Decoration of Tver Boulevard for the New Year. New Year's decorations for the streets of the capital will remain until spring. Where will the main Christmas trees be placed?
In different districts of Moscow, from December 22, 2017 to January 14, 2018, the V “Journey to Christmas” festival is taking place. The festival is held under the banner of “Theatrical Moscow”: the focus will be on more than 300 capital theaters. Let's take a walk around some of the festival grounds.
Let's start our journey from the Okhotny Ryad metro station. Here all the space is occupied by beautiful New Year trees.
Christmas trees are decorated with colorful balls and masquerade masks
Last year, chalets were installed on this site where souvenirs and tasty food, this year the chalet shows various compositions: on the theme of winter and New Year's holidays
There are always a lot of people taking pictures near the chalet :)
For lovers of beautiful New Year's photographs, the site of the "Journey to Christmas" festival is a paradise.
For everyone, a two-level carousel was installed on the square
You can find glowing figures of deer under the trees
During the festival at this site, guests will be entertained by various theatrical performances and street games, and of course there will be round dances with Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden
A luminous arch was installed overlooking Tverskaya Street
There is a large sleigh in the square where visitors can sit and take photos.
Commander Georgy Zhukov among Christmas trees
The main events of the festival will take place on Tverskaya Street and Red Square, as well as on Manezhnaya and Tverskaya Squares, Revolution Square, on Rozhdestvenka, Novy Arbat, Arbat and Kamergersky Lane, on Tverskoy and Gogolevsky Boulevards, in Klimentovsky Lane and Novopushkinsky Square.
Traditional winter fun and ice slides in the very center of the city await everyone at the Journey to Christmas festival.
The ice slide between Revolution Square and Manezhnaya Square, beloved by Muscovites in previous years, will welcome guests again in the new holiday season. Now she has become hipped
Even though the hill has become four-sloped, you still have to stand in line
A Christmas market opened on Revolution Square
There are numerous chalets here where you can buy various souvenirs, goodies and, of course, the symbol of the coming 2018 - the Dog, in different interpretations
Elegant New Year's balls under the Christmas trees, reminding you that you are at the "Journey to Christmas" festival
Children's performances will be held at the Revolution Square venue
Young spectators with their parents watching a theatrical performance
More than 320 shopping and restaurant chalets have opened in Moscow for the Journey to Christmas festival, so you won’t go hungry at the festival sites
Art object - musical piano with New Year's balls
A two-level carousel was also installed at this site.
Thousands of photos are taken here per minute :) 96% are banal photos taken on a phone :), but there are also creatives
Along Nikolskaya Street we reached the Lubyanka metro station. A glowing ball was installed on the square in front of the metro
Masquerade mask
A New Year tree and numbers for the coming 2018 have been installed on Lubyanka Square
On New Square, if you go from the Lubyanka metro station to the Kitai-Gorod metro station, a colorful, glowing tunnel has been installed
beauty
Let's go back a little, to Theater Square. Opposite the Bolshoi Theater, an arch 15 meters wide appeared, as if reflecting its facade and colonnade.
The façade of TSUM was stunningly decorated
Candlesticks
There are chalets on Kuznetsky Most where you can buy hot tea and a snack
There is also a parade of designer Christmas trees. One of the trees is decorated with books for 12 months:) come see
Glowing trees grew on the Kuznetsky Bridge. All this is not new for the Journey to Christmas festival :)
Let's return to Tverskaya Street. She is again dressed up in beautiful "champagne glasses"
The monument to Yuri Dolgoruky hid among the New Year trees
Christmas trees. Benches. Fairy lights
The Central Fountain turned into a luminous garland
Several New Year's art objects have been installed on the square.
There is also a carousel installed on this site
A stage has been installed where performances by artists and theater groups take place
Christmas trees are decorated with beautiful toys
The largest arch, 70 meters wide and almost 20 meters high, is installed on Tverskaya Square
Two arches appeared here, on Pushkin Square and in Novopushkinsky Square. The artist was inspired to create them architectural elements Russian Academic Youth Theater.
An amazing ice theater opened in Novopushkinsky Square during the Journey to Christmas festival.
Every day guests will be treated to spectacular ice ballets choreographed by figure skating master Pyotr Chernyshev and exciting shows with the participation of outstanding Russian figure skaters.
On weekends and holidays The ice theater will host themed parties with film screenings, musical evenings, ice discos and interactive entertainment programs.
The site is open from Monday to Thursday from 11:00 to 20:00, on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays - from 10:00 to 22:00, and on December 31 - from 12:00 to 03:00.
Schedule
16:15 - “Cipollino”;
19:00 - “The Nutcracker”.
A luminous tunnel has been installed on Tverskoy Boulevard
This is also not new for the Journey to Christmas festival, but the tunnel attracts thousands of residents and guests of the capital
This is how it turned out to be a walk through some of the central venues of the Journey to Christmas festival. Don't sit at home, go for a walk. In the evening Moscow turns into a fairy tale
It never sleeps, people scurry back and forth every day, and tourists never tire of admiring the beauty of the capital of Russia. However, for the New Year the city will be decorated additionally, this happens every time, but the administration is always coming up with something new, so when Moscow is decorated for , exactly how the capital will be transformed is still unknown.
Every year, the plan for decorating the main city of Russia is approved by the administration so as not to be repeated. Of course, the main attributes - Christmas trees, images of the symbol of the new year, the date - everything will be there, but how they will decorate it, in what colors, what exactly will be installed besides this remains a mystery. However, people are also concerned about the beginning of the registration process. After all, decorating the vast city of Moscow is a long and tedious task; it will probably take more than one day. Moreover, the administration’s plans are most likely truly Napoleonic. Just remember what the city looked like last year.
Light magic
When people first saw the play of light, it seemed to them that the room was magically filled with amazing colors. Simple glass painted with different colors could transmit the sun's rays and be reflected on the floor of the room in multi-colored spots, creating an amazing effect. And this is ordinary glass! Similar mosaic technology began to be used in the design of windows in churches and houses of rich people two or three centuries ago.
What can we say about the magic of electric light, independent of the weather and time of day? When they decorate Moscow for the New Year 2017, they will undoubtedly use LED technology, thanks to which the capital will sparkle with new colors when darkness falls. Graphic artists and designers are already working on new city design projects.
The administration requires each establishment (shops, trading houses, stalls, firms) whose windows overlook the roadway to participate in the festive decoration of their hometown. This is not even a fault, but a pleasant duty, an opportunity to contribute to the creation of a magical picture. beautiful garlands, attach bright stickers and perhaps put a Christmas wreath on the door. After all New Year concerns all residents of the country, all Muscovites. And they are curious when the transformation will begin and what exactly it will become.
Snow has already fallen in the capital, creating a festive atmosphere; here the winter is classic, harsh, with snowdrifts, cold winds and heavy snowfall. Therefore, if you want to celebrate the New Year like in a movie against the backdrop of beautiful snowflakes, you don’t need to invent something - people just need to go outside.
It is already known that only 62 Christmas trees will be installed in the capital, the height varies from 11 to 27 meters. They will be classic or cone-shaped, there will be 14 beautiful light fountains, 63 thousand hanging toys. When Moscow is decorated for the New Year 2017, it will look like a fairy-tale city, which, with sunset, will appear like the Emerald City in a new light.
Various LED compositions, bright, giant figures of the main winter characters - Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, various snowmen, of course the Fire Rooster and other animals. There will be designs in the shape of large candles. This is not counting the multi-colored garlands, thanks to which it seems that the trees have luminous branches. The mayor's office has already announced that the preparations will take place under a new motto, where Moscow strives to become the best winter city.
The most beautiful places in Moscow
Of course, the city squares will be decorated more carefully, or rather, more characters will be installed on them. Pedestrian areas will be well illuminated: this is Tverskaya Square, then Tverskoy Proezd and Stoleshnikov and Kamergersky lanes, Nikolskaya and Bolshaya Dmitrovka streets, as well as Kuznetsky Most. Tourists should definitely come to Moscow to celebrate the coming New Year. Streets in festive illumination, beautifully decorated pedestrian areas. Various theatrical performances and music programs will be held openly in the squares.
When Moscow is decorated for the New Year 2017, Rozhdestvenka will look more like a tropical island, and Kuznetsovy Bridge will receive new technical structures. Fountains will boast beautiful lighting, especially in squares and major streets of the city; the facades of buildings facing Tverskaya Square will be illuminated with new lights.
Of course, it will be very beautiful on Red Square, so beloved by tourists and ordinary guests of the capital. This historical place has long been the hallmark of Moscow, but there is something to see in the city even without it, especially in December. So far, the preparations are not particularly visible; they are still at the stage of plans on paper and in computer programs.
Somewhere by mid-December, new snow trees will be installed; they have already delighted Muscovites over the past holidays with their shape. They represent tall structures, consisting of multi-colored light bulbs made like a Christmas tree, but inside there is a snowman. It’s as if he got tangled up in the garlands or accidentally got caught inside the Christmas tree. It's interesting to see how new design ideas emerge over time. These include Christmas trees made using the spiral technique, huge spruce trees in the shape of a half-cone, which are usually installed near the city hall.
When Moscow is decorated for the New Year 2017, for example, the festive illumination on city streets will be completed by December 10th. By that time, the construction of ice skating rinks, the arrangement of places for New Year's fairs and other street entertainment available to everyone will be completed. Various luminous figures, dropped ceilings in the form of multi-colored garlands and balls.
The beginning of the process of decorating the city, the date of the holidays and everything else related to the upcoming New Year can be viewed on the city hall website.
And the frost is not terrible!
Yes, indeed the climate in Russia is quite harsh, winter lasts 4-5 months and the temperature sometimes drops to -40. however, this has never stopped people from celebrating their main holiday of the year - New Year. And Moscow, shining with colorful lights, is always happy to see everyone and share the fun with them. After all, there is one holiday for everyone, and trying to turn the city into a fairy-tale world, the administration tries first of all for the residents of the capital, to please them.
As usual, there will be loud concerts in the squares, cheerful crowds of people celebrating will shout
The New Year is left... Many have begun counting down to the upcoming winter holidays. And in the capital's mayor's office they compiled an album of New Year's decorations for streets and squares in advance. Although it’s only mid-November, you can already see what and how winter Moscow will be decorated with.
THE HIGHEST FIRE WILL BE PUT IN LUBYANKA
Christmas trees will “grow” throughout the city - artificial ones 16 - 20 meters high and live ones 3 - 10 meters high. In total, there will be 68 of them in the center and districts. Of these: on the streets - 35 and additionally at Christmas markets - 33. Light and frosted balls of red, orange, gold, silver, purple and blue colors, decorations in the form of toys, candies will be hung everywhere and firecrackers.
The tallest Christmas tree - about 30 meters - will be placed in the center of Lubyanka Square. And the smallest ones - up to 10 meters - are at the sites of the Journey to Christmas festival. The decoration of each Christmas tree will be original. For example, on Volkhonka, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, a fluffy tree 18 meters high will be decorated with flying angels. On Krasnaya Presnya, near the entrance to the zoo, a 16-meter high Christmas tree will be decorated like the Kremlin tower - with chimes and a ruby star on the top. On Vozdvizhenka, Novy Arbat and Trubnaya Square, New Year's trees will simply shimmer with thousands of golden and blue sparkles.
More than 20 Christmas trees will be supplied by sponsors - private entrepreneurs and companies. These green beauties will end up on a podium - a special platform that will slowly spin the tree around its axis. Such Christmas trees will appear, for example, on the square of the Kievsky Station, on Pushkinskaya and Triumfalnaya squares, near the oceanarium at VDNKh.
Christmas trees 14.5 meters high and named “Narodnaya” will appear in the districts. They will be decorated with mittens (on Marshal Zhukov Avenue and near the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve), felt boots (on Sokolnicheskaya Square and Kosygina Street), and orange slices (on 1st Novokuzminskaya Street, near the Moscow Children's Theater). A spruce tree with a sparkling firebird on the top will be placed on the central square of Zelenograd and on Academicheskaya Square in the city of Troitsk in New Moscow.
SANTA CLAUS WILL FLY FROM THE ARCH OF TRIUMPHAL ON A SLED
In addition to Christmas trees, one of the main decorations for the New Year will be illumination. Moreover, the city will be illuminated not only by ordinary garlands, but also by huge light compositions, figures and art installations.
The shining numbers of the year 2017 will be placed near Christmas markets and on the boulevards. Santa Claus will fly from the Arc de Triomphe on a sleigh with fantastic fiery horses.
On Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the Luna Park light composition with a carousel and balls will be lit every evening. The entrances to the Novoarbatsky Bridge will be decorated with huge bright balls with New Year’s wishes “Love and Happiness!”, “Health and Success!” On Tverskaya Street, at the intersection with Gazetny Lane, a light labyrinth of letters and chess pieces will be installed. And near the metro " Chistye Prudy"A multi-colored sparkling fairy-tale forest with a fox, an owl, fir trees and an arch will grow.
Electric fountains will be turned on on streets in the districts. Each of them will be 5 meters high and 9 - 12 meters wide. Multi-colored light streams will create fountains, for example, “Lotus” (on Fabrichnaya Square in the city of Troitsk in New Moscow), “Stars” (near the theater Russian army), "Astra" (on Leninsky Prospekt, between buildings 82 and 86).
WHAT ELSE WILL THEY DO
According to the Moscow government portal mos.ru, by the New Year, more than two thousand holiday posters with the number 2017 will be hung everywhere, of which about 800 are billboards measuring three by six meters. The main pattern will be in the Italian style - with white, blue and red lace patterns.
Video congratulations will be broadcast on the media facade of the Central Telegraph and on 40 giant screens.
Stickers and posters in the form of openwork Christmas tree balls and snowflakes in red, white and gold colors with the numbers 2017 will appear in store windows, on billboards along roads, on bridges and on building facades.
Light banners and “Starry Sky” street garlands will be hung above the roadways between the building facades.
At night, trees and bushes will be illuminated along roads, in parks and squares. To do this, the trunks and branches will be entangled with electric garlands and light grids. In some places, they will be illuminated from the ground by spotlights with multi-colored bulbs.
SPECIFICALLY
Where will the main Christmas trees be placed?
Lubyanskaya Square
Kutuzovsky Prospekt - Poklonnaya Gora
Manezhnaya Square - the center of the festival site
Kosygina Street - Sparrow Hills, in the area of the observation deck
Novy Arbat Street, near the Moscow Government building, building 36
Volkhonka Street - near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior
Vozdvizhenka Street - near the Russian State Library
Arbat Square - near the Khudozhestvenny cinema
Krasnaya Presnya Street - at the entrance to the zoo
Zubovskaya Square - in the park in front of the building of the Accounts Chamber of Russia
Ernst Thälmann Square - near the Airport metro station
Marshal Zhukov Avenue - near Marshal Zhukov Square
Khachaturyan Street, property 13
Sokolnicheskaya Square
Zelenodolskaya street, building 40
Novotsaritsynskoye Highway - on the territory of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve
Kosygina Street - near the Palace of Children and Youth Creativity
Kutuzovsky Prospekt - near the Battle of Borodino panorama museum
Zelenograd - central square at the Zelenograd cultural center
Troitsk urban district, Sirenevy Boulevard, near building 2
Sretensky Boulevard - Lukoil building
Metro station "Kitay-Gorod" - Slavyanskaya Square
Taras Shevchenko Embankment - Radisson Royal Hotel
Kievsky Station Square - in front of the Evropeisky shopping center
Zemlyanoy Val street, building 37
Triumfalnaya Square
Pushkinskaya Square - from the side of the Izvestia newspaper editorial building
Nikitsky Gate Square - from the side of the TASS building
VDNH - in front of the Moskvarium building
Zatsepsky Val Street - opposite Paveletsky Station
Sadovaya-Spasskaya Street - intersection with Academician Sakharov Avenue
Rublevskoe Highway - intersection with Osenny Boulevard
Dorogomilovskaya Zastava Square
Bolshaya Yakimanka Street - intersection with Polyanka Street
Komsomolskaya Square.
The New Year is just around the corner and our capital will again try on its festive attire. Its streets and squares will sparkle with festive lights. There is no doubt that the illumination in Moscow for the New Year 2020 will once again surprise us with its scope and incredible beauty.
Muscovites and guests of the capital are already accustomed to the fact that the most important city in the country becomes more and more beautiful, especially during the New Year holidays. Shop windows amaze with their festive decorations, buildings and trees are decorated with numerous garlands, and shining forest beauties and light compositions appear in the main squares. They look especially charming in the evening ice sculptures. Numerous fairs opening on New Year's Eve will also not open in 2020. In general, Moscow uses about sixty thousand decorations and 6.5 thousand kilometers of garlands.
How the city will be decorated in 2020
Before the New Year 2020, the organizers are not going to slow down. The scale and design of the streets will continue to amaze citizens.
Among the illuminations of the city it is worth noting:
- Tverskaya Square;
- Nikolskaya street;
- Kuznetsky Most;
- Stoleshnikov and Kamergerovsky lanes.
The Moscow City Hall, the buildings of Tverskaya Square, GUM, etc. will continue to be illuminated. Light compositions will also appear in front of the Bolshoi Theater, on Pushkinskaya Square and in other significant places in the capital.
Many guests of the capital are already interested in the question: From what date and until what date will this beauty last. According to tradition, the city's illumination begins to operate in full from mid-December to the end of January. Although, who knows, in 2017, for example, lighting design the cities were left until the end of winter. Maybe this will become a tradition, and Moscow will shine all winter.
At this time, the capital hosts the Christmas Light festival, which ends in mid-February.
Light guide to the capital
In order not to miss anything in the center of the capital, we advise you to take the following trip:
We start the route on Pushkinskaya Square, then move along Tverskaya Street to the City Hall, then go down Stoleshnikov Lane and reach the Kuznetsky Bridge. Then you can proceed near the Central Department Store to the Bolshoi Theater. After passing Revolution Square you can head to GUM.
Along this route you will encounter several Christmas markets, glowing installations and many other entertainment facilities. Having walked this path, you will be fully immersed in the festive atmosphere of the capital, you will see thousands of people walking, whose smiles will charge you with New Year's optimism.
Pushkin Square is surrounded by the lights of garlands located on trees and nearby buildings. Near the Pushkin monument, next to the pool, there is a light composition in the form of fabulous animals and plants. Here you can also taste the glass pavilions, where various New Year's souvenirs are presented in great abundance. Tverskoy Boulevard also begins with a huge light installation. Its end will amaze us with a hundred-meter glowing tunnel. It shines so much that the previous path will seem gloomy and gloomy. Although in fact, even before that there were a lot of lights from the many garlands hung on the trees.
Walking along Tverskaya Street, we will not miss the New Year's fair, located next to the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky. On the square next to the City Hall there are numerous kiosks where you can not only buy something, but also have a snack.
Like all pedestrian areas, Stoleshnikov Lane surprises with its festive decorations. There are glowing trees and light figures of various New Year's characters everywhere.
Kuznetsky Most will amaze you with another New Year's fair, where, among other things, you can warm up by drinking hot mulled wine or tea. This will give you a chance to take a breather, warm up and continue on your way. Here you can also enjoy the sparkling light mill and metronome.
On the square in front of the Bolshoi Theater there will be another light composition, which, together with the illumination of the temple of arts, will immerse you in a real fairy tale.
If you are tired or hungry, you can go to Revolution Square, where there are plenty of appropriate catering outlets. In addition, you will see here the longest ice slide in Russia, which all shimmers from the LEDs built inside.
On Manezhnaya Square you will be surprised by the tallest New Year tree in Moscow. There will also be a New Year's fair here, where they sell everything your heart desires. On the large screen, which will be located on the facade of the Exhibition Hall, you can see a video broadcast in 3D format. Near the fountains there will be a huge ball of light that constantly changes color. You can even go into it and make a wish.
The next object that will amaze you with its beauty is GUM. Everything here reminds us of the scale of the New Year holidays celebrated in Moscow. Nearby on Red Square you can also see thousands of people having fun, participating in numerous festive fun. At the kiosks you can buy Russian-style New Year's souvenirs and also try hot pastries.
If you are not frozen, then you can go to Nikolskaya Street. Here you will enjoy the light arches, which were lovingly made by Moscow designers.
Where to see more creations of lighting designers
The decoration of Moscow is not limited to the listed objects:
| Triumphal Arch | There is a large-scale light installation in the form of fiery horses, which at any moment can carry Santa Claus into unknown distances. |
| The intersection of Tverskaya and Gazetny Lane | Illuminated chess pieces and letters create an amazing labyrinth that makes you want to wander around and around. |
| Chistye Prudy | In this area of the capital you can find strange animals walking in a shining fairy-tale forest next to the arch. |
| Tsvetnoy Boulevard | Here Muscovites and guests of the capital will be greeted by colorful balloons and a real colorful carousel |
| Square in front of the Russian Army Theater | A five-meter light composition in the form of falling water will not leave you indifferent. |
If you are in Moscow for the first time and cannot find a place on the map of the capital, you can use the services of the Lights of Moscow museum, which conducts special excursions around the evening city. The guides will tell you how the capital used to be decorated and when the first electric illumination appeared in the city. During this walk, you will be able to take unforgettable photos against the backdrop of the city’s sights and even shoot a video, because the main squares and streets are as bright as day.
In winter, as darkness falls, Moscow begins to shine even brighter: the streets are decorated with more than 1,000 kilometers of garlands and neon lights. Artists from Russia, France and Italy worked to create large-scale light installations, which now flaunt in the city center. In general, by 2017, lighting had appeared on almost 150 objects. Among them: Taganskaya, Znamenka, Petrovka, Volkhonka, Mokhovaya streets, Boulevard Ring, Stoleshnikov Lane. There are three-dimensional sculptures and installations there.
Light bulbs in Stoleshnikov Lane. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
A giant Christmas tree ball with a dance floor inside was installed on Poklonnaya Hill. The sculpture is 17 meters in diameter and includes 23 thousand lights that blink and change colors to the beat of the music. This object was included in the Guinness Book of Records last year as the “Largest LED sculpture in the world.”
"Musical Forest" on Pushkinskaya Square. Photo: AiF/Irina Chukhno
An entire festival called “Christmas Light” will be dedicated to the capital’s light decoration. It will take place from December 16 to January 19. By this time, the remaining objects will be operational. For example, a dynamic light installation “Musical Forest” has already appeared on Pushkinskaya Square. It is located on the site of a fountain that was closed for the winter and consists of 50 trees with 50 thousand LED pixels, blinking to your favorite New Year's melodies and classical works.
A “fairytale forest” of illuminated trees has grown in the area of Kuznetsky Most, Rozhdestvenka and near the Chistye Prudy metro station. Lanterns floating in the sky different forms and sizes decorated Zamoskvorechye. And the lanterns on Tverskaya Street resemble champagne glasses.
Illuminated trees on Kuznetsky Bridge. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
The figure of Father Frost in a sleigh, driving a white troika of horses, greets citizens and guests of the capital at the Arc de Triomphe. A flying angel hovers over Gogolevsky Boulevard, and a glowing Luna Park is located on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Santa Claus in a sleigh at the Arc de Triomphe. Photo: AiF/Irina Chukhno
Large Christmas tree balls, 12 meters high and weighing about 40 tons, will appear on the Novoarbatsky Bridge. The snowflakes inside them will flicker under the headlights.
Light fountains in the form of a ball, aster, tent, lotus and other figures will be located in different parts of Moscow. And the volumetric figures “2017” will shine in parks and squares, near fairs and boulevards.
Numbers “2017” on Pushkinskaya. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
Russian Christmas trees and Italian style
The designers made the logo for the coming year, the numbers “2017”, in the Italian style. To decorate it, they used white with red and blue accents. The number will be displayed not only in parks and squares, but also in store windows, on travel tickets, posters and New Year's balls and toys.
Logo of the coming year with a cheerful Santa Claus. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
Many more flowers were used to decorate New Year trees. This year, 144 of them were installed in Moscow squares.
Decorated Christmas trees in the Kuznetsky Most area. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
The largest, 25 meters high, stands on Lubyanka Square. The green beauties are dressed up with red, orange, gold, silver, purple and blue balloons. Some of them, with the numbers 2017, even glow from the inside. Also on some trees sparkle orange slices, mittens and felt boots with winter ornaments. There are firebirds on the treetops.
The tallest Christmas tree in Moscow stands on Lubyanka Square. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
Unusual designer Christmas trees are already greeting passers-by on Kuznetsky Most. One of them is dedicated Maya Plisetskaya. About 20 red tutus were hand-sewn especially for decorating the tree. The green beauty is crowned with a small figurine of a ballerina, and gold and red balls hang on her paws.
There are ballerinas on the Christmas tree dedicated to Maya Plisetskaya. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
There is also a Christmas tree dedicated to the Swan Princess from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan.” Strings of pearls, sparkles and snowflakes are woven into its branches, and the top is crowned with a star and a transparent moon. The main decoration is the snow-white swan wings.
In general, at the Journey to Christmas festival, which will be held from December 16 to January 15, on Kuznetsky Most you will be able to see an entire exhibition of 150 unusual living themed trees. “Cooking” with sweets, “computer” with microcircuits. Another tree is decorated with artificial hydrangeas, roses and peonies, another with soft toys.
Unusual themed Christmas trees on Kuznetsky Most. Photo: AiF/ Alexey Vissarionov
Old decorations in the New Year
Decorations in the form of arches depicting Soviet postcards first appeared in Moscow on City Day. The townspeople liked them so much that they decided to install them again. Only for the New Year and with a winter plot, according to the website of the Moscow Government. Now there are Christmas tree decorations, garlands, Father Frost and the Snow Maiden. Glowing snowflakes are located in the center of each arch. Four structures, each 14 meters high, are being installed on Kudrinskaya Square, near the circus on Vernadsky Avenue, on Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square and near the Krasnye Vorota metro station.
And the luminous figures of “Hipsters” move from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Tsvetnoy Boulevard and Sokolnicheskaya Square.
“Hipsters” are not yet burning on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, but it is already bright there from other New Year’s constructions. Photo: AiF/Irina Chukhno