{"id":119531,"date":"2017-03-19T21:27:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T18:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/?p=119531\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:03:16","slug":"spring-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/spring-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in St. Petersburg in spring-summer 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><style>.rc-legacy-title{margin:0!important;color:inherit!important;font-family:inherit!important;font-weight:inherit!important;font-size:56px!important;line-height:1.12!important;letter-spacing:0!important}@media(max-width:640px){.rc-legacy-title{font-size:36px!important;line-height:1.16!important}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"rc-legacy-title\">Things to do in St. Petersburg in spring-summer 2017<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"\/?tag=leisure\">#Leisure<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/?tag=the-city\">#The city<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/?tag=culture\">#Culture<\/a><a href=\"\/?tag=the-city\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">The spring-summer season in St. Petersburg is traditionally filled with all sorts of cultural events: concerts, exhibitions, theater premieres and festivals take place almost every day and it is not easy to keep the track of motley St. Petersburg activities schedule. So that you don't get upset about sold out tickets or missed festival, we have made a selection of the most interesting upcoming events that can help you to create your own compulsory cultural program of spring-summer season 2017 in St. Petersburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119533\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Exhibition \"Manolo Blahnik. Shoes as an art\"<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">April\u00a023 \u2013 July 29<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Hermitage, General staff building<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">The exhibition \"Shoes as an art\" presents 30 paintings and 214 pairs of shoes from the personal archive of Manolo Blahnik. Six main directions of creative activity of the master will be presented in the General staff building of the Hermitage. For example, \"Gala\" section comprises the most expensive and fancy models, in the \"Heart\" section each pair of shoes is associated with some personality, a movie or a book that inspired the designer and sections \"Geography\" and \"Nature\" present works of the maestro that were born under impressions of different journeys and surrounding world respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119537\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">International dance festival \"Open Look\"<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">June 29 \u2013 July 9<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> Alexandrinsky theater<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">A grand dance marathon will be held for the nineteenth time this year. Once it all started with a summer dance school, which over the years has evolved into the international festival. This summer we will see the premieres of performances from all around the world in a variety of genres, from visual theatre to modern circus, and learn all about the current trends at master classes by famous European teachers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119541\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Festival of classical opera \"Opera for everyone\"<br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt none windowtext\">July 12 \u2013 July 22<br \/>\nTBA<\/span><\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">In July, various historic sites of St. Petersburg will once again host the festival of classical opera \"Opera for everyone\" under the open sky. Citizens and guests of the city will be able to see and hear the masterpieces of Russian and foreign composers absolutely free. The program of the sixth St. Petersburg international opera festival will open July 12 by the outstanding opera by Mikhail Glinka \"Ruslan and Lyudmila\".\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119545\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Exhibition of paintings by Vasily Vereshchagin<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">April 27\u00a0\u2013 August 1<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">Russian Museum<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">April 20 the exhibition of works by famous Russian battle artist Vasily Vereshchagin will open in the Russian Museum. The Benois wing will host more than 220 works from the collections of leading Russian museums, including the Tretyakov gallery. In addition to world-famous paintings, you will be able to see less known landscape sketches and portraits by the artist. And also visitors will get a chance to get acquainted with Vereshchagin\u2019s biography through documentary materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119549\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">The FIFA Confederations Cup<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">17 June \u2013 2 July<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">Zenit Arena<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Traditionally, every year preceding the Football World Cup the Confederations Cup kicks off. And the year before the World Cup in Russia won\u2019t be an exception. The FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 will engage 8 teams: Russia (the host of the 2018 World Cup), Portugal (Euro 2016 champion) Germany (2014 world champion), Chile, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and Cameroon. The newly constructed \"Zenit Arena\" stadium in St. Peterburge will host matches between Russia and New Zealand, Chile and Australia and the cup final.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_5 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/9.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119553\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b style=\"font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Scarlet Sails<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">23 June<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\">Palace Square<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Scarlet sails, the main celebration of St. Petersburg's graduates, will be held this year June 23. The main event traditionally takes place at the Palace square and spit of Vasilevsky island, and the final show is performed directly in the waters of the Neva river. From the embankment you can enjoy the sailing ship under the scarlet sails floating on the river, fascinating laser show and impressive fireworks. By the way, in 2015 \"Scarlet sails\" was honored as the best city event in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_6 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119557\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Dance Open ballet festival<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">April 13\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/b><b style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">\u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">April 24<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Alexandrinsky theater<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Scarlet sails, the main celebration of St. Petersburg's graduates, will be held this year June 23. The main event traditionally takes place at the Palace square and spit of Vasilevsky island, and the final show is performed directly in the waters of the Neva river. From the embankment you can enjoy the sailing ship under the scarlet sails floating on the river, fascinating laser show and impressive fireworks. By the way, in 2015 \"Scarlet sails\" was honored as the best city event in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_7 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/11.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/11.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119561\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_19 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b style=\"font-size: 20px; text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">Festival of landscape design \"Imperial gardens of Russia\"<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">June\u00a010\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/b><b style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">\u2013 June<\/span><\/strong><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">\u00a019<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mikhailovsky garden<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">On the eve of the white nights Mikhailovsky garden will once again be adorned with whimsical art objects: from 10 to 19 June St. Petersburg will host the \"Imperial gardens of Russia\" festival. It has a rich background: in 2008, the Russian Museum held the first exhibition of landscape design with the support of the British Royal family. It was organized by the Union of gardeners of Russia \u2014 the successor of the Imperial society, that adorned St. Petersburg's parks before the revolution. The place for the venue was, and remains, the Mikhailovsky garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters3 et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_20 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_8 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/12.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/12.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-119565\" title=\"Spring-summer 2017\" alt=\"Spring-summer 2017\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_21 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">International music festival \"Stars of the white nights\"<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">May 26\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/b><b style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">\u2013 June<\/span><\/strong><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 30px\"><strong style=\"font-size: 30px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\">\u00a023<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b><strong style=\"background-color: #f7f7f4; font-size: 20px\"><span style=\"padding: 0cm; font-size: 20px; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #363636; border: 1pt none windowtext\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mariinsky theater<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &#039;Georgia&#039;,&#039;serif&#039;\">\"Stars of the white nights\" is the largest international music forum in Russia, whose inspirer is the outstanding Russian musician of our time, Valery Gergiev. This year most prominent directors, conductors, dancers and performers of classical music from all around the world will gather again at the large-scale summer forum in the heart of the Northern capital. The audience can expect more than 160 events with participation of stars, world premiere performances, night concerts and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So that you don&#8217;t get upset about sold out tickets or missed festival, we have made a selection of the most interesting upcoming events that can help you to create your own compulsory cultural program of spring-summer season 2017 in St. Petersburg. <a href=\"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/spring-summer\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[21,16,17],"class_list":["post-119531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-art-and-culture","category-st-petersburg","tag-culture","tag-leisure","tag-the-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119531"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124617,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119531\/revisions\/124617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiancentre.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}