The most mysterious blogger in Russia. The Russian "Red Hill" will be celebrated in the Izmailovo Kremlin Red Hill holiday in the Izmailovo Kremlin
Cheesecake riding in Moscow is becoming fashionable. Russian entertainment is liked not only by children, but also by adults. And there are more and more tubing slides in the capital’s parks: the longest, “cosmic” and all-weather. Komsomolskaya Pravda advises going to all the hills, telling you where to ride cheesecakes and sleds in Moscow.
Space launch
Near the model of the Vostok launch vehicle at VDNKh, a whole complex of Raketa tubing slides appeared. It consists of two slopes with a height of 20 and 12 meters and a length of slopes of 180 and 120 meters. It was the first descent that allowed the slide to win the title of the highest in Moscow. When you climb to the 20-meter-high launch pad, you get a stunning panoramic view of the main alley of VDNKh and you can even see a huge skating rink in the shape of a “golden key.” And then everything was easy and simple - I got a cheesecake, sat down and flew. You can scream out loud. Near the slides themselves there are still cosmically beautiful 3.5-meter art objects of the planets of the solar system, among which there is even a magical planet New Year. Also, luminous 6-meter figures of athletes were installed on Industry Square. There are ticket offices, a food court and a Christmas market nearby.
WHERE: VDNKh, Prospekt Mira, 119. The nearest metro station is "VDNKh".
WORKING HOURS: on weekdays from 11.00 to 23.00, on weekends and holidays from 10.00 to 23.00.
COST: on weekdays, adult ticket - 100 rubles, children's ticket - 50 rubles; on weekends, an adult ticket is 150 rubles, a child ticket is 100 rubles. There is a tariff for five descents (with a discount): on weekdays for adults - 300 rubles, on weekends - 400 rubles; on weekdays for children - 200 rubles, on weekends - 300 rubles. At the same time, you do not need to pay for tubing rental. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays there is a 50% discount for schoolchildren, students and pensioners.
IMPORTANT: children under 3 years old will not be allowed on the slide, and children under 110 cm tall will only be allowed with their parents.
“Vsepogorka”: winter and summer
The ice slide from Sokolniki has not disappeared. She just changed the name. There was “The Gorka”, and now it became “Vsepogorka”. And all because the slide has become all-weather and will no longer be dismantled during the summer season. You don't need snow at all - you can ride without it. In the warm season, winter ice caps will be replaced with summer ones. “Vsepogorka” is the longest tubing hill in Moscow. The length of the slope is 200 meters, the height is more than 12 meters. And in the evening there is also beautiful lighting.
WHERE: located on the 3rd Luchevoy clearing (to the left of the Ice skating rink). The nearest metro station is Sokolniki.
WHEN: daily from 11.00 to 22.00.
COST: 45-minute sessions from 11.00 to 18.00 - 300 rubles (on weekdays), 400 rubles (on weekends and holidays), from 18.00 to 22.00 - 400 rubles (on weekdays), 450 rubles (on weekends and holidays ). There are benefits for large families, students, pensioners, and the disabled (check on the park website park.sokolniki.com)
IMPORTANT: entry for children under 7 years old is prohibited; children from 7 to 12 years old (inclusive) are admitted only when accompanied by parents or legal representatives; It is prohibited to visit the facility with baby strollers, wheelchairs, large items and belongings; It is prohibited to use tubing that does not correspond to the established standard (without a plastic bottom and an acceptable size).
Near the Kremlin
There are gigantic queues - not only for children, but also for adults - to ride on Revolution Square overlooking the Kremlin. Moreover, they come from all cities of Russia. The best part is that the ice slide will be free, as in previous years. You also don’t have to pay to rent cheesecakes. But the number of stingrays was increased from two to four in order to accommodate more than 150,000 visitors per season. The height of the slide is almost 8 meters, and the length is 100 meters. The slide itself is also very beautiful - the side walls are decorated with carvings dedicated to the main theme of the festival - the theater. On the main facade there is a copy of the clock that decorates the puppet theater of Sergei Obraztsov.
WHERE: Revolution Square, between the Moscow Hotel and the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812. The nearest metro station is Teatralnaya or Okhotny Ryad.
WHEN: daily
COST: free.
IMPORTANT: it is forbidden for two or three people to roll down like a train, head down; Before you go, you will need to wait until the previous person has completely completed the descent.
Tubes in Muzeon
You can also ride along the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val this year. The tubing slide, beloved by Muscovites, is open to adults and children. Here you can only ride from soft tubes, which can be rented near the entrance to the attraction.
WHERE: Muzeon, Krymsky Val, 2. Nearest metro station “Oktyabrskaya”.
WHEN: daily from 10.00 to 22.00, except Mondays (technical day)
COST: on weekdays a large tube (for adults and children over 13 years old) – 150 rubles for 30 minutes, 200 rubles for 60 minutes. Small tube (for children 3-13 years old) – 100 rubles for 30 minutes, 150 rubles for 60 minutes; on weekends and holidays, large tube (for adults and children over 13 years old) - 200 rubles for 30 minutes, 300 rubles for 60 minutes, small tube (for children 3-13 years old) - 150 rubles for 30 minutes, 250 rubles for 60 minutes. Entry to the slide with your own tube is 50 rubles for 30 minutes, 100 rubles for 60 minutes.
WHERE ELSE (according to Moscow City Park):
Krasnaya Presnya Park, skating - free, tube rental - 250 rubles per hour (opening soon);
Tagansky Park, tube rental - 200 rubles per hour;
Vorontsovo Estate, skating – free, tube rental – 200 rubles for 30 minutes;
Izmailovsky Park, skating - free, no tube rental;
Kuzminki Park, skating + tubing – 300 rubles for 30 minutes;
Babushkinsky Park, skating + tubing - 200 rubles for 30 minutes;
Fili Park, skiing + tubing – 200 rubles for 30 minutes, 300 rubles per hour;
Northern Tushino Park, skiing + tubing – 150 rubles per hour;
Voronsky Park, skating + tubing – 150 rubles per hour;
Druzhba Park, skating + tubing – 150 rubles per hour;
Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill, from December 29 to January 8 as part of the Ice Moscow festival. In the Family Circle" there will be 12 ice slides on which you can ride for free.
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Snowboard park on Novy Arbat
A wide four-meter slide with obstacles was installed for professionals, as well as a safe slide for beginners. From time to time, exciting open lessons and lectures will be held here, as well as amateur snowboarding competitions.
April 23 The youth Russian festival of lovers “Red Hill” will be celebrated in Moscow for the first time. It will be held in the format of a city holiday on the territory of the most elegant Moscow Kremlin - in Izmailovo. FREE ADMISSION
In the old days, boys and girls would preen themselves on Krasnaya Gorka and rush to the festivities with one goal - to find a mate. The brightest and most beautiful place for the festivities was chosen, which was located on a hill. In Moscow, the Izmailovo Kremlin will be such a place for holding a Russian youth holiday.
Photo: press service of the Izmailovo Kremlin
The Russian youth holiday “Red Hill”, since ancient times considered in Rus' as the day of the flowering of nature and tender feelings, will be dedicated to love and acquaintances. For this purpose, all conditions will be created on the festival grounds. At the festival, young Muscovites will be able to: meet en masse (free speed dating zones will work for them), take pictures in cozy photo zones in the form of love nests, take part in a Russian hen or stag party, and get married with the help of fire and iron, going through the ancient ritual of blacksmithing weddings
On April 23, 2017, the Russian folk holiday “Red Hill” will be celebrated for the first time in Moscow.
It will be held in the format of a festival for lovers on the territory of the most elegant Moscow Kremlin - in Izmailovo.
Spring is red!
What did you come with?
What did you arrive on?
On the bipod
On the harrow! ...
(from folklore)
In a press release from the organizers from the Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations, it is called " Russian youth holiday "Red Hill"
Red hill- folk name of the first Sunday after Easter.
The name “Red Hill” is known to all Eastern Slavs. “Red”, that is, beautiful, was also called Red Spring and Easter - “red holiday”. Gorkas were the name given to places of rural celebrations that were the first to dry out in the spring.Red slideIn general, it could be called a folk festival on Easter week or on St. George’s Day, or on any day from Fomin’s Monday to spring St. George's day.
The holiday, without a doubt, has ancient, pagan roots. On this day they committed spring spell . At dawn, young people met the sunrise on an elevated, beautiful place.
A “round dancer” was chosen, who, at the first glimpse of the sun, blessed herself, went out into the middle of the circle and cast a spell that has been preserved in northeastern Rus'.
In the old days, boys and girls would preen themselves on Krasnaya Gorka and rush to the festivities with one goal - to find a mate.
The brightest and most beautiful place for the festivities was chosen, which was located on a hill.
Wikipedia provides an example of an invocation-spell pronounced on this day
“Hello, red sun! Celebrate, clear little bucket! Roll out from behind the mountains, admire the bright world, through the grass-ants, over the azure flowers, through the snowdrops with your rays-eyes, warm the girl’s heart with affection, look into the souls of good fellows , take the spirit out of your soul, throw it into the spring of living water. The keys from this key are in the hands of the red maiden, the little dawn-bright, I lost the keys, I, the girl (name), walked along the path and found the golden key. The one I want, the one I know, I close my soul with it, with that golden key, for many years, for a long spring, for all eternity with a secret, indestructible spell.
Back at the beginning of the 20th century, throughout the South-West of Russia, on this day, children went from house to house to glorify “Yarn and Zelenochka.” Children carried a wooden swallow with them in their hands
In Moscow, the Izmailovo Kremlin will be such a place for holding a Russian youth holiday.
The Russian youth holiday “Red Hill”, since ancient times considered in Rus' as the day of the flowering of nature and tender feelings, will be dedicated to love and acquaintances. For this purpose, all conditions will be created on the festival grounds. At the festival, young Muscovites will be able to: meet en masse (free speed dating zones will work for them), take pictures in cozy photo zones in the form of love nests, take part in a Russian hen or stag party, and get married with the help of fire and iron, going through the ancient ritual of blacksmithing weddings
On April 23, on Krasnaya Gorka, a youth festival of lovers will take place in Moscow for the first time. It will take place all day, from 12:00 to 21:00, at the Kremlin in Izmailovo.
The festival will feature a speed dating area. Young boys and girls will be given a few minutes to get to know each other. This will allow those wishing to meet several representatives of the opposite sex at once and choose a partner for the evening. According to legend, on Krasnaya Gorka, unmarried and unmarried people, if they want to find a good match, are not recommended to stay at home. They should go out to mass celebrations and get to know each other as actively as possible.
It is believed that marriages concluded at this time will be strong and happy, so the central theme of the festival will be a Russian wedding. Visitors will be able to see all stages of this traditional rite, including the bridesmaid ceremony, the ransom and the wedding.
Muscovites will also be shown an ancient pre-Christian Slavic rite - blacksmith wedding. Couples in love, under the guidance of a professional blacksmith, will forge iron hearts. You can take them with you.
Throughout the territory of the Izmailovo Kremlin, “love nests” will be equipped for couples, where young people can communicate with each other. Two-meter stilt walkers will hand out candies and balloons.
The festival will feature traditional competitions for men: tug of war, hammering nails and sawing logs. Blacksmithing master classes will also be held especially for “grooms.” Girls will be taught how to weave wreaths and braids, paint eggs, and make dolls and brooches. A competition for the title of the first beauty of Krasnaya Gorka is planned at the festival.
In total, at least 10 thousand guests will be able to take part in the festive program. Dance flash mobs and Russian folk games were prepared for them. There will also be Easter entertainment. Everyone will be invited to play egg rolling. Participants will roll eggs down a large wooden slide. If the egg remains intact, the year will be successful.
“We are pleased to realize the idea of holding a youth festival and combine folk festivities, folklore traditions and, of course, a romantic spring mood in it,” said Vitaly Suchkov, head of the Moscow Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations. — We invite everyone to the holiday, but especially boys and girls, to have a fun and interesting walk on Krasnaya Gorka. It is possible that the first Moscow lovers’ festival will become a good tradition.”
The press service of the cultural center “Kremlin in Izmailovo” added that the main idea is to create a comfortable and fun environment for free communication of young Muscovites and remind them of the importance of traditions in everyone’s personal life.
At the festival you will be able to try traditional Russian dishes: loaf, pancakes, round flatbreads and fried eggs - a symbol of the bright sun and spring. In addition to the dishes that traditionally decorated the Russian table on Krasnaya Gorka, guests will be able to snack on meat pies, cheesecakes, gingerbread and bagels. Drinks in the food aisle will include mead, sbiten, and horseradish.
The holiday will end with the launch of 20 white doves from the steps of the wooden church of St. Nicholas into the sky. At 21:00 there will be a fire show at the Kremlin walls.
Celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Traditionally, many couples seek to register their marriage on the eve of this holiday. This year in Moscow, 916 couples will get married on April 21, 1099 couples will get married on April 22.