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Following the topic of tourism development in small cities the second day will also host the Conference on pilgrimage and religious tourism and the Conference devoted to promotion of domestic and inbound tourism in Russia through regional gastro-brands and traditional crafts. Public tourist organizations are welcome to participate in the 4th Russian congress of associations in tourismorganized by ATOR.
On this day “IINTOURMARKET” organizers will prepare several useful surprises for travel agencies. RUTI Press secretary and RATA-news editor-in chief will hold an educational interactive workshop"Professional riddles from Irina Tyurina“. Most active participants will take prizes.
On 16 March travel professionals are invited to seminar “Legislative environment of different types of tourism” held by Anna Gladun, Gladun Consulting General director. Her seminars always enjoy full house because it is the place to get most important business information. Companies specializing in medical and health tourism or interested in this aspect are recommended to send their representatives to a practical course of the Academy of medical tourism. Experts from foreign countries and representatives of Russian resorts will speak about recent novelties, explain specific features of different aspects of health and medical tourism, resort territories and clinics, present most advanced methods for health improvement, share know-how of selling medical tours.
A hot topic of support and development of travel for kids will be discussed at the conferenceorganized by the Commission on travel for children and young people of the Public council of Rostpourism.
“How to live up to expectations of a modern traveler — best Russian and foreign practice?” An answer to the questions worrying the modern travel industry will be given at a workshop co-organized by Federal agency for tourism and United Nations World Tourist Organization (UNWTO). It will also be hosted “IINTOURMARKET” on 16 March.
“IINTOURMARKET-2015” will be held from 14 till 17 March in Crocus Expo, Moscow.
The characters of Diamond Cuts Diamond show will, as in the Ostrovsky’s play, speak in Tatar. Moscow Province Theatre and show’s director Sergei Bezrukov said it at a news conference at Tatar-inform on Monday.
Other attendees at the meeting with reporters were actor Dmitry Dyuzhev, actress Irina Bezrukova, and Diamond Cuts Diamond’s cast.
On Wednesday, part two of Sviyazhsk history museum’s display opened in island-town Sviyazhsk. The event marked the fifth year since Revival Foundation establishment and was attended by Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, foundation’s board of trustees chairman; Tatiana Larionova, executive director; Alexander Tygin, mayor of Zelenodolsk; Artyom Silkin, Sviyazhsk museum director; and others.
Display’s part two is dedicated to Sviyazhsk history in 20th - early 21st centuries, as well as to the history of prisons found on the island. It is housed by a two-storey building built for the purpose late in 1830es.
The men’s prison display tells about investigations and lawsuits held in Sviyazhsk in 16-19th centuries, as well as repressions against Sviyazhsk residents and closedown of monasteries in 20th century. The other exhibition hall is themed ‘Sviyazhsk Prisoners: Known and Unknown’. Its purpose is to commemorate Vladimir Golitsyn, Andrei Loshadkin, Khasan Tufan, Albert Leman, Pavel Bening and Fedor Miller.
“You cannot tear yourself off the exhibits displayed here. You come very close to history and heritage,” Mintimer Shaimiev said on viewing the display.
“The Sviyazhsk soil has seen a lot. Today we saw what Solzhenitsyn wrote about, the years of repressions. Many from the intelligentsia served time in these prisons,” he added.
“We are close to becoming the country’s most interesting museum,” he said.
The work to restore Orthodox Christian monuments in Sviyazhsk was ongoing, said Tatiana Larionova. In particular, unique frescoes were being restored in the Assumption Cathedral, she specified.
“At the Assumption Cathedral, we need to recreate the historical iconostasis, it is a lot of work, we get down to it late this year,” she stressed.
The work to restore St Nicholas Church was in progress as well, the official added. “Years have unfortunately been very damaging to it. It is a lot of work, the work commenced last year and will be continued this year,” she pledged.
“We will work for tourists coming to Sviyazhsk to enjoy the island’s energy, nature, culture and everything that surrounds us,” she concluded.
A spectacular gala concert concluding the 33rd edition of Chaliapin Opera Festival took place on Tuesday night at Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Eduard Treskin hosted the evening. This year’s 11 performances had been a great success, he said.
The festival’s guests applauded to the principal singers at leading theatres of Italy, Austria, Germany, the UK, the US, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia.
The gala began with the famous song from Chaliapin’s repertoire Hey, Ukhnem, performed by Musa Jalil Theatre’s men’s choir. Lubov Draznina was the choirmaster.
Dmitry Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, performed by the theatre’s symphonic orchestra, conducted by Renat Salavatov, continued the concert.
The gala’s youngest participant, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya of Maritime Opera and Ballet Theatre, performed Juliet’s waltz from the opera Romeo and Juliet.
The audience were also offered instrumental music rarely performed in operatic concerts, A. Shaw’s Concerto for Clarinet that requires virtuoso performance skills. The concerto was played by Arena di Verona Foundation’s deputy artistic director Giampiero Sobrino, a virtuoso clarinet player. The audience thanked the musician with a generous round of applause.
Daniel Kramer was another guest star at the concert.
Other performers who sang last night were Albina Shagimuratova of Metropolitan Opera, Mariinsky Theatre principal singer Oksana Shilova, and others.
The gala concert concluded, artists took the curtain and the audience cried ‘bravo’ for quite some time.
The rating includes 20 Russian cities, and the daily budget of staying in each is quoted. The budget includes the cost of stay in an inexpensive hotel near the city center, a two-course dinner and a glass of wine at a restaurant and a visit to a museum, exhibition or city tour for two.
Kazan is in first place with the budget of 2,430 rubles per day.
The top ten affordable cities to travel over the Valentine's Day weekend include Arzamas (Nizhny Novgorod region), Kungur (Perm Territory), Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region), Yalta (Crimea), Moore (Vladimir region), Rostov (Yaroslavl region), Svetlogorsk (Kaliningrad region), Rostov-on-Don (Rostov region) and Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory). The three most expensive cities are: Suzdal (Vladimir region), Moscow and Syzran (Samara region).