International construction and interior exhibition BATIMAT RUSSIA 2015

International construction and interior exhibition BATIMAT RUSSIA will be held from March 31 to April 3, 2015 in the IEC "Crocus Expo", Moscow.

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18 March MITT exhibition opening / Travel and Tourism – the main professional event of the tourist industry will start.

The tourist industry experts consider MITT to be the main Russian event of the tourist industry for 20 years already. The best representatives of the travel business arrive to Russia from all over the world. Everything which will be proposed to Russian tourists soon will be presented by 2000 participants from 198 countries and regions during MITT. Among them Russian and foreign tour operators, hotels, touristic offices of foreign countries, national travel companies, sea and river cruises operators, car rental companies, IT, medical tourism market participants and many others.

This year the country-partner of MITT is Mexico. It will present on its stand the touristic possibilities of the country. This year will be the first time presentation of the exotic countries: Myanmar, Bahrain, Yemen. Almost twice will increase Turkish stands quantity. Greece will be more active – Crete will have its own stand.

Two key events will be held on March 19^th: “MITT Summit – Travel business”  and “MITT Summit – Hotel”.

To be present at MITT free of charge you’ll need to get electronic ticket.

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the poet William Butler Yeats, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, IRISH WEEK 2015’ Fringe Fest presents three performances on the stages of the Gogol Centre, Mayakovsky Theatre and the Theatre Hall Freelabs. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 saw performances from "Human Child" and "Pondling", while the play "Boys and Girls" won the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2013. All of the plays make their debut in Russia, performed in English with Russian subtitles.

IRISH WEEK 2015

Dear Friends! Please enjoy the biggest ever festival of Irish culture and arts to take place in Russia!
You still have a chance to visit some of the events which promise to be fascinating!

Hunting and fishing in Russia

For those who are interested in hunting or fishing in Russia the following information might be very useful.

The Republic of Crimea

The beauties of the Crimea are well-known all around the world, thanks largely to the soviet cinematography: “Kidnapping, Caucasian Style”, “Three plus two”, “Scarlet sails”, “Hearts of three”, “Sport lotto-82” and many others films were shot on the unique nature and architecture backgrounds.

Winter in the Crimea/ Photo by Ivan Dementievsky

The Sun eclipse 20/03/2015 - you have a chance to see it!

March, 20th will be the Sun eclipse. In the western part of Russia it will be partially seen. Full eclipse will be seen on the north of the Atlantic ocean and in the Arctic Region. 
However, moscovites will have possibility to enjoy this rare phenomenon in its all beauty. Austronomous place "Sky park" and the Big observatory of the Moscow planetarium will show the Sun eclipse as seen from the different parts of the Earth. It will be shown on the screens. 

Russian smile

The first thing that surprises a foreign tourist in Russia is a number of gloomy people. Why do Russians smile so seldom? And this is true – we smile much less than other nations of Western and Eastern world. Hollywood smile and smarmy facial expression of the Chinese and the Vietnamese are inorganic for the Russians.

The Republic of Karelia

Karelia is a land of taiga with a great part of jungles. Wild, sometimes pathless pinewood and hardwood forests are natural resources of the region, and dream of any traveler.

Winter coast of the White Sea, Karelia/ Photo by Ivan Dementievsky