Regularly brought from the abbey to Kursk in a great procession involving thousands of peasants and pilgrims, Our Lady of Kursk. This ceremony is depicted in the famous painting by Ilya Repin. The original Icon is in the USA.
In Kursk the traditional fair of honey is being held. They are held each year before the beginning of the Orthodox fast. The citizens are stocking honey before the beginning of autumn. Bee keepers from Kursk region present their honey.
9 May is celebrated in Russia as Victory Day. On this day every year meetings, marches and other ceremonies are held. In Kursk thousands of citizens came to the Memorial cemetry.
Father Frost is russian analog of Santa Сlaus. Dozens of Fathers Frost and other folk characters march along the main street. Kursk, Russia. 25th December 2011.
A Great Ball took place in the Centre of Kursk as hundreds of young dancers participated in this event. Thousands of spectators saw it with admiration. Kursk, Russia. 22nd May 2011
In Kursk, political organisations of young people unfurl a national flag to celebrate Russia Day. Russia Day is the national holiday of the Russian Federation, celebrated on June 12. It has been celebrated every year since 1992.
Kursk City Day took place this weekend with concerts, fairs, competitions, children's activities, and religious ceremonies. A large number of people from Kursk took part in the celebrations. Kursk, Russia. 25/09/2010
About 30 dance groups perform in a Ball in Red Square - the main Square Kursk. They performed the fairy tale Cinderella. The show lasted two hours as thousands of spectators saw it with admiration, which ended with fireworks.
Easter ceremonies have been begun in Russia. Many people went to Orthodox Churches to sanctify special food. Numerous church services were held. Orthodox Easter is traditionally celebrated a week later than in Europe.
Dance tournament of the Central Federal district on modern and classical dance with more than thousand participants of all ages from 10 regions of Central Russia.
In Kursk, thousands of people gathered at the Memorial Cemetery to commemorate the victims of the tragedy in the Barents Sea where some 118 sailors died during a military drill under 354 ft. of water in August of 2000. Russia. 12th August 2011
Leaders of the Kursk communists organise a demonstration along Lenin street in Kursk, devoted to the 94th anniversary of October Revolution, a political revolution and part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Russia. 7th November 2011
June 8, 2009 in Kursk, Rusia Motor racing took place. Bikes of 4 classes: minimoto, scooters, supermoto, sportbik took part in this Championship of Russia. About 60 races participated in this competen
In the hisorical centre of Kursk is where the Russian Touring Car Championship took place. Thirty three racers claimed Great Cup during four rounds of competition. Kursk, Russia. 5th June 2011.
In Svoboda (not far from Kursk) International exhibition of dogs CACIB-FCI took place. More than 700 dogs of 100 breeds took part in the competition for the Governer's Cup and other prizes. The judges were from Germany, Finland and other countries.
The Great Icon of the mother of god arrived from America to Kursk, Russia. The great procession met the Great Icon. The Patriarch of Moscow and Russia Kiril took part in the procession and the public
In Kursk, a boxing tournament was hosted by World Champion WBA Alexander Povetkin. The tournament was devoted to his father Vladimir who died in 2011. Russia. 23rd October 2011
9 May is celebrated in Russia as Victory Day. On this day every year meetings, marches and other ceremonies are held. In Kursk there was held the traditional march to the Memorial to the victims of the World War 2.
Burial of the remains of 74 civilians of Lgov town, in the Kursk region of Russia. These people had been shot by fascists during the German occupation of 1942 and their remains found in 2006 in a cell
Festival of Military History "Give Kiev!" commemorates the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev. Over 900 participants attend the reenactment of the battle between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army. Kiev, Ukraine. 5th November 2011
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