows researches of Hospitality Income Consulting company. The traditional offer for the clients in Hogmanay is the banquet and entertainment program plus hotel stay.

The show-room “Manezh” of the open-air museum “Kazan Kremllin” invites children and their parents to New Year’s party “New fairy tale about Shuraleh”. The young spectator will see the ballet-fairy tale with the participation of professional artists  of Opera and Ballet Theatre, Drama Theatres. Performances will took place from December 24th till December 30th and from January 2nd till January 9th. Children and their parents will see the fabulous performance about magic, friendship and love.   The evil Snow Queen bewitched the son of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost, Santa Claus) Batyr and turned him into Shuraleh – an ugly hunchbacked monster that lives in the forest. Children, together, with Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) will go on a magical journey to return Batyr.

Tomorrow, on the 3rd of December, the “Residence of Kysh Babai and Kar Kyzy” is opening its doors again in the Yana Kyrlai village of the Arsc district.  The Residence is situated in a fairy fir-forest by the side of Iya river in Yana Kyrlay village in 80 kilometers from Kazan. On the beginning of the journey you are met by Shaitan in the forest customs office, who guides you to the acres of Kysh Babay. The map of Shurale helps you to reach Kysh Babay’s house. Many adventures will be waiting for you on your way  - old tales, difficult tasks, magic and miracles, and fairy heroes: Shuraleh – the old hand of all forest roads and paths (The wood spirit), friendly and kind Shaitan (Devil), merry Ubyrly Karchyk (Baba Yaga), ancient Azhdaha (Zmei Gorynych), strong and brave Batyr (the Hero), beautiful Altyncheh (Goldilocks), Tahir and Zuhra in love (Romeo and Juliet). They will entertain you with different tests. The Residence will be opened for visitors till January 25th.

The presentation of Russian cities, receiving the Confederation Cups games in 2017, took place at the “El Palace” hotel in Barcelona in November, 30. The event was organized by FSUE “National marketing center of tourism”, in particular by the Spanish office “Visit Russia”. The special guest was the General Consul of Russian Federation in Barcelona – Klimenko Yurii Nikolaevich.

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi presented their touristic potential and the FIFA Match Hospitality exclusive agent of the Company “CSM” in Spain.

The republic of Tatarstan was given a diploma “Regions-champions of tourism in Russia” on all-Russia rating of Russian Federation tourism development entities. The awarding was carried on under the “Tourism” section at the Vth  St. Petersburg international cultural meeting. Also the diploma was given to the “Touristic information center of Kazan”, which hitted top 10 of the touristic-information centers leaders rating.
Carrying out the tourism Coordination Council concerning “Improving the competitiveness of Russian regions in the Russian and international tourist markets”, roundtable discussion “The inoculation of new foundations of the static record keepings in the internal touristic sphere”, panel discussion “The Great Silk Road” etc. The chairman of the Tatarstan Republic State Committee on the tourism Sergei Ivanov takes part in the section “Tourism”

“Don’t limit yourself. Dream up!” With this message the director of the Federal touristic agency Oleg Safronov addressed himself to the touristic volunteers’ specialized session participants.

On the 26th of November the director of Federal touristic agency Oleg Safronov and the chairman of the Tourism National Committee of the Tatarstan Republic Sergey Ivanov pointedly arrived to YC “Volga” to estimate project shown by the participants of the specialized session for touristic volunteers. The session held from 23rd to 27th of November and got under its “wing” over 95 volunteers together from Moscow, Nizhnii Novgorod, Ioshkar-Ola, Ekaterinburg, Kirov and, finally, Kazan.

On the 2nd of December takes place the ceremonial opening of the exhibition “Child fashion 100 years ago” in Elabuga National memorial estate showroom. This exhibition will be from the collection of the Moscow Photo House (Art Museum Multimedia). There are 80 photos with the children in hundred-year old dresses. There are christening robes, Gymnasium uniforms, peasant children’s dresses, equal print dresses of charity orphans, beautiful girls’ bows worn for the child balls. The real apotheosis of the children dresses is sailor suit. All worn it – boys from being baby to being a teenager, girls from good families, capital citizens and outbackers. One can see near perfect copy of seagoings and fantastic dresses, only vaguely resemble the specimen.

During the whole year physically handicapped people are served for free in the National Museum and its organization units in Tatarstan Republic, but in early December they are paid special attention to. Personnel try to take into account all their feedbacks.

From the 1st to 11th of December in the national Museum and its organization units in the Tatarstan Republic, under the physically handicapped ten-day event will be carried out different actions: highlight tours through expositions, museum lessons, and lectures on the Tatarstan history. There will be concerts, veteran choir “Ageless hearts” and “Retro” show, Child Company “Lapotok”, field museum classes on special careware to the Laishevsk orphan asylum and boarding-school for blind and partially sighted children.

In 25th of November in Hotel destination resort “Kazan Riv’era” was hold the official awarding ceremony of the festival “Trip to the origin – 2016” winners and participants. The chairman of the Tourism National Committee of the Tatarstan Republic Sergei Ivanov in his welcome remarks mentioned the importance of participation in this festival: “I’m sure, that every of you did it consciously, understanding, that he develops the tourism in Republic by doing it. It is very necessary, because Tatarstan has great touristic potential. The touristic branch is very big – there work within the order of 40 thousand people, each of them is doing his own business: serving to the guests in hotels, designing different excursions for them, doing souvenirs etc. That’s why it is very important to us you to understand, that our branch is very useful for the Republic. I want every of you to give serious thoughts to the fact, that he may be in demand in the touristic branch in Tatarstan”

“The trip to the origin” – is the first competition in Tatarstan, which is oriented on the child and youth market and is ready to develop both the domestic and incoming tourism in Tatarstan Republic, by realizing own innovative touristic projects, connected with the cultural heritage and priority touristic centers development.

The contest organizer - Tourism National Committee of the Tatarstan

For the first time contest “The trip to the origin” was announced in 2010. The aim was to attract children and young people to elaborate and realize innovative touristic projects in the cultural heritage field, patriotism sense nurturing through the rising of young people knowledge about the most important touristic resources in the native land.