📆 🇷🇺 #OTD On 19 August 1907,
St. Petersburg's Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood was consecrated, 24 years after construction began.

🕊 Built where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded by terrorists in 1881, hence its name "on the blood". the Church boasts one of Europe's largest mosaic exhibitions (7,065 m²).

👨‍🎨 Created by 30 of Russia's finest artists, including Vasnetsov and Nesterov, it's often mistaken for Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral.

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🇷🇺⛲️ #OTD On 20 August 1721, the first launch of the famous fountains and cascades, which are a monument of world hydraulic art of the 18th-19th centuries, took place in Peterhof.

🟣The works on the creation of the ensemble continued for two centuries. They involved outstanding architects Leblon, Miketti, Zemtsov, Rastrelli, Felten, Shtakenshneider. Thanks to their labours, the estate with small palaces turned into the “capital of fountains” - a pearl of world architecture.

🏰 Today Petrodvorets is a world-famous open-air museum city. There are 10 museums and three parks open for viewing. There are three cascades and 173 fountains in the Upper Garden and the Lower Park.

📸 by Peterhof Museum website

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 On August 19, at the Russian House in New Delhi the inauguration of the exhibition "Russia, Indian View" took place.

🖼 The exhibition, curated by Aakshat Singh and Savita Gupta, is a multifaceted collection of artworks, including sculptures, photographs and installations reflecting the Indian perception of Russia.

🇷🇺 The event was attended by representatives of India's cultural and public sphere, diplomatic corps, as well as compatriots and Indian students.

🟣The exhibition will be open to the public until September 21.

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✨The Moscow City Tourism Committee @moscomtourism together with Cosmopolitan India @cosmoindia have prepared a unique tourist horoscope.

✨The new issue of the magazine contains recommendations for the most impressive points of attraction in the Russian capital.

✨As we know, the stars not only predict the future, but also help us plan long-awaited trips.
Let the Moscow horoscope inspire you to new discoveries and a quick trip to a modern city with a rich cultural heritage.

✨The stars say to those who born under the sign of Virgo (August 23 - September 22) need to visit the Bolshoy Theatre 🇷🇺 🎭

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🎥 On August 24, the Russian House in New Delhi hosted a screening of Russian cinema novelties as part of the "Night of Cinema" event.

🇷🇺🎬 The event was timed to coincide with the Day of Russian Cinema, which is celebrated on 27 August.
This year, Indian audiences saw the sci-fi blockbuster "One Hundred Years Ahead" (directed by Alexander Andryushchenko), the fairy tale "At the Pike's Behest" (directed by Alexander Voitinsky) and the military-historical drama "Air" (directed by Alexei German Jr.) as part of the event.

🕊 The event was organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation with the support of the Cinema Fund and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (@MFARussia), with #ROSKINO acting as operator.

🎟 Cinema-goers were public figures and cultural figures of India, diplomats, compatriots and students of Indian universities.

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#OTD 545 years ago, on August 29, 1479, the Assumption (Dormition) Cathedral in Moscow was consecrated, a place of crucial importance for Russian identity.

The origins of the Cathedral are closely connected with the rise of Moscow Principality of Russia.

In 1326, the leading Russian church prelate, Metropolitan Peter of Vladimir, made the Moscow Kremlin his de facto residence. Currently, Great Prince Ivan Kalita launched the construction of the cathedral dedicated to the Feast of the Dormition, which symbolized the continuity with the great Dormition Cathedral in the town of Vladimir. The latter started to lose its political significance.

✍️ The present-day cathedral was constructed in 1479 by decree of Great Prince of Russia Ivan III, who consolidated all Russian principalities under the power of Moscow. A renowned architect Aristotele Fioravanti of Bologna was invited to Russia to design and to build it.

🇷🇺 For 6 centuries, the cathedral has been the national and religious centre of Russia. It is known as the place of coronation of Russian rulers (even after the capital was moved to St. Petersburg), including the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, as well as the investiture of leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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👩‍🎨 On September 6, a solo exhibition of works by Surjit Akre, a renowned artist and the first Indian graduate of the Ilya Repin Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, opened at the Gallery of the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society.

The vernissage was inaugurated by Denis Alipov, Russian Ambassador to India.

🖼 The exhibition includes paintings created during her studies in Russia and new works. All of them are dedicated to a woman - her fragile beauty and unique connection with nature.

🟣 A master of portrait painting and landscape painter, for 30 years of creative activity Surjit created more than 4000 canvases and organised 81 personal exhibitions. S.Akre's paintings are in museums and private collections both in India and abroad.

🟣General Director of the National Gallery of Modern Art Sanjeev Kishor Gautam - the guest of the ceremony - noted the special style of the master, formed on the basis of the traditional Russian school of painting.

🟣 Surjit Akre is the President of the Roerich Art Club at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in New Delhi. For her significant contribution to strengthening Russian-Indian friendship and popularisation of Russian culture, she was awarded the Pushkin Medal in 2009.

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