Couples who registered their marriage from March 7 to 13 will be able to attend the Maslenitsa festival at the Decembrists Museum, the Volkonsky estate, for free, and the youngest married couple will receive a gift. Guests can expect a theatrical opening based on Marshak's tale Twelve Months, traditional Maslenitsa games, humorous contests, hot tea with pancakes, and horseback riding.
Couples who registered their marriage from March 7 to 13 will be able to visit the Maslenitsa festival at the Decembrists Museum (the Volkonsky estate) for free.The youngest married couple to enter into their union during Maslenitsa week will receive a gift.
The event will begin on March 13 at 1:00 p.m. at the following address: Volkonsky Lane, 10, Volkonsky House-Museum. Ticket price: 200 rubles for adults and 100 rubles for children.
The festival will open with a theatrical performance based on Samuil Marshak’s fairy tale The Twelve Months. Museum visitors will be able to take part in traditional Maslenitsa festivities and humorous contests: speed-eating pancakes, sack fighting, sack races, the strongman competition “Heroic Strength,” and round-dance games — the most agile and fortunate will receive prizes. Guests will also be treated to hot tea with pancakes and horseback riding.