A child watching a little Maslenitsa dummy burn at the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Yusupovsky Garden in St. Petersburg.17.03.2013#1415982
Burning of a Maslenitsa dummy at the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Yusupovsky Garden in St. Petersburg.17.03.2013#1415981
A participant of a fist-fighting tournament, an Old Russian tradition, at the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Yusupovsky Garden in St. Petersburg.17.03.2013#1415980
Participants in an old Russian amusement - "wall on wall" fist fightintg at the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) celebrations in St.Petersburg's Yusupov Garden.17.03.2013#1415978
Participants in an old Russian amusement - pulling off a cap from a man rotating a sack - at the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) celebrations in St.Petersburg's Yusupov Garden.17.03.2013#1415977
Storming a snow fortress during Bakshevskaya Maslenitsa festivities in the Moscow region.17.03.2013#1415897
Storming a snow fortress during Bakshevskaya Maslenitsa festivities in the Moscow region.17.03.2013#1415896
Hard candies sold at the festive fair during the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) winter farewell celebrations in downtown Suzdal, Vladimir Region.17.03.2013#1415815
A woman buys food at the fair during the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) winter farewell celebrations in the downtown Suzdal, Vladimir Region.17.03.2013#1415813
Participants attend the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) winter farewell celebrations in downtown Suzdal, Vladimir Region.17.03.2013#1415812
Participants attend the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) winter farewell celebrations in downtown Suzdal, Vladimir Region.17.03.2013#1415793
Maslenitsa effigy burning celebrates the end of winter in the town center of Suzdal, Vladimir Region.17.03.2013#1415790
Folk dance "khorovod" during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Nizhny Novgorod Povolzhye Peoples' Architecture and Life Museum, Schelkovsky Khutor district.17.03.2013#1415671
Burning a Maslenitsa dummy during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Nizhny Novgorod Povolzhye Peoples' Architecture and Life Museum, Schelkovsky Khutor district.17.03.2013#1415669
Kids eat pancakes during the Maslenitsa (Pancake Week) winter farewell celebrations at the museum of folk architecture and everyday life of Nizhny Novgorod's Volga region at Shchelkovsky farm.17.03.2013#1415668
A fist-fighting tournament during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Nizhny Novgorod Povolzhye Peoples' Architecture and Life Museum, Schelkovsky Khutor district.17.03.2013#1415667
A mother feeds her child a blin at a folk festival during Maslenitsa celebrations in Yaroslavl.17.03.2013#1415571
Burning a Maslenitsa dummy during the Winter Farewell festival on Kirov Square in Petrozavodsk.17.03.2013#1415547
Burning a Maslenitsa dummy during the Winter Farewell festival on Kirov Square in Petrozavodsk.17.03.2013#1415531
A participant of Maslenitsa Pole folk game at the Shirokaya Maslenitsa Pancake Week farewell ceremony in Samara.17.03.2013#1415491
Shirokaya Maslenitsa Pancake Week farewell ceremony on the central Kuibyshev Square in Samara.17.03.2013#1415490
Participants of Maslenitsa Pole folk game at the Shirokaya Maslenitsa Pancake Week farewell ceremony in Samara.17.03.2013#1415489
A participant of Maslenitsa Pole folk game at the Shirokaya Maslenitsa Pancake Week farewell ceremony in Samara.17.03.2013#1415488
Maslenitsa effigy burning on the grounds of the wooden architecture museum in Suzdal, Vladimir Region celebrates the end of winter.16.03.2013#1415314
Girls drink tea at Maslenitsa celebrations on the grounds of the wooden architecture museum in Suzdal, Vladimir Region.16.03.2013#1415312
A woman in folk costume sells whistles at the fair during Maslenitsa celebrations in Tomsk.17.03.2013#1415282
Chingis Akatayev, deputy governor of Tomsk Region for social policy, left, makes bliny during Maslenitsa celebrations in Tomsk.17.03.2013#1415281
Chingis Akatayev, deputy governor of Tomsk Region for social policy, left, makes bliny during Maslenitsa celebrations in Tomsk.17.03.2013#1415280
Maslenitsa effigy burning on the grounds of the wooden architecture museum in Suzdal, Vladimir Region celebrates the end of winter.16.03.2013#1415207
Burning a Maslenitsa dummy during the celebrations at the Russian village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets district of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414878
A snow hill-conquering competition during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414877
Riding a Husky dog sled during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414875
A log-sawing competition during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414874
A girl in Skomorokh costume during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414873
A girl in folk costume during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414872
A boy jumping rope during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414871
An actor with a Petrushka puppet welcoming guests during the Maslenitsa Pancake Week celebrations at the Russian Village of Shuvalovka in Petrodvorets District of St. Petersburg.16.03.2013#1414870
A Suzdal resident climbs a wooder pole laden with gifts during Maslenitsa celebrations.16.03.2013#1414794
A girl with a Maslenitsa dummy at the celebrations near the Kaliningrad Amber Museum.16.03.2013#1414368
A girl with little Maslenitsa dummies at the celebrations near the Kaliningrad Amber Museum.16.03.2013#1414366
Women wearing folk costumes at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414030
Children jumping rope at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414027
A girl with a balloon bouquet at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414020
Distribution of pancakes at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414019
A girl with a pancake at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414018
People of Kazan eating pancakes at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414015
A man dressed as Yeti at the celebrations of Maslenitsa Pancake Week at the Black Lake Park in Kazan.16.03.2013#1414014
