Participants of Shrovetide festivities sing folk songs in the Vitoslavlitsy museum of wooden architecture, located a few kilometers from Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577630
Children fight with pillows during Shrovetide festivities at the Vitoslavlitsy museum of wooden architecture, located a few kilometers from Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577629
Shrovetide festivities at the Vitoslavlitsy museum of wooden architecture, located a few kilometers from Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577628
Shrovetide festivities at the Vitoslavlitsy museum of wooden architecture, located a few kilometers from Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577627
Burning effigies during Shrovetide festivities at the walls of the Veliky Novgorod Kremlin.22.02.2015#2577626
Opponents fight each other near the Novgorod Kremlin during Shrovetide celebrations in Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577605
A boxing match near the Novgorod Kremlin during Shrovetide celebrations in Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577604
A boxing match near the Novgorod Kremlin during Shrovetide celebrations in Veliky Novgorod.22.02.2015#2577603
Burning an effigy of winter during Shrovetide celebrations near Simferopol, Crimea.22.02.2015#2577479
Men play a folk game "Hat" (a player has to remove the hat from his opponent's head) during Shrovetide festivities in Kazan.22.02.2015#2577254
Children traditionally hang pancakes on trees during Shrovetide festivities in Kazan.22.02.2015#2577238
A pancake traditionally hung on a tree by the participants of Shrovetide festivities in Kazan.22.02.2015#2577236
Participants of Shrovetide festivities in Kazan play a folk game "Storming a Snow Fort.22.02.2015#2577228
Children participate in a tug of war contest during Shrovetide festivities in Simferopol.22.02.2015#2577182
The Obereg art-folk band performs folk songs during Shrovetide festivities in Kazan.22.02.2015#2577175
The Obereg art-folk band performs folk songs during Shrovetide festivities in Kazan.22.02.2015#2577173
Maslenitsa celebration on Transfiguration Cathedral Square in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577038
Seizing a snow fortress during Maslenitsa celebration on Transfiguration Cathedral Square in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577037
Maslenitsa celebration on Transfiguration Cathedral Square in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577036
Tug of war during Maslenitsa celebration on Transfiguration Cathedral Square in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577034
Shrovetide celebrations in front of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577032
Shrovetide celebrations in front of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577031
Shrovetide celebrations in front of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Berdsk, the Novosibirsk Region.22.02.2015#2577027
Children participate in a sack jumping contest during the Maslenitsa Festival in St. Petersburg's Babushkin Park.21.02.2015#2576745
Children participate in a sack jumping contest during the Maslenitsa Festival in St. Petersburg's Babushkin Park.21.02.2015#2576727
A girl picks a Maslenitsa doll during the Maslenitsa Festival in St. Petersburg's Babushkin Park.21.02.2015#2576726